Melvyn Douglas

Biography

Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg; April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor. Douglas came to prominence in the 1930s as a suave leading man, perhaps best typified by his performance in the 1939 romantic comedy Ninotchka with Greta Garbo. Douglas later played mature and fatherly characters, as in his Academy Award–winning performances in Hud (1963) and Being There (1979) and his Academy Award–nominated performance in I Never Sang for My Father (1970). In the last few years of his life Douglas appeared in films with supernatural stories involving ghosts. Douglas appeared as "Senator Joseph Carmichael" in The Changeling in 1980 and Ghost Story in 1981 in his final completed film role.

Known for

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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

1990 ⭐ 8.5

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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988 ⭐ 8.2

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Ghost Story

1981 ⭐ 6.0

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Tell Me a Riddle

1980 ⭐ 6.8

Career timeline

2014

Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

Self (archive footage) · 2014

⭐ 3.0

1990

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To Notable

(archive footage) · 1990

⭐ 8.5

1988

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind Notable

Self (archive footage) · 1988

⭐ 8.2

1982

The Hot Touch

Max Reich · 1982

⭐ 4.6

1981

Ghost Story

Dr. John Jaffrey · 1981

⭐ 6.0

1980

Tell Me a Riddle

David · 1980

⭐ 6.8

The Changeling

Senator Carmichael · 1980

⭐ 7.0

1979

Being There Notable

Benjamin Rand · 1979

⭐ 7.6

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

Senator Birney · 1979

⭐ 5.9

1978

The Making of a President

1978

1977

Intimate Strangers

Donald's Father · 1977

⭐ 5.0

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Zachariah Guthrie · 1977

⭐ 6.4

1976

The Tenant Notable

Monsieur Zy · 1976

⭐ 7.6

That's Entertainment, Part II Notable

(archive footage) · 1976

⭐ 7.0

1974

Murder or Mercy Notable

Dr. Paul Harelson · 1974

⭐ 10.0

The Death Squad

Police Captain Earl Kreski · 1974

⭐ 6.9

1972

The Candidate

John J. McKay · 1972

⭐ 6.5

One Is a Lonely Number

Joseph Provo · 1972

⭐ 5.1

Hollywood: The Dream Factory Notable

Self (archive footage) · 1972

⭐ 7.3

1971

Death Takes a Holiday

Judge Earl Chapman · 1971

⭐ 4.9

1970

I Never Sang for My Father

Tom Garrison · 1970

⭐ 6.7

Hunters Are for Killing

Keller Floran · 1970

⭐ 6.0

1969

Garbo, by Joan Crawford

Self (archive footage) · 1969

⭐ 6.0

1968

Companions in Nightmare

Dr. Lawrence Strelson · 1968

⭐ 5.3

1967

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Notable

Peter Schermann · 1967

⭐ 10.0

The Crucible

Deputy Governor Danforth · 1967

⭐ 4.5

Hotel

Warren Trent · 1967

⭐ 6.0

1965

Inherit the Wind Notable

Henry Drummond · 1965

⭐ 8.0

Once Upon a Tractor

Martin · 1965

⭐ 6.0

Rapture Notable

Frederick Larbaud · 1965

⭐ 7.1

1964

The Americanization of Emily

Admiral William Jessup · 1964

⭐ 6.7

The Big Parade of Comedy Notable

Leon (archive footage) · 1964

⭐ 7.2

Advance to the Rear

Col. Claude Brackenbury · 1964

⭐ 5.2

1963

Hud Notable

Homer Bannon · 1963

⭐ 7.2

Frequently appears with

Kathleen Turner

Self - Host

G. Larry Butler

Narrator (voice)

Myrna Loy

(archive footage)

Warner Baxter

(archive footage)

Dolores Costello

(archive footage)

Christopher Plummer

Narrator (voice)

David O. Selznick

Self (archive footage)

George Cukor

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Mitchell

Self (archive footage)

Tallulah Bankhead

Self (archive footage)

Full filmography

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Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

2014 ⭐ 3.0

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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

1990 ⭐ 8.5

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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988 ⭐ 8.2

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The Hot Touch

1982 ⭐ 4.6

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Ghost Story

1981 ⭐ 6.0

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Tell Me a Riddle

1980 ⭐ 6.8

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The Changeling

1980 ⭐ 7.0

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Being There

1979 ⭐ 7.6

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The Seduction of Joe Tynan

1979 ⭐ 5.9

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The Making of a President

1978

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Intimate Strangers

1977 ⭐ 5.0

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Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977 ⭐ 6.4

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The Tenant

1976 ⭐ 7.6

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That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 ⭐ 7.0

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Murder or Mercy

1974 ⭐ 10.0

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The Death Squad

1974 ⭐ 6.9

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The Candidate

1972 ⭐ 6.5

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One Is a Lonely Number

1972 ⭐ 5.1

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972 ⭐ 7.3

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Death Takes a Holiday

1971 ⭐ 4.9