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.
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.
External links
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104027
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Filmography (Movies)
From Roger Moore with Love
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/12/2024
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Character:Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
Release Date:05/11/2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:26/07/2019
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Character:Self - Actor
Release Date:01/06/2017
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Character:Self
Release Date:19/05/2017
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
Character:Self - Interviewee
Release Date:06/10/2015
Hollywood au pied du terril
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/2014
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
Character:Self
Release Date:30/11/2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/2012
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Character:Self – Interviewee
Release Date:05/05/2010
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
Character:Self
Release Date:24/11/2009
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Character:Self
Release Date:16/02/2009
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Character:Self
Release Date:21/10/2008
Empire State Building Murders
Character:Jim Kovalski
Release Date:14/08/2008
Trumbo
Character:Self - Interviewee
Release Date:10/09/2007
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:02/09/2005
Illusion
Character:Donald Baines
Release Date:25/10/2004
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
Character:
Release Date:31/10/2003
It Runs in the Family
Character:Mitchell Gromberg
Release Date:25/04/2003
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/2001
FBI contre Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:14/08/2001
Diamonds
Character:Harry Agensky
Release Date:10/12/1999
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Character:General Kalthrob
Release Date:07/09/1999
Completely Cuckoo
Character:Self
Release Date:16/12/1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/05/1997
The Universal Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/04/1996
The Lies Boys Tell
Character:Ed Reese
Release Date:18/12/1994
Greedy
Character:Uncle Joe
Release Date:04/03/1994
A Century of Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1994
The Secret
Character:Grandpa Mike Dunmore
Release Date:19/04/1992
Two-Fisted Tales
Character:General Calthrop
Release Date:18/01/1992
Welcome to Veraz
Character:Quentin
Release Date:21/06/1991
Oscar
Character:Eduardo Provolone
Release Date:26/04/1991
Movie Tough Guys
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1991
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
Character:Ned Land (archive footage)
Release Date:14/08/1990
The Racing Experience
Character:Self
Release Date:22/08/1988
Inherit the Wind
Character:Matthew Harrison Brady
Release Date:20/03/1988
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Character:Self
Release Date:22/11/1986
Tough Guys
Character:Archie Long
Release Date:03/10/1986
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Character:Self
Release Date:14/01/1986
Amos
Character:Amos Lasher
Release Date:29/09/1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1985
Draw!
Character:Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
Release Date:15/07/1984
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Character:Self
Release Date:27/05/1983
Eddie Macon's Run
Character:Carl 'Buster' Marzack
Release Date:23/03/1983
Remembrance Of Love
Character:Joe Rabin
Release Date:06/12/1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Character:(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
Release Date:21/05/1982
The Man from Snowy River
Character:Harrison / Spur
Release Date:25/03/1982
Let Poland Be Poland
Character:Self
Release Date:31/01/1982
Home Movies
Character:Dr. Tuttle
Release Date:16/05/1980
Saturn 3
Character:Major Adam
Release Date:15/02/1980
The Final Countdown
Character:Capt. Matthew Yelland
Release Date:31/01/1980
The Villain
Character:Cactus Jack
Release Date:26/07/1979
The Fury
Character:Peter Sandza
Release Date:10/03/1978
Holocaust 2000
Character:Robert Caine
Release Date:25/11/1977
Victory at Entebbe
Character:Herschel Vilnofsky
Release Date:22/12/1976
Once Is Not Enough
Character:Mike Wayne
Release Date:20/06/1975
Posse
Character:Howard Nightingale
Release Date:04/06/1975
Mousey
Character:George Anderson
Release Date:24/05/1974
Scalawag
Character:Peg
Release Date:22/04/1973
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character:Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Release Date:07/03/1973
The Master Touch
Character:Steve Wallace
Release Date:08/12/1972
Kirk Douglas
Character:Himself
Release Date:26/11/1972
J'ai tout donné
Character:Self
Release Date:21/06/1972
The Special London Bridge Special
Character:The Indian Fighter
Release Date:01/01/1972
Catch Me a Spy
Character:Andrej
Release Date:06/09/1971
A Gunfight
Character:Will Tenneray
Release Date:25/08/1971
The Light at the Edge of the World
Character:Will Denton
Release Date:16/07/1971
There Was a Crooked Man...
Character:Paris Pitman, Jr.
Release Date:18/09/1970
The Arrangement
Character:Eddie Anderson
Release Date:18/11/1969
The Brotherhood
Character:Frank Ginetta
Release Date:01/12/1968
A Lovely Way to Die
Character:Jameson Schuyler
Release Date:19/04/1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1968
The War Wagon
Character:Lomax
Release Date:26/05/1967
The Way West
Character:Sen. William J. Tadlock
Release Date:24/05/1967
Kirk Douglas
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1966
Is Paris Burning?
Character:General Patton
Release Date:26/10/1966
Cast a Giant Shadow
Character:Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
Release Date:30/03/1966
The Heroes of Telemark
Character:Dr. Rolf Pedersen
Release Date:12/11/1965
In Harm's Way
Character:Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
Release Date:06/04/1965
The Making of A Movie
Character:Self
Release Date:01/02/1965
Seven Days in May
Character:Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
Release Date:01/02/1964
For Love or Money
Character:Deke Gentry
Release Date:07/08/1963
The List of Adrian Messenger
Character:George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
Release Date:23/05/1963
The Hook
Character:Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
Release Date:15/02/1963
Two Weeks in Another Town
Character:Jack Andrus
Release Date:17/08/1962
Lonely are the Brave
Character:John W. "Jack" Burns
Release Date:24/05/1962
Town Without Pity
Character:Major Garrett
Release Date:10/10/1961
The Last Sunset
Character:Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
Release Date:08/06/1961
Spartacus
Character:Spartacus
Release Date:13/10/1960
Strangers When We Meet
Character:Larry Coe
Release Date:29/06/1960
The Devil's Disciple
Character:Richard Dudgeon
Release Date:20/08/1959
Last Train from Gun Hill
Character:Marshal Matt Morgan
Release Date:29/07/1959
The Vikings
Character:Einar
Release Date:11/06/1958
Paths of Glory
Character:Col. Dax
Release Date:25/10/1957
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
Character:Self
Release Date:17/09/1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Character:Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
Release Date:30/05/1957
Top Secret Affair
Character:Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
Release Date:30/01/1957
Lust for Life
Character:Vincent van Gogh
Release Date:15/09/1956
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
Character:Self
Release Date:03/04/1956
The Indian Fighter
Character:Johnny Hawks
Release Date:21/12/1955
Man Without a Star
Character:Dempsey Rae
Release Date:24/03/1955
The Racers
Character:Gino Borgesa
Release Date:04/02/1955
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Character:Ned Land
Release Date:23/12/1954
Operation Undersea
Character:Self
Release Date:08/12/1954
The Disneyland Story
Character:
Release Date:27/10/1954
Ulysses
Character:Ulysses
Release Date:06/10/1954
Act of Love
Character:Robert Teller
Release Date:17/12/1953
The Juggler
Character:Hans Muller
Release Date:11/05/1953
The Story of Three Loves
Character:Pierre Narval
Release Date:26/03/1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
Character:Jonathan Shields
Release Date:25/12/1952
The Big Sky
Character:Jim Deakins
Release Date:19/08/1952
The Big Trees
Character:Jim Fallon
Release Date:05/02/1952
Detective Story
Character:Det. James McLeod
Release Date:24/10/1951
Ace in the Hole
Character:Charles Tatum
Release Date:29/06/1951
Along the Great Divide
Character:Marshal Len Merrick
Release Date:02/06/1951
The Glass Menagerie
Character:Jim O'Connor
Release Date:28/09/1950
Young Man with a Horn
Character:Rick Martin
Release Date:01/03/1950
Champion
Character:Midge Kelly
Release Date:09/04/1949
A Letter to Three Wives
Character:George Phipps
Release Date:01/12/1948
The Walls of Jericho
Character:Tucker Wedge
Release Date:22/11/1948
My Dear Secretary
Character:Owen Waterbury
Release Date:05/11/1948
I Walk Alone
Character:Noll "Dink" Turner
Release Date:31/12/1947
Out of the Past
Character:Whit Sterling
Release Date:25/11/1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
Character:Peter Niles
Release Date:19/11/1947
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Character:Walter O'Neil
Release Date:19/08/1946
Television Appearances
Basketball: A Love Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Real Time with Bill Maher
Character:Self
Parkinson
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self
Scene by Scene
Character:Self
Clive Anderson All Talk
Character:Self
Touched by an Angel
Character:Ross Berger
Brisant
Character:Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
The Simpsons
Character:Chester J. Lampwick (voice)
Tales from the Crypt
Character:Gen. Kalthrob
Clive James' Postcard from
Character:Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:
Queenie
Character:David Konig
Goldene Kamera
Character:Self
Wogan
Character:Self
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self (archive footage)
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Character:Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
Character:Self
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Character:Alex Vandervoort
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
People's Choice Awards
Character:Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Apostrophes
Character:Self
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
Der große Preis
Character:Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
Character:Self
Once Upon a Wheel
Character:
The Johnny Cash Show
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self (uncredited)
The Lucy Show
Character:Kirk Douglas
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character:Self
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self - Recipient
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self - Guest
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Cinépanorama
Character:Self
The George Gobel Show
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
This Is Your Life
Character:Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Ulysses (archive footage)
What's My Line?
Character:Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
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