Kirk Douglas
Acting
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor, producer, director and author. He grew up as Izzy Demsky and legally changed his name to Kirk Douglas before entering the United States Navy during World War II.
During his career, Douglas appeared in more than 90 movies and was known for his explosive acting style. He became an international star for his leading role as an unscrupulous boxing hero in Champion (1949), which brought him his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Other early films include Young Man with a Horn (1950), Ace in the Hole (1951), and Detective Story (1951), a film for which he received a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actor in a Drama. He received a second Oscar nomination for his role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), and his third nomination for portraying Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956), which landed him a second Golden Globe nomination.
In 1955, Douglas established Bryna Productions, which produced films as varied as Paths of Glory (1957) and Spartacus (1960). He took the lead roles in both films. Douglas has been praised for helping to break the Hollywood blacklist by having Dalton Trumbo write Spartacus with an official on-screen credit. In 1963 Douglas starred in the Broadway play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, a story that he purchased and later gave to his son Michael Douglas, who turned it into an Oscar-winning film.
As an actor and philanthropist, Douglas received an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As an author, he wrote ten novels and memoirs. He is No. 17 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema.
Kirk Douglas died at age 103.
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Kirk Douglas
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Filmography of
Kirk Douglas
Self (archive footage)
... 2024
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
... 2019
(archive footage)
... 2019
Self - Actor
... 2017
... 2017
Self - Interviewee
... 2015
... 2014
... 2012
(archive footage)
... 2012
Self – Interviewee
... 2010
... 2009
... 2009
... 2008
Jim Kovalski
... 2008
Self - Interviewee
... 2007
... 2005
Donald Baines
... 2004
Mitchell Gromberg
... 2003
... 2001
Self
... 2001
Harry Agensky
... 1999
General Kalthrob
... 1999
Self
... 1997
Self (archive footage)
... 1997
Self (archive footage)
... 1996
Ed Reese
... 1994
Uncle Joe
... 1994
Self
... 1994
Grandpa Mike Dunmore
... 1992
General Calthrop
... 1992
Quentin
... 1991
Eduardo Provolone
... 1991
Self (archive footage)
... 1991
Ned Land (archive footage)
... 1990
... 1988
Matthew Harrison Brady
... 1988
... 1986
Archie Long
... 1986
... 1986
Amos Lasher
... 1985
Self (archive footage)
... 1985
Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
... 1984
... 1983
Carl 'Buster' Marzack
... 1983
Joe Rabin
... 1982
(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
... 1982
Harrison / Spur
... 1982
Self
... 1982
Dr. Tuttle
... 1980
Major Adam
... 1980
Capt. Matthew Yelland
... 1980
Cactus Jack
... 1979
Peter Sandza
... 1978
Robert Caine
... 1977
Herschel Vilnofsky
... 1976
Mike Wayne
... 1975
Howard Nightingale
... 1975
George Anderson
... 1974
Peg
... 1973
Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
... 1973
Steve Wallace
... 1972
Himself
... 1972
Self
... 1972
The Indian Fighter
... 1972
Andrej
... 1971
Will Tenneray
... 1971
Will Denton
... 1971
Paris Pitman, Jr.
... 1970
Eddie Anderson
... 1969
Frank Ginetta
... 1968
Jameson Schuyler
... 1968
... 1968
Lomax
... 1967
Sen. William J. Tadlock
... 1967
Self
... 1966
General Patton
... 1966
Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
... 1966
Dr. Rolf Pedersen
... 1965
Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
... 1965
... 1965
Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
... 1964
Deke Gentry
... 1963
George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
... 1963
Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
... 1963
Jack Andrus
... 1962
John W. "Jack" Burns
... 1962
Major Garrett
... 1961
Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
... 1961
Spartacus
... 1960
Larry Coe
... 1960
Richard Dudgeon
... 1959
Marshal Matt Morgan
... 1959
Einar
... 1958
Col. Dax
... 1957
... 1957
Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
... 1957
Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
... 1957
Vincent van Gogh
... 1956
... 1956
Johnny Hawks
... 1955
Dempsey Rae
... 1955
Gino Borgesa
... 1955
Ned Land
... 1954
Self
... 1954
... 1954
Ulysses
... 1954
Robert Teller
... 1953
Hans Muller
... 1953
Pierre Narval
... 1953
Jonathan Shields
... 1952
Jim Deakins
... 1952
Jim Fallon
... 1952
Det. James McLeod
... 1951
Charles Tatum
... 1951
Marshal Len Merrick
... 1951
Jim O'Connor
... 1950
Rick Martin
... 1950
Midge Kelly
... 1949
George Phipps
... 1949
Tucker Wedge
... 1948
Owen Waterbury
... 1948
Noll "Dink" Turner
... 1947
Whit Sterling
... 1947
Peter Niles
... 1947
Walter O'Neil
... 1946