Melvyn Douglas
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 5, 1901
- Died
- August 4, 1981
- Birthplace
- Macon, Georgia, USA
Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg; April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor. Douglas came to prominence in the 1930s as a suave leading man, perhaps best typified by his performance in the 1939 romantic comedy Ninotchka with Greta Garbo. Douglas later played mature and fatherly characters, as in his Academy Award–winning performances in Hud (1963) and Being There (1979) and his Academy Award–nominated performance in I Never Sang for My Father (1970). In the last few years of his life Douglas appeared in films with supernatural stories involving ghosts. Douglas appeared as "Senator Joseph Carmichael" in The Changeling in 1980 and Ghost Story in 1981 in his final completed film role.
Filmography
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo 2014
as Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To 1990
as (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind 1988
as Self (archive footage)
The Hot Touch 1982
as Max Reich
Ghost Story 1981
as John Jaffrey
Tell Me a Riddle 1980
as David
The Changeling 1980
as Senator Carmichael
Being There 1979
as Benjamin Rand
The Seduction of Joe Tynan 1979
as Senator Birney
The Making of a President 1978
Actor
Intimate Strangers 1977
as Donald's Father
- Portrait of Grandpa Doc
Portrait of Grandpa Doc 1977
as Grandpa Doc
Twilight's Last Gleaming 1977
as Zachariah Guthrie
- A Gift To Last
A Gift To Last 1976
as Old Clement Sturgess
The Tenant 1976
as Monsieur Zy
That's Entertainment, Part II 1976
as (archive footage)
Murder or Mercy 1974
as Dr. Paul Harelson
The Death Squad 1974
as Police Captain Earl Kreski
- The Going Up of David Lev
The Going Up of David Lev 1973
as Grandfather
The Candidate 1972
as John J. McKay
One Is a Lonely Number 1972
as Joseph Provo
Hollywood: The Dream Factory 1972
as Self (archive footage)
Death Takes a Holiday 1971
as Judge Earl Chapman
I Never Sang for My Father 1970
as Tom Garrison
Hunters Are for Killing 1970
as Keller Floran
Garbo, by Joan Crawford 1969
as Self (archive footage)
Companions in Nightmare 1968
as Dr. Lawrence Strelson
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night 1967
as Peter Schermann
The Crucible 1967
as Deputy Governor Danforth
Hotel 1967
as Warren Trent
Inherit the Wind 1965
as Henry Drummond
Once Upon a Tractor 1965
as Martin
Rapture 1965
as Frederick Larbaud
The Americanization of Emily 1964
as Admiral William Jessup
The Big Parade of Comedy 1964
as Leon (archive footage)
Advance to the Rear 1964
as Col. Claude Brackenbury
Hud 1963
as Homer Bannon
Billy Budd 1962
as The Dansker, Sailmaker
Judgment at Nuremberg 1959
as Gen. Parker
Old Man 1958
as Self - Host
The Plot to Kill Stalin 1958
as Stalin
The Greer Case 1957
as Howard Hoagland
On the Loose 1951
as Frank Bradley
My Forbidden Past 1951
as Paul Beaurevel
The Great Sinner 1949
as Armand De Glasse
A Woman's Secret 1949
as Luke Jordan
My Own True Love 1948
as Clive Heath
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948
as Bill Cole
The Sea of Grass 1947
as Brice Chamberlain
The Guilt of Janet Ames 1947
as Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb
Three Hearts for Julia 1943
as Jeff Seabrook
They All Kissed the Bride 1942
as Michael 'Mike' Holmes
We Were Dancing 1942
as Nicholas Prax
Two-Faced Woman 1941
as Lawrence 'Larry' Blake
Our Wife 1941
as Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin
A Woman's Face 1941
as Dr. Gustaf Segert
That Uncertain Feeling 1941
as Larry Baker
This Thing Called Love 1940
as Tice Collins
Third Finger, Left Hand 1940
as Jeff Thompson
He Stayed for Breakfast 1940
as Paul Boliet
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards 1940
as Self
Too Many Husbands 1940
as Henry Lowndes
The Amazing Mr. Williams 1939
as Kenny Williams
Ninotchka 1939
as Count Leon d'Algout
- Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 1939
as Self
Good Girls Go to Paris 1939
as Ronald Brooke
Tell No Tales 1939
as Michael Cassidy
From the Ends of the Earth 1939
as Self
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 1939
as Melvyn Douglas
There's That Woman Again 1938
as William 'Bill' Reardon
The Shining Hour 1938
as Henry Linden
That Certain Age 1938
as Vincent Bullitt
Fast Company 1938
as Joel Sloane
The Toy Wife 1938
as George Sartoris
There's Always a Woman 1938
as William H. Reardon
Arsène Lupin Returns 1938
as Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin
I'll Take Romance 1937
as James Guthrie
Angel 1937
as Anthony 'Tony' Halton
Captains Courageous 1937
as Frank Burton Cheyne
I Met Him in Paris 1937
as George Potter
Women of Glamour 1937
as Richard Stark
Theodora Goes Wild 1936
as Michael Grant
The Gorgeous Hussy 1936
as John Randolph
And So They Were Married 1936
as Stephen Blake
The Lone Wolf Returns 1935
as Michael Lanyard
Mary Burns, Fugitive 1935
as Barton Powell
Annie Oakley 1935
as Jeff Hogarth
She Married Her Boss 1935
as Richard Barclay
The People's Enemy 1935
as George R. 'Traps' Stuart
Dangerous Corner 1934
as Charles Stanton
Woman in the Dark 1934
as Tony Robson
Counsellor at Law 1933
as Roy Darwin
Nagana 1933
as Dr. Walter Tradnor
The Vampire Bat 1933
as Karl Brettschneider
The Old Dark House 1932
as Penderel
As You Desire Me 1932
as Count Bruno Varelli
The Broken Wing 1932
as Philip 'Phil' Marvin
The Wiser Sex 1932
as David Rolfe
Prestige 1932
as Capt. Andre Verlaine
Tonight or Never 1931
as Jim Fletcher
Credits from TMDB.