Kirk Douglas
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 9, 1916
- Died
- February 5, 2020 (aged 103)
- Birthplace
- Amsterdam, New York, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Monsters of the Deep
Movie · as Himself
My Life As Roger Moore
Movie · as Self (Archive film material)
From Roger Moore with Love
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Kubrick by Kubrick
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Movie · as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
Movie · as (archive footage)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Shocking Truth
Movie · as Self
Basketball: A Love Story
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Movie · as Self
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Movie · as Self - Actor
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
Movie · as Self (archive photo)
Hollywood au pied du terril
Movie · as Self
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as (archive footage)
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
Movie · as Self
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Movie · as Self – Interviewee
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
Movie · as Self
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Movie · as Self
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
Movie
Empire State Building Murders
Movie · as Jim Kovalski
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Movie · as Self
Trumbo
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Illusion
Movie · as Donald Baines
It Runs in the Family
Movie · as Mitchell Gromberg
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
Movie
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV · as Self · 1 ep
FBI contre Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Movie · as Self
Diamonds
Movie · as Harry Agensky
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Movie · as General Kalthrob
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Completely Cuckoo
Movie · as Self
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Scene by Scene
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Universal Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Clive Anderson All Talk
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Greedy
Movie · as Uncle Joe
The Lies Boys Tell
Movie · as Ed Reese
A Century of Cinema
Movie · as Self
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Ross Berger · 1 ep
Brisant
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Two-Fisted Tales
Movie · as General Calthrop
The Secret
Movie · as Grandpa Mike Dunmore
Movie Tough Guys
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Oscar
Movie · as Eduardo Provolone
Welcome to Veraz
Movie · as Quentin
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
Movie · as Ned Land (archive footage)
The Simpsons
TV · as Chester J. Lampwick (voice) · 1 ep
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Gen. Kalthrob · 1 ep
Clive James' Postcard from
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Inherit the Wind
Movie · as Matthew Harrison Brady
The Racing Experience
Movie · as Self
All-Time Movie Greats
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · 1 ep
Queenie
TV · as David Konig · 2 eps
Tough Guys
Movie · as Archie Long
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Movie · as Self
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Movie · as Self
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Amos
Movie · as Amos Lasher
Draw!
Movie · as Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape
Movie · as Narrator
Salute to Lady Liberty
Movie
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Eddie Macon's Run
Movie · as Carl 'Buster' Marzack
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie · as Self
The Man from Snowy River
Movie · as Harrison / Spur
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Movie · as (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
Remembrance Of Love
Movie · as Joe Rabin
Let Poland Be Poland
Movie · as Self
Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self, Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Home Movies
Movie · as Dr. Tuttle
The Final Countdown
Movie · as Capt. Matthew Yelland
Saturn 3
Movie · as Major Adam
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Villain
Movie · as Cactus Jack
The Fury
Movie · as Peter Sandza
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Holocaust 2000
Movie · as Robert Caine
Victory at Entebbe
Movie · as Herschel Vilnofsky
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
TV · as Alex Vandervoort · 4 eps
Cérémonie des César
TV · as Self - President · 1 ep
Posse
Movie · as Howard Nightingale
Once Is Not Enough
Movie · as Mike Wayne
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Apostrophes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
People's Choice Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mousey
Movie · as George Anderson
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Der große Preis
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie · as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Scalawag
Movie · as Peg
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Master Touch
Movie · as Steve Wallace
The Special London Bridge Special
Movie · as The Indian Fighter
J'ai tout donné
Movie · as Self
Kirk Douglas
Movie · as Himself
A Gunfight
Movie · as Will Tenneray
The Light at the Edge of the World
Movie · as Will Denton
Catch Me a Spy
Movie · as Andrej
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Once Upon a Wheel
TV · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 2 eps
There Was a Crooked Man...
Movie · as Paris Pitman, Jr.
The Arrangement
Movie · as Eddie Anderson
The Johnny Cash Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Brotherhood
Movie · as Frank Ginetta
A Lovely Way to Die
Movie · as Jameson Schuyler
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Movie · as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 2 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The War Wagon
Movie · as Lomax
The Way West
Movie · as Sen. William J. Tadlock
Is Paris Burning?
Movie · as General Patton
Cast a Giant Shadow
Movie · as Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
Kirk Douglas
Movie · as Self
In Harm's Way
Movie · as Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
The Heroes of Telemark
Movie · as Dr. Rolf Pedersen
The Making of A Movie
Movie · as Self
Seven Days in May
Movie · as Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
Pour le plaisir
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The List of Adrian Messenger
Movie · as George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
The Hook
Movie · as Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
For Love or Money
Movie · as Deke Gentry
Lonely are the Brave
Movie · as John W. "Jack" Burns
Two Weeks in Another Town
Movie · as Jack Andrus
The Lucy Show
TV · as Kirk Douglas · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Last Sunset
Movie · as Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
Town Without Pity
Movie · as Major Garrett
Spartacus
Movie · as Spartacus
Strangers When We Meet
Movie · as Larry Coe
Last Train from Gun Hill
Movie · as Marshal Matt Morgan
The Devil's Disciple
Movie · as Richard Dudgeon
The Vikings
Movie · as Einar
Paths of Glory
Movie · as Col. Dax
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Movie · as Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
Top Secret Affair
Movie · as Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
Movie · as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Lust for Life
Movie · as Vincent van Gogh
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
Movie · as Self
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self - Recipient, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Man Without a Star
Movie · as Dempsey Rae
The Indian Fighter
Movie · as Johnny Hawks
The Racers
Movie · as Gino Borgesa
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Movie · as Ned Land
Ulysses
Movie · as Ulysses
Operation Undersea
Movie · as Self
The Disneyland Story
Movie · as Self
The George Gobel Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Story of Three Loves
Movie · as Pierre Narval
Act of Love
Movie · as Robert Teller
The Juggler
Movie · as Hans Muller
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 8 eps
The Bad and the Beautiful
Movie · as Jonathan Shields
The Big Sky
Movie · as Jim Deakins
The Big Trees
Movie · as Jim Fallon
This Is Your Life
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Detective Story
Movie · as Det. James McLeod
Ace in the Hole
Movie · as Charles Tatum
Along the Great Divide
Movie · as Marshal Len Merrick
Young Man with a Horn
Movie · as Rick Martin
The Glass Menagerie
Movie · as Jim O'Connor
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self, Ulysses (archive footage) · 2 eps
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Jack Benny Program
TV · as Kirk Douglas · 1 ep
Champion
Movie · as Midge Kelly
A Letter to Three Wives
Movie · as George Phipps
My Dear Secretary
Movie · as Owen Waterbury
The Walls of Jericho
Movie · as Tucker Wedge
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Out of the Past
Movie · as Whit Sterling
I Walk Alone
Movie · as Noll "Dink" Turner
Mourning Becomes Electra
Movie · as Peter Niles
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Movie · as Walter O'Neil
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self, Self - Presenter · 1 ep