About
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...
Known for
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956
Studio OneSeries • 1948
Climax!Series • 1954
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955
The 20th Century Fox HourSeries • 1955
Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries • 1958
Your Show of ShowsSeries • 1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950
Angels in the OutfieldMovie • 1951
SuspicionSeries • 1957
A Letter to Three WivesMovie • 1949
We're Not Married!Movie • 1952
Fourteen HoursMovie • 1951
Clash by NightMovie • 1952
Panic in the StreetsMovie • 1950
The Solid Gold CadillacMovie • 1956
The Big LiftMovie • 1950
Green FireMovie • 1954
Executive SuiteMovie • 1954
It Happens Every SpringMovie • 1949
The 'Maggie'Movie • 1954
The Gamma PeopleMovie • 1956