Kirk Douglas
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.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(Ned Land)
Spartacus
(Spartacus)
Paths of Glory
(Col. Dax)
Out of the Past
(Whit Sterling)
Movie Tough Guys
(Self (archive footage))
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
(Self (archive footage))
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde)
Is Paris Burning?
(General Patton)
Detective Story
(Det. James McLeod)
Tough Guys
(Archie Long)
Victory at Entebbe
(Herschel Vilnofsky)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
(Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday)
It Runs in the Family
(Mitchell Gromberg)
The List of Adrian Messenger
(George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson)
Seven Days in May
(Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey)
The Man from Snowy River
(Harrison / Spur)
Home Movies
(Dr. Tuttle)
Oscar
(Eduardo Provolone)
Cast a Giant Shadow
(Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus)
The Final Countdown
(Capt. Matthew Yelland)
Ace in the Hole
(Charles Tatum)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
((in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage))
The Bad and the Beautiful
(Jonathan Shields)
Greedy
(Uncle Joe McTeague)
The Fury
(Peter Sandza)
Champion
(Midge Kelly)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
(Walter O'Neil)
I Walk Alone
(Noll "Dink" Turner)
There Was a Crooked Man...
(Paris Pitman, Jr.)
The War Wagon
(Lomax)
Young Man with a Horn
(Rick Martin)
Diamonds
(Harry Agensky)
Eddie Macon's Run
(Carl 'Buster' Marzack)
Lust for Life
(Vincent van Gogh)
Last Train from Gun Hill
(Marshal Matt Morgan)
The Vikings
(Einar)
The Way West
(Sen. William J. Tadlock)
Lonely are the Brave
(John W. "Jack" Burns)
Man Without a Star
(Dempsey Rae)
The Big Sky
(Jim Deakins)
The Big Trees
(Jim Fallon)
Ulysses
(Ulysses)
Along the Great Divide
(Marshal Len Merrick)
Two Weeks in Another Town
(Jack Andrus)
In Harm's Way
(Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.)
A Letter to Three Wives
(George Phipps)
Posse
(Howard Nightingale)
Holocaust 2000
(Robert Caine)
The Heroes of Telemark
(Dr. Rolf Pedersen)
The Last Sunset
(Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley)
The Master Touch
(Steve Wallace)
My Dear Secretary
(Owen Waterbury)
The Glass Menagerie
(Jim O'Connor)
The Arrangement
(Eddie Anderson)
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
(Self)
Empire State Building Murders
(Jim Kovalski)
Mourning Becomes Electra
(Peter Niles)
Saturn 3
(Major Adam)
A Gunfight
(Will Tenneray)
The Brotherhood
(Frank Ginetta)
The Light at the Edge of the World
(Will Denton)
Catch Me a Spy
(Andrej)
Town Without Pity
(Major Garrett)
The Indian Fighter
(Johnny Hawks)
The Devil's Disciple
(Richard Dudgeon)
Strangers When We Meet
(Larry Coe)
A Lovely Way to Die
(Jameson Schuyler)
Illusion
(Donald Baines)
Once Is Not Enough
(Mike Wayne)
Mousey
(George Anderson)
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
(Self - Interviewee)
The Walls of Jericho
(Tucker Wedge)
Draw!
(Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland)
The Story of Three Loves
(Pierre Narval)
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
(Self)
Scalawag
(Peg)
The Lies Boys Tell
(Ed Reese)
Top Secret Affair
(Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin)
The Racers
(Gino Borgesa)
The Villain
(Cactus Jack)
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
(Self)
Act of Love
(Robert Teller)
The Hook
(Sgt. P.J. Briscoe)
Remembrance Of Love
(Joe Rabin)
Inherit the Wind
(Matthew Harrison Brady)
For Love or Money
(Deke Gentry)
Amos
(Amos Lasher)
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
(Self)
The Juggler
(Hans Muller)
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
(Vincent van Gogh (archive footage))
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
(Self)
Operation Undersea
(Self)
The Special London Bridge Special
(The Indian Fighter)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
((archive footage))
FBI contre Hollywood
(Self)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
(Self – Interviewee)
Trumbo
(Self - Interviewee)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
(Self (archive footage))
Mike Wallace Is Here
((archive footage))
Welcome to Veraz
(Quentin)
J'ai tout donné
Two-Fisted Tales
(General Calthrop)
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
(Self)
The Secret
(Grandpa Mike Dunmore)
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
(Self)
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
(Self)
Completely Cuckoo
(Self)
Queenie
(David Konig)
Kirk Douglas
(Self)
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
(Self)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
(Self)
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
(Self)
The Universal Story
(Self (archive footage))
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
(Self - Actor)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(Self (archive footage))
A Century of Cinema
(Self)
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
Hollywood au pied du terril
(Self)
Kubrick by Kubrick
(Self (archive footage))
The Disneyland Story
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
(General Kalthrob)
Let Poland Be Poland
(Self)
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
(Self)
The Simpsons
(Chester J. Lampwick (voice))
The Colgate Comedy Hour
(Self)
Touched by an Angel
(Ross Berger)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Lucy Show
(Kirk Douglas)
Tales from the Crypt
(Gen. Kalthrob)
The View
(Self)
The Merv Griffin Show
(Self)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
(Self (uncredited))
The Johnny Cash Show
(Self)
This Is Your Life
(Self)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
(Self)
The Steve Allen Show
(Self - Recipient)
Clive Anderson All Talk
(Self)
The Oscars
(Self)
The Kennedy Center Honors
(Self)
Basketball: A Love Story
(Self (archive footage))
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
(Self)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
(Ulysses (archive footage))
The George Gobel Show
(Self)
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
(Alex Vandervoort)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
Wogan
(Self)
V.I.P. Schaukel
(Self)
Scene by Scene
(Self)
Spécial cinéma
(Self)
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
(Self)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
(Self)
The Steve Allen Show
(Self - Guest)
Tony Awards
(Self - Presenter)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
(Self)
Queenie
(David Konig)
Champs-Elysées
(Self)
Star Life
(Self (archive footage))
Cinépanorama
(Self)
Apostrophes
(Self)
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
What's My Line?
(Self - Mystery Guest)
Real Time with Bill Maher
(Self)
Champs-Elysées
(Self (archive footage))
Der große Preis
(Self)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Nominee/Presenter)
Brisant
(Self)
Parkinson
(Self (archive footage))
Parkinson
(Self)
Spartacus
(Executive Producer)
Paths of Glory
(Producer)
Posse
(Director)
Seven Days in May
(Co-Executive Producer)
The Light at the Edge of the World
(Producer)
Scalawag
(Director)
Seconds
(Co-Executive Producer)
A Gunfight
(Executive Producer)
The Brotherhood
(Producer)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
(Executive Producer)
Amos
(Executive Producer)
Grand Prix
(Executive Producer)
Ride Out for Revenge
(Executive Producer)
The Indian Fighter
(Executive Producer)
Lizzie
(Executive Producer)
Strangers When We Meet
(Executive Producer)
Scalawag
(Writer)
Lonely are the Brave
(Executive Producer)
Posse
(Producer)
The Vikings
(Executive Producer)
The List of Adrian Messenger
(Executive Producer)
Summertree
(Producer)
The Last Sunset
(Executive Producer)
Tales of the Vikings
(Producer)