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.
Known For
Credits
- 2020 · Kubrick by Kubrick as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Vincent van Gogh Superstar as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
- 2019 · Mike Wallace Is Here as (archive footage)
- 2018 · Basketball: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · The Untameable Kirk Douglas as Self - Actor
- 2017 · If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast as Self
- 2015 · I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas as Self - Interviewee
- 2014 · Hollywood au pied du terril as Self
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Stanley Kubrick in Focus as Self
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2010 · Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Self – Interviewee
- 2009 · Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget as Self
- 2008 · Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices as Self
- 2008 · Empire State Building Murders as Jim Kovalski
- 2007 · Trumbo as Self - Interviewee
- 2005 · A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Self
- 2004 · Illusion as Donald Baines
- 2003 · The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway as
- 2003 · It Runs in the Family as Mitchell Gromberg
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2001 · Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir as Self
- 2001 · FBI contre Hollywood as Self
- 1999 · Diamonds as Harry Agensky
- 1999 · Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection as General Kalthrob
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self (archive footage)
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Completely Cuckoo as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 · Scene by Scene as Self
- 1996 · Clive Anderson All Talk as Self
- 1996 · The Universal Story as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 · The Lies Boys Tell as Ed Reese
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Ross Berger
- 1994 · Greedy as Uncle Joe McTeague
- 1994 · Brisant as Self
- 1994 · A Century of Cinema as Self
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · The Secret as Grandpa Mike Dunmore
- 1992 · Two-Fisted Tales as General Calthrop
- 1991 · Welcome to Veraz as Quentin
- 1991 · Oscar as Eduardo Provolone
- 1991 · Movie Tough Guys as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Star Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Chester J. Lampwick (voice)
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Gen. Kalthrob
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · Inherit the Wind as Matthew Harrison Brady
- 1987 · Queenie as David Konig
- 1987 · Queenie as David Konig
- 1986 · Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick as Self
- 1986 · Tough Guys as Archie Long
- 1986 · Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary as Self
- 1985 · Amos as Amos Lasher
- 1985 · Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 · Draw! as Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
- 1983 · James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
- 1983 · Eddie Macon's Run as Carl 'Buster' Marzack
- 1982 · Remembrance Of Love as Joe Rabin
- 1982 · Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1982 · The Man from Snowy River as Harrison / Spur
- 1982 · Let Poland Be Poland as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self (archive footage)
- 1980 · Home Movies as Dr. Tuttle
- 1980 · Saturn 3 as Major Adam
- 1980 · Verstehen Sie Spaß? as Self
- 1980 · The Final Countdown as Capt. Matthew Yelland
- 1979 · The Villain as Cactus Jack
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1978 · The Fury as Peter Sandza
- 1977 · Holocaust 2000 as Robert Caine
- 1976 · Victory at Entebbe as Herschel Vilnofsky
- 1976 · Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers as Alex Vandervoort
- 1975 · Once Is Not Enough as Mike Wayne
- 1975 · Posse as Howard Nightingale
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1975 · Apostrophes as Self
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1974 · Der große Preis as Self
- 1974 · Mousey as George Anderson
- 1973 · Scalawag as Peg
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1973 · Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
- 1972 · The Master Touch as Steve Wallace
- 1972 · J'ai tout donné as
- 1972 · The Special London Bridge Special as The Indian Fighter
- 1971 · Catch Me a Spy as Andrej
- 1971 · A Gunfight as Will Tenneray
- 1971 · The Light at the Edge of the World as Will Denton
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 1970 · There Was a Crooked Man... as Paris Pitman, Jr.
- 1969 · The Arrangement as Eddie Anderson
- 1969 · The Johnny Cash Show as Self
- 1968 · The Brotherhood as Frank Ginetta
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1968 · A Lovely Way to Die as Jameson Schuyler
- 1968 · Rowan & Martin at the Movies as Self
- 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self (uncredited)
- 1967 · The War Wagon as Lomax
- 1967 · The Way West as Sen. William J. Tadlock
- 1966 · Kirk Douglas as Self
- 1966 · Is Paris Burning? as General Patton
- 1966 · Cast a Giant Shadow as Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1965 · The Heroes of Telemark as Dr. Rolf Pedersen
- 1965 · In Harm's Way as Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
- 1964 · Seven Days in May as Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
- 1963 · For Love or Money as Deke Gentry
- 1963 · The List of Adrian Messenger as George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
- 1963 · The Hook as Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Kirk Douglas
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · Two Weeks in Another Town as Jack Andrus
- 1962 · Lonely are the Brave as John W. "Jack" Burns
- 1961 · Town Without Pity as Major Garrett
- 1961 · The Last Sunset as Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
- 1960 · Spartacus as Spartacus
- 1960 · Strangers When We Meet as Larry Coe
- 1959 · The Devil's Disciple as Richard Dudgeon
- 1959 · Last Train from Gun Hill as Marshal Matt Morgan
- 1958 · The Vikings as Einar
- 1957 · Paths of Glory as Col. Dax
- 1957 · Van Gogh: Darkness into Light as Self
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- 1957 · Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
- 1957 · Top Secret Affair as Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
- 1956 · Lust for Life as Vincent van Gogh
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Recipient
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
- 1956 · Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From? as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 1955 · The Indian Fighter as Johnny Hawks
- 1955 · Man Without a Star as Dempsey Rae
- 1955 · The Racers as Gino Borgesa
- 1954 · 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as Ned Land
- 1954 · Operation Undersea as Self
- 1954 · The Disneyland Story as
- 1954 · Ulysses as Ulysses
- 1954 · The George Gobel Show as Self
- 1953 · Act of Love as Robert Teller
- 1953 · The Juggler as Hans Muller
- 1953 · The Story of Three Loves as Pierre Narval
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · The Bad and the Beautiful as Jonathan Shields
- 1952 · This Is Your Life as Self
- 1952 · The Big Sky as Jim Deakins
- 1952 · The Big Trees as Jim Fallon
- 1951 · Detective Story as Det. James McLeod
- 1951 · Ace in the Hole as Charles Tatum
- 1951 · Along the Great Divide as Marshal Len Merrick
- 1950 · The Glass Menagerie as Jim O'Connor
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Ulysses (archive footage)
- 1950 · Young Man with a Horn as Rick Martin
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · Champion as Midge Kelly
- 1949 · A Letter to Three Wives as George Phipps
- 1948 · The Walls of Jericho as Tucker Wedge
- 1948 · My Dear Secretary as Owen Waterbury
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Guest
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Guest Host
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (archive footage)
- 1947 · I Walk Alone as Noll "Dink" Turner
- 1947 · Out of the Past as Whit Sterling
- 1947 · Mourning Becomes Electra as Peter Niles
- 1946 · The Strange Love of Martha Ivers as Walter O'Neil
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee/Presenter