Kirk Douglas
Acting
🎂 1916-12-09
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.
Cast credits(173)
Chester J. Lampwick (voice)
1989
Self
2003
Self
1962
Self
1982
Self - Presenter
1956
Self
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
Self
1997
Kirk Douglas
1962
Self
1975
Gen. Kalthrob
1989
Ross Berger
1994
Self
1982
Self (archive footage)
1982
1988
Self - Guest
1993
Self (uncredited)
1968
Self
1998
Self
1950
Ulysses (archive footage)
1950
Self
1948
Self
1953
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self
1984
Self
1962
Self
1974
Self - Guest
1968
Self
1978
Spartacus
1960
Self - Recipient
1956
Self - Guest
1956
Self
1956
Self (archive footage)
2018
Self
1975
Self
1952
Howard Nightingale
1975
Self
1994
Ned Land
1954
Self (archive footage)
2024
Self
1974
Capt. Matthew Yelland
1980
Self
1957
Self
1971
Self
1980
Self
1969
Self
1973
Eduardo Provolone
1991
Self
1954
Self (archive footage)
2014
Whit Sterling
1947
Col. Dax
1957
Einar
1958
Sen. William J. Tadlock
1967
Uncle Joe
1994
Herschel Vilnofsky
1976
General Patton
1966
Lomax
1967
Charles Tatum
1951
Dr. Rolf Pedersen
1965
Cactus Jack
1979
Marshal Matt Morgan
1959
Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
1965
(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
1982
(archive footage)
2019
Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
1961
Paris Pitman, Jr.
1970
Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
1957
Self
1983
Self
2012
Mitchell Gromberg
2003
(archive footage)
2012
Ulysses
1954
Jonathan Shields
1952
John W. "Jack" Burns
1962
Self (archive footage)
1996
Joe Rabin
1982
Walter O'Neil
1946
Will Tenneray
1971
Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
1966
Amos Lasher
1985
Det. James McLeod
1951
Self
1997
Quentin
1991
Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
1964
Dr. Tuttle
1980
Johnny Hawks
1955
Archie Long
1986
Self – Interviewee
2010
Mike Wayne
1975
Matthew Harrison Brady
1988
Self
1994
Jameson Schuyler
1968
Peter Sandza
1978
Jim Fallon
1952
Dempsey Rae
1955
Marshal Len Merrick
1951
Self
1968
Midge Kelly
1949
Self (archive footage)
1991
Jim Kovalski
2008
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
2019
Larry Coe
1960
Andrej
1971
Jack Andrus
1962
Vincent van Gogh
1956
Major Garrett
1961
David Konig
1987
Peter Niles
1947
Robert Caine
1977
Deke Gentry
1963
Tucker Wedge
1948
Self (archive footage)
1985
Self
1972
Harrison / Spur
1982
General Calthrop
1992
Self
1965
Alex Vandervoort
1976
Self
1996
Major Adam
1980
Self
2001
George Phipps
1949
Self
1966
Noll "Dink" Turner
1947
Frank Ginetta
1968
Jim Deakins
1952
Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
1963
Richard Dudgeon
1959
Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
1984
George Anderson
1974
1954
Rick Martin
1950
Self
1986
General Kalthrob
1999
Pierre Narval
1953
Donald Baines
2004
Ed Reese
1994
Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
1957
Self (archive footage)
1997
Eddie Anderson
1969
Grandpa Mike Dunmore
1992
Carl 'Buster' Marzack
1983
Self
1982
Will Denton
1971
Harry Agensky
1999
Owen Waterbury
1948
Self - Actor
2017
Self
2008
Self - Interviewee
2007
Self
1957
George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
1963
Himself
1972
Gino Borgesa
1955
Robert Teller
1953
Jim O'Connor
1950
Hans Muller
1953
Self
1986
Self
1997
Self
1954
Self
2009
Self
2005
Self
2001
Steve Wallace
1972
The Indian Fighter
1972
Peg
1973
Self
2017
Ned Land (archive footage)
1990
Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
1973
2003
Self
2009
Self
2014
Self - Interviewee
2015
Self
1956
Self
1988
Production (21)
Executive Producer
1960
Producer
1975
Producer
1957
Executive Producer
1958
Executive Producer
1961
Executive Producer
1966
Executive Producer
1962
Executive Producer
1971
Executive Producer
1957
Co-Executive Producer
1966
Executive Producer
1985
Co-Executive Producer
1964
Executive Producer
1983
Executive Producer
1955
Executive Producer
1960
Producer
1968
Producer
1971
Executive Producer
1963
Producer
1959
Producer
1971
Executive Producer
1957