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(174)
Self
1962
Self
1962
Chester J. Lampwick (voice)
1989
1988
Self
1997
Self
1982
Self (archive footage)
1982
Self - Guest
1993
Self - Guest
1968
Ross Berger
1994
Self
1956
Self
1948
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self
1980
Self
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
Self
1974
Self
1950
Ulysses (archive footage)
1950
Self
1975
Self
1957
Self - Recipient
1956
Self - Guest
1956
Self
1952
Self (archive footage)
2018
Self - Presenter
1956
Self
1998
Kirk Douglas
1962
Self
2003
Self
1954
Gen. Kalthrob
1989
Self
1997
Self
1975
Self
1978
Self
1953
Self
1974
Self
1982
Self
1969
Self
1973
Self
1984
Self (uncredited)
1968
Self
1994
Spartacus
1960
Self
1996
Walter O'Neil
1946
Self
1971
Col. Dax
1957
Capt. Matthew Yelland
1980
Uncle Joe
1994
Dr. Tuttle
1980
Ned Land
1954
Jim Deakins
1952
Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
1957
Howard Nightingale
1975
Einar
1958
Marshal Matt Morgan
1959
Eduardo Provolone
1991
Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
1965
General Patton
1966
Charles Tatum
1951
Sen. William J. Tadlock
1967
Lomax
1967
Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
1966
Ulysses
1954
Whit Sterling
1947
Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
1964
(archive footage)
2012
John W. "Jack" Burns
1962
Vincent van Gogh
1956
Alex Vandervoort
1976
Dr. Rolf Pedersen
1965
Det. James McLeod
1951
(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
1982
Paris Pitman, Jr.
1970
Harrison / Spur
1982
Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
1961
Jonathan Shields
1952
Peter Sandza
1978
Cactus Jack
1979
Archie Long
1986
Midge Kelly
1949
Major Adam
1980
David Konig
1987
Frank Ginetta
1968
Self (archive footage)
2014
Owen Waterbury
1948
Dempsey Rae
1955
Noll "Dink" Turner
1947
Tucker Wedge
1948
Herschel Vilnofsky
1976
Jim Fallon
1952
Johnny Hawks
1955
Robert Caine
1977
Rick Martin
1950
Eddie Anderson
1969
Will Denton
1971
Marshal Len Merrick
1951
Will Tenneray
1971
Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
1963
Pierre Narval
1953
Mitchell Gromberg
2003
Carl 'Buster' Marzack
1983
George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
1963
Mike Wayne
1975
Harry Agensky
1999
(archive footage)
2019
Donald Baines
2004
Peg
1973
Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
1984
Larry Coe
1960
Self - Interviewee
2007
Amos Lasher
1985
Jameson Schuyler
1968
George Phipps
1949
Self
2008
Self - Actor
2017
Hans Muller
1953
Matthew Harrison Brady
1988
Self (archive footage)
2020
Richard Dudgeon
1959
George Anderson
1974
Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
1957
Jack Andrus
1962
Major Garrett
1961
General Kalthrob
1999
Self (archive footage)
1985
Andrej
1971
Gino Borgesa
1955
Peter Niles
1947
Self
1982
Joe Rabin
1982
Deke Gentry
1963
Self (archive footage)
1996
General Calthrop
1992
The Indian Fighter
1972
Jim O'Connor
1950
Jim Kovalski
2008
Self
2012
Self
1994
Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
1973
Self (archive footage)
2024
Self – Interviewee
2010
Self
1968
Self
1986
Self
1986
Ned Land (archive footage)
1990
Grandpa Mike Dunmore
1992
Steve Wallace
1972
Self
2017
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self
2009
Self
1983
Robert Teller
1953
Self
2005
Self
1997
1954
Self
1954
Self
2001
Ed Reese
1994
Self
1972
Self
1966
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
2019
Quentin
1991
Self (archive footage)
1991
Self - Interviewee
2015
Self
1988
Self
1957
Self
2001
Self
1956
2003
Self
2009
Self
2014
Himself
1972
Self
1965
Production (21)
Producer
1959
Executive Producer
1960
Producer
1957
Executive Producer
1966
Producer
1975
Executive Producer
1958
Co-Executive Producer
1964
Executive Producer
1962
Executive Producer
1961
Co-Executive Producer
1966
Producer
1968
Executive Producer
1983
Executive Producer
1955
Producer
1971
Executive Producer
1971
Executive Producer
1963
Executive Producer
1960
Executive Producer
1985
Producer
1971
Executive Producer
1957
Executive Producer
1957