Melvyn Douglas
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Fugitive
Dr. Mark Ryder
1963
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
Richard Gordon
1948
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Stranger
1948
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
1950
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Pat Konke
1963
Series
Ben Casey
Burton Strang
1961
Series
Studio One
Cyril Ritchard
1948
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Lights Out
1949
Series
Playhouse 90
Gen. Parker
1956
Lux Video Theatre
James Strickland
1950
Series
Ghost Story
Grandpa
1972
Series
MGM Parade
Self
1955
Series
MGM Parade
self
1955
Series
Your Show of Shows
Self - Guest Host
1950
Series
Your Show of Shows
Self - Guest Performer
1950
CBS Playhouse
Peter Schermann
1966
Weekend Special
Grandpa Doc
1977
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Henry Drummond
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Galileo Galilei
1951
Series
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
Series
General Electric Theater
Professor Arthur Barris
1953
Film
The Tenant
Monsieur Zy
1976
Film
Being There
Benjamin Rand
1979
Film
The Changeling
Senator Carmichael
1980
Film
Our Wife
Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin
1941
Film
Ghost Story
Dr. John Jaffrey
1981
Film
Ninotchka
Count Leon d'Algout
1939
Film
Hud
Homer Bannon
1963
Film
The Candidate
John J. McKay
1972
Film
Annie Oakley
Jeff Hogarth
1935
Film
Prestige
Capt. Andre Verlaine
1932
Series
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
Stateman Benjamin Franklin
1974
Film
The Crucible
Deputy Governor Danforth
1967
Film
Captains Courageous
Frank Burton Cheyne
1937
Film
A Woman's Face
Dr. Gustaf Segert
1941
Film
Angel
Anthony 'Tony' Halton
1937
Film
Fast Company
Joel Sloane
1938
Film
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Bill Cole
1948
Film
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
1940
Film
The Sea of Grass
Brice Chamberlain
1947
Film
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Zachariah Guthrie
1977
Film
Hotel
Warren Trent
1967
Film
The Old Dark House
Penderel
1932
Film
Billy Budd
The Dansker, Sailmaker
1962
Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Film
The Americanization of Emily
Admiral William Jessup
1964
Film
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
1988
Film
Nagana
Dr. Walter Tradnor
1933
Hollywood Off Beat
Steve Randall
1952
Film
Advance to the Rear
Col. Claude Brackenbury
1964
Film
The Hot Touch
Max Reich
1982
Film
Inherit the Wind
Henry Drummond
1965
Film
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Senator Birney
1979
Film
I Met Him in Paris
George Potter
1937
Film
They All Kissed the Bride
Michael 'Mike' Holmes
1942
Film
The Great Sinner
Armand De Glasse
1949
Film
One Is a Lonely Number
Joseph Provo
1972
Film
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
Film
The Big Parade of Comedy
Leon (archive footage)
1964
Film
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
1939
Film
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Melvyn Douglas
1939
Film
That Certain Age
Vincent Bullitt
1938
Film
A Woman's Secret
Luke Jordan
1949
Film
The Shining Hour
Henry Linden
1938
Film
Old Man
Self - Host
1958
Film
I Never Sang for My Father
Tom Garrison
1970
Film
Intimate Strangers
Donald's Father
1977
Film
Tell No Tales
Michael Cassidy
1939
Film
Two-Faced Woman
Lawrence 'Larry' Blake
1941
Film
Theodora Goes Wild
Michael Grant
1936
Film
We Were Dancing
Nicholas Prax
1942
Film
Third Finger, Left Hand
Jeff Thompson
1940
Film
The Gorgeous Hussy
John Randolph
1936
Film
My Own True Love
Clive Heath
1948
Film
There's Always a Woman
William H. Reardon
1938
Film
Hunters Are for Killing
Keller Floran
1970
Film
Tonight or Never
Jim Fletcher
1931
Film
The Toy Wife
George Sartoris
1938
Film
The Plot to Kill Stalin
Stalin
1958
Film
That Uncertain Feeling
Larry Baker
1941
Film
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb
1947
Film
As You Desire Me
Count Bruno Varelli
1932
Film
The People's Enemy
George R. 'Traps' Stuart
1935
Film
Women of Glamour
Richard Stark
1937
Film
Rapture
Frederick Larbaud
1965
Film
This Thing Called Love
Tice Collins
1940
Film
Good Girls Go to Paris
Ronald Brooke
1939
Film
Arsène Lupin Returns
Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin
1938
Film
Companions in Nightmare
Dr. Lawrence Strelson
1968
Film
Judgment at Nuremberg
Gen. Parker
1959
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
Grandpa Doc
1977
Film
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
1990
Film
My Forbidden Past
Paul Beaurevel
1951
Film
Once Upon a Tractor
Martin
1965
Film
The Vampire Bat
Karl Brettschneider
1933
Film
There's That Woman Again
William 'Bill' Reardon
1938
Film
Death Takes a Holiday
Judge Earl Chapman
1971
Film
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Peter Schermann
1967
Film
She Married Her Boss
Richard Barclay
1935
Film
Too Many Husbands
Henry Lowndes
1940
Film
The Greer Case
Howard Hoagland
1957
Film
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Barton Powell
1935
Film
Counsellor at Law
Roy Darwin
1933
Film
He Stayed for Breakfast
Paul Boliet
1940
Film
The Lone Wolf Returns
Michael Lanyard
1935
Film
I'll Take Romance
James Guthrie
1937
Film
Tell Me a Riddle
David
1980
Film
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Kenny Williams
1939
Film
Woman in the Dark
Tony Robson
1934
Film
The Death Squad
Police Captain Earl Kreski
1974
Film
The Broken Wing
Philip 'Phil' Marvin
1932
Film
Dangerous Corner
Charles Stanton
1934
Film
Three Hearts for Julia
Jeff Seabrook
1943
A Gift To Last
Old Clement Sturgess
1976
Film
The Making of a President
1978
Film
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
Self (archive footage)
1969
The Going Up of David Lev
Grandfather
1973
Film
The Wiser Sex
David Rolfe
1932
Film
On the Loose
Frank Bradley
1951
Film
Murder or Mercy
Dr. Paul Harelson
1974
Film
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Self (archive footage)
2014
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Self
1939
Film
And So They Were Married
Stephen Blake
1936