
Acting · Macon, Georgia, USA · Born April 5, 1901
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.
MovieStars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMyrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Hot Touch
1982
as Max Reich
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as David
MovieGhost Story
1981
as Dr. John Jaffrey
MovieTell Me a Riddle
1980
as David
MovieThe Changeling
1980
as Senator Carmichael
MovieBeing There
1979
as Benjamin Rand
MovieThe Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
as Senator Birney
MovieThe Making of a President
1978
MovieIntimate Strangers
1977
as Donald's Father
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
1977
as Grandpa Doc
Weekend Special
1977
as Grandpa Doc
MovieTwilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Zachariah Guthrie
A Gift To Last
1976
as Old Clement Sturgess
MovieThe Tenant
1976
as Monsieur Zy
MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
TVThe Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974
as Stateman Benjamin Franklin
MovieMurder or Mercy
1974
as Dr. Paul Harelson
MovieThe Death Squad
1974
as Police Captain Earl Kreski
The Going Up of David Lev
1973
as Grandfather
TVGhost Story
1972
as Grandpa
MovieThe Candidate
1972
as John J. McKay
MovieOne Is a Lonely Number
1972
as Joseph Provo
MovieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDeath Takes a Holiday
1971
as Judge Earl Chapman
MovieI Never Sang for My Father
1970
as Tom Garrison
MovieHunters Are for Killing
1970
as Keller Floran
MovieGarbo, by Joan Crawford
1969
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCompanions in Nightmare
1968
as Dr. Lawrence Strelson
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MovieDo Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967
as Peter Schermann
MovieThe Crucible
1967
as Deputy Governor Danforth
MovieHotel
1967
as Warren Trent
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Peter Schermann
MovieInherit the Wind
1965
as Henry Drummond
MovieOnce Upon a Tractor
1965
as Martin
MovieRapture
1965
as Frederick Larbaud
MovieThe Americanization of Emily
1964
as Admiral William Jessup
MovieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Leon (archive footage)
MovieAdvance to the Rear
1964
as Col. Claude Brackenbury
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Pat Konke
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Dr. Mark Ryder
MovieHud
1963
as Homer Bannon
MovieBilly Budd
1962
as The Dansker, Sailmaker
TVBen Casey
1961
as Burton Strang
TVKraft Mystery Theatre
1961
MovieJudgment at Nuremberg
1959
as Gen. Parker
MovieOld Man
1958
as Self - Host
MovieThe Plot to Kill Stalin
1958
as Stalin
MovieThe Greer Case
1957
as Howard Hoagland
TVPlayhouse 90
1956
as Gen. Parker
TVMGM Parade
1955
as Self
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Professor Arthur Barris
Hollywood Off Beat
1952
as Steve Randall
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Henry Drummond
MovieOn the Loose
1951
as Frank Bradley
MovieMy Forbidden Past
1951
as Paul Beaurevel
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as James Strickland
TVYour Show of Shows
1950
as Self - Guest Host
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
TVLights Out
1949
MovieThe Great Sinner
1949
as Armand De Glasse
MovieA Woman's Secret
1949
as Luke Jordan
TVStudio One
1948
as Cyril Ritchard
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Richard Gordon
MovieMy Own True Love
1948
as Clive Heath
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieMr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Bill Cole
MovieThe Sea of Grass
1947
as Brice Chamberlain
MovieThe Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
as Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb
MovieThree Hearts for Julia
1943
as Jeff Seabrook
MovieThey All Kissed the Bride
1942
as Michael 'Mike' Holmes
MovieWe Were Dancing
1942
as Nicholas Prax
MovieTwo-Faced Woman
1941
as Lawrence 'Larry' Blake
MovieOur Wife
1941
as Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin
MovieA Woman's Face
1941
as Dr. Gustaf Segert
MovieThat Uncertain Feeling
1941
as Larry Baker
MovieThis Thing Called Love
1940
as Tice Collins
MovieThird Finger, Left Hand
1940
as Jeff Thompson
MovieHe Stayed for Breakfast
1940
as Paul Boliet
MovieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self
MovieToo Many Husbands
1940
as Henry Lowndes
MovieThe Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Kenny Williams
MovieNinotchka
1939
as Count Leon d'Algout
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939
as Self
MovieGood Girls Go to Paris
1939
as Ronald Brooke
MovieTell No Tales
1939
as Michael Cassidy
MovieFrom the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
MovieScreen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
as Melvyn Douglas
MovieThere's That Woman Again
1938
as William 'Bill' Reardon
MovieThe Shining Hour
1938
as Henry Linden
MovieThat Certain Age
1938
as Vincent Bullitt
MovieFast Company
1938
as Joel Sloane
MovieThe Toy Wife
1938
as George Sartoris
MovieThere's Always a Woman
1938
as William H. Reardon
MovieArsène Lupin Returns
1938
as Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin
MovieI'll Take Romance
1937
as James Guthrie
MovieAngel
1937
as Anthony 'Tony' Halton
MovieCaptains Courageous
1937
as Frank Burton Cheyne
MovieI Met Him in Paris
1937
as George Potter
MovieWomen of Glamour
1937
as Richard Stark
MovieTheodora Goes Wild
1936
as Michael Grant
MovieThe Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as John Randolph
MovieAnd So They Were Married
1936
as Stephen Blake
MovieThe Lone Wolf Returns
1935
as Michael Lanyard
MovieAnnie Oakley
1935
as Jeff Hogarth
MovieMary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Barton Powell
MovieShe Married Her Boss
1935
as Richard Barclay
MovieThe People's Enemy
1935
as George R. 'Traps' Stuart
MovieDangerous Corner
1934
as Charles Stanton
MovieWoman in the Dark
1934
as Tony Robson
MovieCounsellor at Law
1933
as Roy Darwin
MovieNagana
1933
as Dr. Walter Tradnor
MovieThe Vampire Bat
1933
as Karl Brettschneider
MovieThe Old Dark House
1932
as Penderel
MovieAs You Desire Me
1932
as Count Bruno Varelli
MovieThe Broken Wing
1932
as Philip 'Phil' Marvin
MovieThe Wiser Sex
1932
as David Rolfe
MoviePrestige
1932
as Capt. Andre Verlaine
MovieTonight or Never
1931
as Jim Fletcher