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Kirk Douglas
Also known as: Issur Danielovitch, Issur Danielovitch Demsky, Isador Demsky, Izzy Demsky
Biography
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 9, 1916
Day of Death
February 5, 2020
Age at Death
103 years old
Place of Birth
Amsterdam, New York, USA
Popularity Score
2.2
Filmography
From Roger Moore with Love
Self (archive footage)
2024Movie
Morceaux de Cannes
Self (archive footage)
2021Movie
Kubrick by Kubrick
Self (archive footage)
2020Movie
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Self (archive footage)
2020Movie
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
2019Movie
Mike Wallace Is Here
(archive footage)
2019Movie
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Shocking Truth
Self
2018Movie
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
2018TV
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Self
2017Movie
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Self - Actor
2017Movie
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
Self - Interviewee
2015Movie
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
Self (archive photo)
2015Movie
Hollywood au pied du terril
Self
2014Movie
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
Self (archive footage)
2014Movie
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012Movie
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
Self
2012Movie
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee
2010Movie
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
Self
2009Movie
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Self
2009Movie
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009Movie
Empire State Building Murders
Jim Kovalski
2008Movie
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Self
2008Movie
Trumbo
Self - Interviewee
2007Movie
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Self
2005Movie
Illusion
Donald Baines
2004Movie
It Runs in the Family
Mitchell Gromberg
2003Movie
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003Movie
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003TV
FBI contre Hollywood
Self
2001Movie
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Self
2001Movie
Diamonds
Harry Agensky
1999Movie
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
General Kalthrob
1999Movie
Parkinson
Self
1998TV
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
1997Movie
Completely Cuckoo
Self
1997Movie
The View
Self
1997TV
Scene by Scene
Self
1997TV
The Universal Story
Self (archive footage)
1996Movie
Clive Anderson All Talk
Self
1996TV
Greedy
Uncle Joe
1994Movie
The Lies Boys Tell
Ed Reese
1994Movie
A Century of Cinema
Self
1994Movie
Touched by an Angel
Ross Berger
1994TV
Brisant
Self
1994TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993TV
Two-Fisted Tales
General Calthrop
1992Movie
The Secret
Grandpa Mike Dunmore
1992Movie
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
1991Movie
Oscar
Eduardo Provolone
1991Movie
Welcome to Veraz
Quentin
1991Movie
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
Ned Land (archive footage)
1990Movie
The Simpsons
Chester J. Lampwick (voice)
1989TV
Tales from the Crypt
Gen. Kalthrob
1989TV
Clive James' Postcard from
Self
1989TV
Inherit the Wind
Matthew Harrison Brady
1988Movie
The Racing Experience
Self
1988Movie
All-Time Movie Greats
Self (archive footage)
1988Movie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Queenie
David Konig
1987TV
Tough Guys
Archie Long
1986Movie
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Self
1986Movie
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Self
1986Movie
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
1985Movie
Amos
Amos Lasher
1985Movie
Amos
Executive Producer
1985Movie
Draw!
Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
1984Movie
A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape
Narrator
1984Movie
Salute to Lady Liberty
1984Movie
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984TV
Eddie Macon's Run
Carl 'Buster' Marzack
1983Movie
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
1983Movie
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Executive Producer
1983Movie
The Man from Snowy River
Harrison / Spur
1982Movie
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
1982Movie
Remembrance Of Love
Joe Rabin
1982Movie
Let Poland Be Poland
Self
1982Movie
Wogan
Self
1982TV
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982TV
Home Movies
Dr. Tuttle
1980Movie
The Final Countdown
Capt. Matthew Yelland
1980Movie
Saturn 3
Major Adam
1980Movie
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Self
1980TV
The Villain
Cactus Jack
1979Movie
The Fury
Peter Sandza
1978Movie
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978TV
Holocaust 2000
Robert Caine
1977Movie
Victory at Entebbe
Herschel Vilnofsky
1976Movie
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Alex Vandervoort
1976TV
Cérémonie des César
Self - President
1976TV
Posse
Howard Nightingale
1975Movie
Once Is Not Enough
Mike Wayne
1975Movie
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975TV
Apostrophes
Self
1975TV
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975TV
People's Choice Awards
Self
1975TV
Posse
Director
1975Movie
Posse
Producer
1975Movie
Mousey
George Anderson
1974Movie
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974TV
Der große Preis
Self
1974TV
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
1973Movie
Scalawag
Peg
1973Movie
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973TV
Scalawag
Director
1973Movie
Scalawag
Writer
1973Movie
The Master Touch
Steve Wallace
1972Movie
The Special London Bridge Special
The Indian Fighter
1972Movie
J'ai tout donné
Self
1972Movie
Kirk Douglas
Himself
1972Movie
A Gunfight
Will Tenneray
1971Movie
The Light at the Edge of the World
Will Denton
1971Movie
Catch Me a Spy
Andrej
1971Movie
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971TV
Once Upon a Wheel
1971TV
Film '72
Self
1971TV
The Light at the Edge of the World
Producer
1971Movie
A Gunfight
Executive Producer
1971Movie
Summertree
Producer
1971Movie
There Was a Crooked Man...
Paris Pitman, Jr.
1970Movie
The Arrangement
Eddie Anderson
1969Movie
The Johnny Cash Show
Self
1969TV
The Brotherhood
Frank Ginetta
1968Movie
A Lovely Way to Die
Jameson Schuyler
1968Movie
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Self
1968Movie
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968TV
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968TV
The Brotherhood
Producer
1968Movie
The War Wagon
Lomax
1967Movie
The Way West
Sen. William J. Tadlock
1967Movie
Is Paris Burning?
General Patton
1966Movie
Cast a Giant Shadow
Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
1966Movie
Kirk Douglas
Self
1966Movie
Seconds
Co-Executive Producer
1966Movie
Grand Prix
Executive Producer
1966Movie
In Harm's Way
Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
1965Movie
The Heroes of Telemark
Dr. Rolf Pedersen
1965Movie
The Making of A Movie
Self
1965Movie
Seven Days in May
Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
1964Movie
Pour le plaisir
Self
1964TV
Seven Days in May
Co-Executive Producer
1964Movie
The List of Adrian Messenger
George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
1963Movie
The Hook
Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
1963Movie
For Love or Money
Deke Gentry
1963Movie
The List of Adrian Messenger
Executive Producer
1963Movie
Lonely are the Brave
John W. "Jack" Burns
1962Movie
Two Weeks in Another Town
Jack Andrus
1962Movie
The Lucy Show
Kirk Douglas
1962TV
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962TV
Lonely are the Brave
Executive Producer
1962Movie
The Last Sunset
Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
1961Movie
Town Without Pity
Major Garrett
1961Movie
The Last Sunset
Executive Producer
1961Movie
Spartacus
Spartacus
1960Movie
Strangers When We Meet
Larry Coe
1960Movie
Spartacus
Executive Producer
1960Movie
Strangers When We Meet
Executive Producer
1960Movie
Last Train from Gun Hill
Marshal Matt Morgan
1959Movie
The Devil's Disciple
Richard Dudgeon
1959Movie
Tales of the Vikings
Producer
1959TV
The Vikings
Einar
1958Movie
The Vikings
Executive Producer
1958Movie
Paths of Glory
Col. Dax
1957Movie
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
1957Movie
Top Secret Affair
Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
1957Movie
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
Self
1957Movie
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957TV
Paths of Glory
Producer
1957Movie
Ride Out for Revenge
Executive Producer
1957Movie
Lizzie
Executive Producer
1957Movie
Lust for Life
Vincent van Gogh
1956Movie
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
Self
1956Movie
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Recipient
1956TV
Cinépanorama
Self
1956TV
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956TV
Man Without a Star
Dempsey Rae
1955Movie
The Indian Fighter
Johnny Hawks
1955Movie
The Racers
Gino Borgesa
1955Movie
The Indian Fighter
Executive Producer
1955Movie
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Ned Land
1954Movie
Ulysses
Ulysses
1954Movie
Operation Undersea
Self
1954Movie
The Disneyland Story
Self
1954Movie
The George Gobel Show
Self
1954TV
The Story of Three Loves
Pierre Narval
1953Movie
Act of Love
Robert Teller
1953Movie
The Juggler
Hans Muller
1953Movie
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
The Bad and the Beautiful
Jonathan Shields
1952Movie
The Big Sky
Jim Deakins
1952Movie
The Big Trees
Jim Fallon
1952Movie
This Is Your Life
Self
1952TV
Detective Story
Det. James McLeod
1951Movie
Ace in the Hole
Charles Tatum
1951Movie
Along the Great Divide
Marshal Len Merrick
1951Movie
Young Man with a Horn
Rick Martin
1950Movie
The Glass Menagerie
Jim O'Connor
1950Movie
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950TV
What's My Line?
Self
1950TV
The Jack Benny Program
Kirk Douglas
1950TV
Champion
Midge Kelly
1949Movie
A Letter to Three Wives
George Phipps
1949Movie
My Dear Secretary
Owen Waterbury
1948Movie
The Walls of Jericho
Tucker Wedge
1948Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948TV
Out of the Past
Whit Sterling
1947Movie
I Walk Alone
Noll "Dink" Turner
1947Movie
Mourning Becomes Electra
Peter Niles
1947Movie
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Walter O'Neil
1946Movie
Golden Globe Awards
Self
1944TV
My Life As Roger Moore
Self (Archivfilmmaterial)
—Movie
Monsters of the Deep
Himself
—Movie