Paul Douglas
Paul Douglas (April 11, 1907 – September 11, 1959) was an American actor. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Paul Douglas Fleischer, Douglas began his career as a stage actor. He made his Broadway debut in 1936 as the Radio Announcer in Doty Hobart and Tom McKnight's Double Dummy at the John Golden Theatre. In 1946 he won both a Theatre World Award and a Clarence Derwent Award for his portrayal of Herry Brock in Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday. Douglas began appearing in films in 1949. He may be best-remembered for two baseball comedy movies, Angels in the Outfield (1951) and It Happens Every Spring (1949). He also played Richard Widmark's police partner in the thriller Panic in the Streets, frustrated newlywed Porter Hollingsway in A Letter to Three Wives, Sgt. Kowalski in The Big Lift, businessman Josiah Walter Dudley in Executive Suite and a con man turned monk in When in Rome. In 1950, Douglas was host of the 22nd annual Academy Awards. Douglas also worked on radio as the announcer for The Ed Wynn Show and he was the first host of NBC Radio's "Horn & Hardart Children's Hour!". In April 1959 Douglas appeared as Lucy Ricardo's television morning show boss in the "Lucy Wants a Career" episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour. Douglas was originally cast in the 1960 episode of The Twilight Zone called "The Mighty Casey", a role written for him by Rod Serling, based on his character in Angels in the Outfield, but Douglas died the same week after production of the episode had been completed. His role was taken over by Jack Warden, and most of the episode was refilmed several months later. He was married five times, last to actress Jan Sterling from 1950 until his death. They had a son, Adams Douglas (1955–2003). Paul Douglas died on September 11, 1959 of a heart attack in Hollywood, California at the age of 52. Film director Billy Wilder and co-writer I.A.L. ('Izzy') Diamond had just offered him the role of Jeff Sheldrake in the movie The Apartment that went to Fred MacMurray instead. Wilder later said: "I saw him and his wife, Jan Sterling, at a restaurant, and I realized he was perfect, and I asked him right there in the parking lot. About two days before we were to start, he had a heart attack and died. Iz and I were shattered." Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Douglas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2009 · 7 Days as Panelist
- 2005 · Blue Water High as
- 1997 · Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line as Self (archive footage)
- 1959 · The Mating Game as Pop Larkin
- 1958 · The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial as
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as
- 1958 · Fortunella as Professore Golfiero Paganica
- 1957 · The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour as Paul Douglas
- 1957 · Suspicion as Vince Polito
- 1957 · Beau James as Chris Nolan
- 1957 · This Could Be the Night as Rocco
- 1956 · The Gamma People as Mike Wilson
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sheriff Jonas Sutton
- 1956 · The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- 1956 · The Solid Gold Cadillac as Edward L. McKeever
- 1956 · Adventure Theater as Host
- 1956 · The Leather Saint as Gus MacAuliffe
- 1955 · Joe Macbeth as Joe MacBeth
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as
- 1955 · Playwrights '56 as
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Bill Fleming
- 1954 · Green Fire as Vic Leonard
- 1954 · Climax! as Dr. Merle Gardner
- 1954 · Climax! as Lieutenant Todd Thoman
- 1954 · Executive Suite as Josiah Walter Dudley
- 1954 · The 'Maggie' as Calvin B. Marshall, the American
- 1954 · Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat as Commentator
- 1953 · Forever Female as Harry Phillips
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · Never Wave at a WAC as Andrew McBain
- 1952 · We're Not Married! as Hector Woodruff
- 1952 · Clash by Night as Jerry D'Amato
- 1952 · When in Rome as Joe Brewster
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Harry Brock
- 1951 · Angels in the Outfield as Guffy McGovern
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Frank Parisi
- 1951 · Rhubarb as Man on Park Bench (uncredited)
- 1951 · The Guy Who Came Back as Harry Joplin
- 1951 · Fourteen Hours as Police Ofcr. Charlie Dunnigan
- 1951 · The Screen Director as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Rick Blaine
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · Panic in the Streets as Capt. Tom Warren
- 1950 · Love That Brute as E.L. 'Big Ed' Hanley
- 1950 · The Big Lift as MSgt. Henry "Hank" Kowalski
- 1950 · Your Show of Shows as
- 1950 · You Can Change The World as Self
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · Everybody Does It as Leonard Borland aka Logan Bennett
- 1949 · It Happens Every Spring as Monk Lanigan
- 1949 · A Letter to Three Wives as Porter Hollingsway
- 1948 · Studio One as Paul Kadsoe
- 1948 · Studio One as Captain McCaffrey
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1946 · Hour Glass as
- 1943 · Margin for Error as Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited)
- 1938 · Saturday Night Swing Club as Master of Ceremonies