About
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.
Known for
The FugitiveSeries • 1963
American PlayhouseSeries • 1982
Studio OneSeries • 1948
The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries • 1948
Ben CaseySeries • 1961
Lights OutSeries • 1949
Playhouse 90Series • 1956
Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950
Ghost StorySeries • 1972
ABC Weekend SpecialsSeries • 1977
The ChangelingMovie • 1980
Twilight's Last GleamingMovie • 1977
The TenantMovie • 1976
Being ThereMovie • 1979
The Old Dark HouseMovie • 1932
NinotchkaMovie • 1939
Ghost StoryMovie • 1981
HudMovie • 1963
A Woman's FaceMovie • 1941
The CandidateMovie • 1972
The Americanization of EmilyMovie • 1964
Billy BuddMovie • 1962
That's Entertainment, Part IIMovie • 1976
Captains CourageousMovie • 1937