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