Kirk Douglas
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: December 9, 1916
Place of Birth: Amsterdam, New York, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Actor
as (archive footage)
as Self – Interviewee
as Self - Interviewee
as Donald Baines
as Mitchell Gromberg
as Self
as Harry Agensky
as General Kalthrob
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Ed Reese
as Ross Berger
as Uncle Joe
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Grandpa Mike Dunmore
as General Calthrop
as Quentin
as Eduardo Provolone
as Self (archive footage)
as Ned Land (archive footage)
as Chester J. Lampwick (voice)
as Gen. Kalthrob
as Matthew Harrison Brady
as David Konig
as Self
as Archie Long
as Amos Lasher
as Self (archive footage)
as Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
as Carl 'Buster' Marzack
as Joe Rabin
as (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
as Self
as Harrison / Spur
as Self
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Dr. Tuttle
as Major Adam
as Capt. Matthew Yelland
as Self
as Cactus Jack
as Self
as Peter Sandza
as Robert Caine
as Herschel Vilnofsky
as Alex Vandervoort
as Mike Wayne
as Howard Nightingale
as Self
as Self
as Self
as George Anderson
as Peg
as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
as Steve Wallace
as Himself
as Self
as The Indian Fighter
as Andrej
as Will Tenneray
as Will Denton
as Self
as Paris Pitman, Jr.
as Eddie Anderson
as Self
as Frank Ginetta
as Self - Guest
as Jameson Schuyler
as Self (uncredited)
as Self
as Lomax
as Sen. William J. Tadlock
as Self
as General Patton
as Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
as Dr. Rolf Pedersen
as Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
as Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
as Deke Gentry
as George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
as Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
as Kirk Douglas
as Self
as Jack Andrus
as John W. "Jack" Burns
as Major Garrett
as Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
as Spartacus
as Larry Coe
as Richard Dudgeon
as Marshal Matt Morgan
as Einar
as Col. Dax
as Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
as Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
as Vincent van Gogh
as Self - Recipient
as Self - Guest
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Johnny Hawks
as Dempsey Rae
as Gino Borgesa
as Ned Land
as Self
as Ulysses
as Robert Teller
as Hans Muller
as Pierre Narval
as Self
as Jonathan Shields
as Self
as Jim Deakins
as Jim Fallon
as Det. James McLeod
as Charles Tatum
as Marshal Len Merrick
as Jim O'Connor
as Self
as Ulysses (archive footage)
as Rick Martin
as Self
as Midge Kelly
as George Phipps
as Tucker Wedge
as Owen Waterbury
as Self
as Noll "Dink" Turner
as Whit Sterling
as Peter Niles
as Walter O'Neil
as Self
as Self - Presenter