Acting credits
112
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Melvyn Douglas
Acting
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Movies: 96Series: 16
TMDB ID: 19550
IMDb ID: nm0002048
Known for: Acting
Born: April 5, 1901
Died: August 4, 1981
Age: 80
Place of birth: Macon, Georgia, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1931 - 2014
Years active: 84
Average TMDB rating: 6.66
Wikidata: Q312084
Also known as
Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg
Biography
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Melvyn Douglas.
3.0
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
as Self (archive footage)
2014 Movie
9.0
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
1990 Movie
8.0
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
1988 Movie
3.8
The Hot Touch
as Max Reich
1982 Movie
6.0
Ghost Story
as Dr. John Jaffrey
1981 Movie
6.0
Tell Me a Riddle
as David
1980 Movie
7.0
The Changeling
as Senator Carmichael
1980 Movie
7.6
Being There
as Benjamin Rand
1979 Movie
5.7
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Senator Birney
1979 Movie
The Making of a President
1978 Movie
5.0
Intimate Strangers
as Donald's Father
1977 Movie
6.4
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Zachariah Guthrie
1977 Movie
7.6
The Tenant
as Monsieur Zy
1976 Movie
6.9
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976 Movie
Murder or Mercy
as Dr. Paul Harelson
1974 Movie
6.8
The Death Squad
as Police Captain Earl Kreski
1974 Movie
6.5
The Candidate
as John J. McKay
1972 Movie
4.6
One Is a Lonely Number
as Joseph Provo
1972 Movie
6.0
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972 Movie
4.5
Death Takes a Holiday
as Judge Earl Chapman
1971 Movie
6.6
I Never Sang for My Father
as Tom Garrison
1970 Movie
4.5
Hunters Are for Killing
as Keller Floran
1970 Movie
4.0
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
as Self (archive footage)
1969 Movie
4.0
Companions in Nightmare
as Dr. Lawrence Strelson
1968 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Melvyn Douglas.
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
as Stateman Benjamin Franklin • 4 eps
1974 Series
7.1
Ghost Story
as Grandpa • 1 eps
1972 Series
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1968 Series
7.2
The Fugitive
as Dr. Mark Ryder • 1 eps
1963 Series
5.6
Ben Casey
as Burton Strang • 1 eps
1961 Series
6.3
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1 eps
1961 Series
7.6
Playhouse 90
as Gen. Parker • 1 eps
1956 Series
MGM Parade
as Self • 1 eps
1955 Series
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Professor Arthur Barris • 1 eps
1953 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Henry Drummond • 1 eps
1951 Series
6.3
Your Show of Shows
as Self - Guest Host • 1 eps
1950 Series
7.0
What's My Line?
as Self • 1 eps
1950 Series
5.8
Lights Out
1 eps
1949 Series
5.0
Studio One
as Cyril Ritchard • 1 eps
1948 Series
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Richard Gordon • 1 eps
1948 Series
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self • 1 eps
1948 Series