Kirk Douglas
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
The Simpsons
Chester J. Lampwick (voice)
1989
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
The Lucy Show
Kirk Douglas
1962
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
Wogan
Self
1982
Series
Touched by an Angel
Ross Berger
1994
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self (archive footage)
1982
Series
Apostrophes
Self
1975
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Film '72
Self
1971
Series
Tales from the Crypt
Gen. Kalthrob
1989
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Series
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Recipient
1956
Series
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
1956
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Ulysses (archive footage)
1950
Series
People's Choice Awards
Self
1975
Series
The Jack Benny Program
Kirk Douglas
1950
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
Series
This Is Your Life
Self
1952
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
2018
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Series
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Series
Cérémonie des César
Self - President
1976
Film
Spartacus
Spartacus
1960
Film
Paths of Glory
Col. Dax
1957
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
Film
Ulysses
Ulysses
1954
Film
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Ned Land
1954
Der große Preis
Self
1974
Film
The Final Countdown
Capt. Matthew Yelland
1980
Series
Brisant
Self
1994
Series
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Self
1980
Film
The Vikings
Einar
1958
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Film
Once Is Not Enough
Mike Wayne
1975
Film
J'ai tout donné
Self
1972
Film
Oscar
Eduardo Provolone
1991
Film
Out of the Past
Whit Sterling
1947
The George Gobel Show
Self
1954
Film
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
1957
Film
Saturn 3
Major Adam
1980
Clive Anderson All Talk
Self
1996
Film
Last Train from Gun Hill
Marshal Matt Morgan
1959
Film
The Fury
Peter Sandza
1978
Film
The Villain
Cactus Jack
1979
Film
Let Poland Be Poland
Self
1982
Film
Is Paris Burning?
General Patton
1966
Series
The Johnny Cash Show
Self
1969
Series
Clive James' Postcard from
Self
1989
Film
Greedy
Uncle Joe
1994
Film
The Way West
Sen. William J. Tadlock
1967
Series
Scene by Scene
Self
1997
Film
The Heroes of Telemark
Dr. Rolf Pedersen
1965
Film
The War Wagon
Lomax
1967
Film
In Harm's Way
Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
1965
Series
Pour le plaisir
Self
1964
Series
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Alex Vandervoort
1976
Film
Lust for Life
Vincent van Gogh
1956
Film
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
1982
Film
Ace in the Hole
Charles Tatum
1951
Film
The Man from Snowy River
Harrison / Spur
1982
Film
The Bad and the Beautiful
Jonathan Shields
1952
Film
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Film
Detective Story
Det. James McLeod
1951
Film
Tough Guys
Archie Long
1986
Series
Queenie
David Konig
1987
Film
The Devil's Disciple
Richard Dudgeon
1959
Film
Seven Days in May
Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
1964
Film
Lonely are the Brave
John W. "Jack" Burns
1962
Film
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Walter O'Neil
1946
Film
Act of Love
Robert Teller
1953
Film
Posse
Howard Nightingale
1975
Film
Illusion
Donald Baines
2004
Film
I Walk Alone
Noll "Dink" Turner
1947
Film
The List of Adrian Messenger
George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
1963
Film
The Big Sky
Jim Deakins
1952
Film
The Indian Fighter
Johnny Hawks
1955
Film
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
1983
Film
A Letter to Three Wives
George Phipps
1949
Film
Man Without a Star
Dempsey Rae
1955
Film
The Last Sunset
Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
1961
Film
Cast a Giant Shadow
Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
1966
Film
Kubrick by Kubrick
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Film
The Story of Three Loves
Pierre Narval
1953
Film
It Runs in the Family
Mitchell Gromberg
2003
Film
There Was a Crooked Man...
Paris Pitman, Jr.
1970
Film
The Arrangement
Eddie Anderson
1969
Film
The Brotherhood
Frank Ginetta
1968
Film
Inherit the Wind
Matthew Harrison Brady
1988
Film
Champion
Midge Kelly
1949
Film
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Self
1986
Film
Welcome to Veraz
Quentin
1991
Film
Along the Great Divide
Marshal Len Merrick
1951
Film
From Roger Moore with Love
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Holocaust 2000
Robert Caine
1977
Film
Completely Cuckoo
Self
1997
Film
The Juggler
Hans Muller
1953
Film
Young Man with a Horn
Rick Martin
1950
Film
The Light at the Edge of the World
Will Denton
1971
Film
The Big Trees
Jim Fallon
1952
Series
Once Upon a Wheel
1971
Film
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009
Film
Two Weeks in Another Town
Jack Andrus
1962
Film
Eddie Macon's Run
Carl 'Buster' Marzack
1983
Film
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
1985
Film
Victory at Entebbe
Herschel Vilnofsky
1976
Film
A Gunfight
Will Tenneray
1971
Film
Home Movies
Dr. Tuttle
1980
Film
Two-Fisted Tales
General Calthrop
1992
Film
A Lovely Way to Die
Jameson Schuyler
1968
Film
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Self
1968
Film
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
Town Without Pity
Major Garrett
1961
Film
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Self
2008
Film
Trumbo
Self - Interviewee
2007
Film
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Self - Actor
2017
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Shocking Truth
Self
2018
My Life As Roger Moore
Self (Archivfilmmaterial)
Film
Mike Wallace Is Here
(archive footage)
2019
Film
Top Secret Affair
Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
1957
Film
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Self
1986
Film
For Love or Money
Deke Gentry
1963
Film
Draw!
Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
1984
Film
My Dear Secretary
Owen Waterbury
1948
Film
The Special London Bridge Special
The Indian Fighter
1972
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
Self
2012
Film
Diamonds
Harry Agensky
1999
Film
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee
2010
Film
The Universal Story
Self (archive footage)
1996
Film
The Hook
Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
1963
Film
Strangers When We Meet
Larry Coe
1960
Film
Catch Me a Spy
Andrej
1971
Film
The Glass Menagerie
Jim O'Connor
1950
Film
Mourning Becomes Electra
Peter Niles
1947
Film
A Century of Cinema
Self
1994
Film
Mousey
George Anderson
1974
Film
The Racers
Gino Borgesa
1955
Film
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
General Kalthrob
1999
Film
Scalawag
Peg
1973
Film
The Master Touch
Steve Wallace
1972
The Racing Experience
Self
1988
Film
Monsters of the Deep
Himself
Film
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Self
2005
Empire State Building Murders
Jim Kovalski
2008
Film
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Self
2009
Film
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
1973
Film
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
2019
Film
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
Self (archive photo)
2015
Film
Amos
Amos Lasher
1985
All-Time Movie Greats
Self (archive footage)
1988
Film
The Walls of Jericho
Tucker Wedge
1948
Film
The Secret
Grandpa Mike Dunmore
1992
Film
Remembrance Of Love
Joe Rabin
1982
Film
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Self
2001
Film
Operation Undersea
Self
1954
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
Self
1957
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
Self - Interviewee
2015
Film
The Disneyland Story
Self
1954
Hollywood au pied du terril
Self
2014
Film
Kirk Douglas
Self
1966
Film
Kirk Douglas
Himself
1972
Film
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
Self
2009
Film
The Lies Boys Tell
Ed Reese
1994
Film
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Self
2017
Film
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
Ned Land (archive footage)
1990
Film
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
Self
1956
Film
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003
FBI contre Hollywood
Self
2001
The Making of A Movie
Self
1965
Film
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
1991