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Kirk Douglas
Born · December 9, 1916
Died · February 5, 2020 (103 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Amsterdam, New York, USA
Bio
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.
Kubrick by Kubrick
Self (archive footage)
7.5
2020
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
6.5
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
(archive footage)
6.5
2019
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.0
2018
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Self - Actor
6.2
2017
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Self
7.1
2017
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
Self - Interviewee
0.0
2015
Hollywood au pied du terril
Self
0.0
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2014
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
Self
6.0
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
7.5
2012
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee
6.9
2010
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
Self
7.3
2009
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Self
5.8
2008
Empire State Building Murders
Jim Kovalski
0.0
2008
Trumbo
Self - Interviewee
6.7
2007
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Self
6.4
2005
Illusion
Donald Baines
8.2
2004
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
0.0
2003
It Runs in the Family
Mitchell Gromberg
6.0
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
2003
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Self
7.3
2001
FBI contre Hollywood
Self
5.0
2001
Diamonds
Harry Agensky
5.3
1999
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
General Kalthrob
8.7
1999
Parkinson
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
0.0
1998
Parkinson
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1998
Completely Cuckoo
Self
7.5
1997
The View
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Self (archive footage)
7.0
1997
Scene by Scene
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1997
Clive Anderson All Talk
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1996
The Universal Story
Self (archive footage)
7.7
1996
The Lies Boys Tell
Ed Reese
5.0
1994
Touched by an Angel
Ross Berger · (1 episode)
7.2
1994
Greedy
Uncle Joe McTeague
6.2
1994
Brisant
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
1994
A Century of Cinema
Self
8.0
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
7.1
1993
The Secret
Grandpa Mike Dunmore
0.0
1992
Two-Fisted Tales
General Calthrop
4.6
1992
Welcome to Veraz
Quentin
3.7
1991
Oscar
Eduardo Provolone
6.3
1991
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
10.0
1991
Star Life
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
10.0
1990
The Simpsons
Chester J. Lampwick (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
Tales from the Crypt
Gen. Kalthrob · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(1 episode)
5.2
1988
Inherit the Wind
Matthew Harrison Brady
8.0
1988
Queenie
David Konig
4.8
1987
Queenie
David Konig · (2 episodes)
6.0
1987
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Self
0.0
1986
Tough Guys
Archie Long
5.9
1986
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Self
6.7
1986
Amos
Amos Lasher
7.1
1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1985
Draw!
Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
6.5
1984
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
5.0
1983
Eddie Macon's Run
Carl 'Buster' Marzack
5.8
1983
Remembrance Of Love
Joe Rabin
6.0
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
6.6
1982
Wogan
Self · (1 episode)
4.5
1982
The Man from Snowy River
Harrison / Spur
6.9
1982
Let Poland Be Poland
Self
0.0
1982
Champs-Elysées
Self · (2 episodes)
6.2
1982
Champs-Elysées
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
6.2
1982
Home Movies
Dr. Tuttle
5.4
1980
Saturn 3
Major Adam
5.2
1980
The Final Countdown
Capt. Matthew Yelland
6.6
1980
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Self · (1 episode)
3.8
1980
The Villain
Cactus Jack
5.7
1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · (1 episode)
7.3
1978
The Fury
Peter Sandza
6.3
1978
Holocaust 2000
Robert Caine
5.9
1977
Victory at Entebbe
Herschel Vilnofsky
5.0
1976
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Alex Vandervoort · (4 episodes)
3.0
1976
Once Is Not Enough
Mike Wayne
5.2
1975
Posse
Howard Nightingale
5.9
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1975
Apostrophes
Self · (1 episode)
8.5
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self · (2 episodes)
0.0
1974
Der große Preis
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1974
Mousey
George Anderson
4.6
1974
Scalawag
Peg
5.5
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1973
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
5.8
1973
The Master Touch
Steve Wallace
5.6
1972
J'ai tout donné
8.0
1972
The Special London Bridge Special
The Indian Fighter
0.0
1972
Catch Me a Spy
Andrej
4.6
1971
A Gunfight
Will Tenneray
5.8
1971
The Light at the Edge of the World
Will Denton
5.9
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1971
There Was a Crooked Man...
Paris Pitman, Jr.
6.8
1970
The Arrangement
Eddie Anderson
6.7
1969
The Johnny Cash Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
1969
The Brotherhood
Frank Ginetta
5.9
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
6.7
1968
A Lovely Way to Die
Jameson Schuyler
4.4
1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Self
0.0
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited) · (2 episodes)
6.4
1967
The War Wagon
Lomax
6.9
1967
The Way West
Sen. William J. Tadlock
6.0
1967
Kirk Douglas
Self
5.6
1966
Is Paris Burning?
General Patton
7.2
1966
Cast a Giant Shadow
Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
6.3
1966
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
3.5
1966
The Heroes of Telemark
Dr. Rolf Pedersen
6.9
1965
In Harm's Way
Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
6.5
1965
Seven Days in May
Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
7.2
1964
For Love or Money
Deke Gentry
5.3
1963
The List of Adrian Messenger
George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
6.6
1963
The Hook
Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
5.8
1963
The Lucy Show
Kirk Douglas · (1 episode)
7.1
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.6
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (3 episodes)
7.4
1962
Two Weeks in Another Town
Jack Andrus
5.9
1962
Lonely are the Brave
John W. "Jack" Burns
7.3
1962
Town Without Pity
Major Garrett
6.9
1961
The Last Sunset
Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
6.7
1961
Spartacus
Spartacus
7.5
1960
Strangers When We Meet
Larry Coe
6.4
1960
The Devil's Disciple
Richard Dudgeon
6.5
1959
Last Train from Gun Hill
Marshal Matt Morgan
7.0
1959
The Vikings
Einar
7.0
1958
Paths of Glory
Col. Dax
8.3
1957
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
Self
0.0
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
7.0
1957
Top Secret Affair
Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
4.6
1957
Lust for Life
Vincent van Gogh
7.1
1956
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Recipient · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
Self
0.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
Cinépanorama
Self · (4 episodes)
8.0
1956
The Indian Fighter
Johnny Hawks
6.1
1955
Man Without a Star
Dempsey Rae
6.5
1955
The Racers
Gino Borgesa
6.0
1955
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Ned Land
7.0
1954
Operation Undersea
Self
2.0
1954
The Disneyland Story
7.5
1954
Ulysses
Ulysses
6.4
1954
The George Gobel Show
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
1954
Act of Love
Robert Teller
6.7
1953
The Juggler
Hans Muller
6.6
1953
The Story of Three Loves
Pierre Narval
5.5
1953
The Oscars
Self · (8 episodes)
7.0
1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
Jonathan Shields
7.3
1952
This Is Your Life
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
1952
The Big Sky
Jim Deakins
6.5
1952
The Big Trees
Jim Fallon
5.5
1952
Detective Story
Det. James McLeod
7.0
1951
Ace in the Hole
Charles Tatum
7.8
1951
Along the Great Divide
Marshal Len Merrick
7.2
1951
The Glass Menagerie
Jim O'Connor
5.6
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · (2 episodes)
7.0
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Ulysses (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.0
1950
Young Man with a Horn
Rick Martin
6.3
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (2 episodes)
6.7
1950
Champion
Midge Kelly
6.6
1949
A Letter to Three Wives
George Phipps
7.2
1949
The Walls of Jericho
Tucker Wedge
5.7
1948
My Dear Secretary
Owen Waterbury
5.9
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (4 episodes)
6.6
1948
I Walk Alone
Noll "Dink" Turner
6.6
1947
Out of the Past
Whit Sterling
7.6
1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
Peter Niles
6.3
1947
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Walter O'Neil
7.1
1946
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee/Presenter · (1 episode)
6.8
1944