Paul Douglas (April 11, 1907 – September 11, 1959) was an American actor.
Paul Douglas (April 11, 1907 – September 11, 1959) was an American actor.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Paul Douglas Fleischer, Douglas began his career as a stage actor. He made his Broadway debut in 1936 as the Radio Announcer in Doty Hobart and Tom McKnight's Double Dummy at the John Golden Theatre. In 1946 he won both a Theatre World Award and a Clarence Derwent Award for his portrayal of Herry Brock in Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday.
Douglas began appearing in films in 1949. He may be best-remembered for two baseball comedy movies, Angels in the Outfield (1951) and It Happens Every Spring (1949). He also played Richard Widmark's police partner in the thriller Panic in the Streets, frustrated newlywed Porter Hollingsway in A Letter to Three Wives, Sgt. Kowalski in The Big Lift, businessman Josiah Walter Dudley in Executive Suite and a con man turned monk in When in Rome. In 1950, Douglas was host of the 22nd annual Academy Awards. Douglas also worked on radio as the announcer for The Ed Wynn Show and he was the first host of NBC Radio's "Horn & Hardart Children's Hour!". In April 1959 Douglas appeared as Lucy Ricardo's television morning show boss in the "Lucy Wants a Career" episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.
Douglas was originally cast in the 1960 episode of The Twilight Zone called "The Mighty Casey", a role written for him by Rod Serling, based on his character in Angels in the Outfield, but Douglas died the same week after production of the episode had been completed. His role was taken over by Jack Warden, and most of the episode was refilmed several months later.
He was married five times, last to actress Jan Sterling from 1950 until his death. They had a son, Adams Douglas (1955–2003).
Paul Douglas died on September 11, 1959 of a heart attack in Hollywood, California at the age of 52. Film director Billy Wilder and co-writer I.A.L. ('Izzy') Diamond had just offered him the role of Jeff Sheldrake in the movie The Apartment that went to Fred MacMurray instead. Wilder later said: "I saw him and his wife, Jan Sterling, at a restaurant, and I realized he was perfect, and I asked him right there in the parking lot. About two days before we were to start, he had a heart attack and died. Iz and I were shattered."
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Filmography (Movies)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/05/1997
The Mating Game
Character:Pop Larkin
Release Date:29/04/1959
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Character:
Release Date:10/10/1958
Fortunella
Character:Professore Golfiero Paganica
Release Date:14/03/1958
Beau James
Character:Chris Nolan
Release Date:07/06/1957
This Could Be the Night
Character:Rocco
Release Date:14/05/1957
The Gamma People
Character:Mike Wilson
Release Date:01/12/1956
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Character:Edward L. McKeever
Release Date:22/08/1956
The Leather Saint
Character:Gus MacAuliffe
Release Date:06/06/1956
Joe Macbeth
Character:Joe MacBeth
Release Date:18/10/1955
Green Fire
Character:Vic Leonard
Release Date:29/12/1954
Calling Scotland Yard: The Man Who Stayed Alive
Character:Host
Release Date:30/07/1954
The Man Who Stayed Alive
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:20/06/1954
Executive Suite
Character:Josiah Walter Dudley
Release Date:30/04/1954
The 'Maggie'
Character:Calvin B. Marshall, the American
Release Date:25/02/1954
Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat
Character:Commentator
Release Date:20/02/1954
Forever Female
Character:Harry Phillips
Release Date:28/11/1953
Never Wave at a WAC
Character:Andrew McBain
Release Date:28/01/1953
We're Not Married!
Character:Hector Woodruff
Release Date:11/07/1952
Clash by Night
Character:Jerry D'Amato
Release Date:30/05/1952
When in Rome
Character:Joe Brewster
Release Date:11/05/1952
Angels in the Outfield
Character:Guffy McGovern
Release Date:19/10/1951
Rhubarb
Character:Man on Park Bench (uncredited)
Release Date:29/08/1951
The Guy Who Came Back
Character:Harry Joplin
Release Date:16/08/1951
Fourteen Hours
Character:Police Ofcr. Charlie Dunnigan
Release Date:01/04/1951
The Screen Director
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:12/03/1951
Panic in the Streets
Character:Capt. Tom Warren
Release Date:27/07/1950
Love That Brute
Character:E.L. 'Big Ed' Hanley
Release Date:06/06/1950
The Big Lift
Character:MSgt. Henry "Hank" Kowalski
Release Date:26/04/1950
You Can Change The World
Character:Self
Release Date:25/02/1950
Everybody Does It
Character:Leonard Borland aka Logan Bennett
Release Date:24/10/1949
It Happens Every Spring
Character:Monk Lanigan
Release Date:10/06/1949
A Letter to Three Wives
Character:Porter Hollingsway
Release Date:01/12/1948
Magic of Youth
Character:Narrator
Release Date:02/06/1946
Margin for Error
Character:Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited)
Release Date:10/02/1943
Filming the Fleet
Character:Self, Narrator
Release Date:26/11/1939
Conquering the Colorado
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/09/1939
Saturday Night Swing Club
Character:Master of Ceremonies
Release Date:30/07/1938
Television Appearances
7 Days
Character:Panelist
Blue Water High
Character:
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
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The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Character:Paul Douglas
Suspicion
Character:Vince Polito
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Character:Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Sheriff Jonas Sutton
Adventure Theater
Character:Host
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character:
Playwrights '56
Character:
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Bill Fleming
Climax!
Character:Dr. Merle Gardner
Climax!
Character:Lieutenant Todd Thoman
The Oscars
Character:Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Harry Brock
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Frank Parisi
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Rick Blaine
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
Your Show of Shows
Character:
What's My Line?
Character:Self
Studio One
Character:Paul Kadsoe
Studio One
Character:Captain McCaffrey
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
Hour Glass
Character:
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