Acting
Community Rating
6.5
TMDB estimate
Born
April 5, 1901
Died
August 4, 1981 (age 80)
Born in
Macon, Georgia, USA
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.
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
as Self (archive footage)
2014
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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
1990
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
1988
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The Hot Touch
as Max Reich
1982
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Ghost Story
as Dr. John Jaffrey
1981
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Tell Me a Riddle
as David
1980
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The Changeling
as Senator Carmichael
1980
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Being There
as Benjamin Rand
1979
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The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Senator Birney
1979
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The Making of a President
1978
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Intimate Strangers
as Donald's Father
1977
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Portrait of Grandpa Doc
as Grandpa Doc
1977
—Weekend Special
as Grandpa Doc
1977
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Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Zachariah Guthrie
1977
—A Gift To Last
as Old Clement Sturgess
1976
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The Tenant
as Monsieur Zy
1976
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That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
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The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
as Stateman Benjamin Franklin
1974
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Murder or Mercy
as Dr. Paul Harelson
1974
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The Death Squad
as Police Captain Earl Kreski
1974
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