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