Acting credits
114
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Melvyn Douglas
Acting
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Movies: 96Series: 18
TMDB ID: 19550
IMDb ID: nm0002048
Known for: Acting
Born: April 5, 1901
Died: August 4, 1981
Age: 80
Place of birth: Macon, Georgia, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1931 - 2014
Years active: 84
Average TMDB rating: 6.65
Wikidata: Q312084
Also known as
Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Melvyn Douglas.
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
as Self (archive footage)
2014 Movie
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
1990 Movie
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
1988 Movie
The Hot Touch
as Max Reich
1982 Movie
Ghost Story
as John Jaffrey
1981 Movie
Tell Me a Riddle
as David
1980 Movie
The Changeling
as Senator Carmichael
1980 Movie
Being There
as Benjamin Rand
1979 Movie
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Senator Birney
1979 Movie
The Making of a President
1978 Movie
Intimate Strangers
as Donald's Father
1977 Movie
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Zachariah Guthrie
1977 Movie
The Tenant
as Monsieur Zy
1976 Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976 Movie
Murder or Mercy
as Dr. Paul Harelson
1974 Movie
The Death Squad
as Police Captain Earl Kreski
1974 Movie
The Candidate
as John J. McKay
1972 Movie
One Is a Lonely Number
as Joseph Provo
1972 Movie
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972 Movie
Death Takes a Holiday
as Judge Earl Chapman
1971 Movie
I Never Sang for My Father
as Tom Garrison
1970 Movie
Hunters Are for Killing
as Keller Floran
1970 Movie
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
as Self (archive footage)
1969 Movie
Companions in Nightmare
as Dr. Lawrence Strelson
1968 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Melvyn Douglas.
American Playhouse
as David • 1 eps
1982 Series
ABC Weekend Specials
as Grandpa Doc • 1 eps
1977 Series
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
as Stateman Benjamin Franklin • 4 eps
1974 Series
Ghost Story
as Grandpa • 1 eps
1972 Series
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1968 Series
The Fugitive
as Dr. Mark Ryder • 1 eps
1963 Series
Ben Casey
as Burton Strang • 1 eps
1961 Series
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1 eps
1961 Series
Playhouse 90
as Gen. Parker • 1 eps
1956 Series
MGM Parade
as Self • 1 eps
1955 Series
General Electric Theater
as Professor Arthur Barris • 1 eps
1953 Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Henry Drummond • 1 eps
1951 Series
Your Show of Shows
as Self - Guest Host • 1 eps
1950 Series
What's My Line?
as Self • 2 eps
1950 Series
Lights Out
1 eps
1949 Series
Studio One
as Cyril Ritchard • 1 eps
1948 Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Richard Gordon • 1 eps
1948 Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self • 1 eps
1948 Series