Melvyn Douglas
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 yea...
Known For
Filmography
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
as (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
The Hot Touch
1982
as Max Reich
American Playhouse
1982
as David
Ghost Story
1981
as John Jaffrey
The Changeling
1980
as Senator Carmichael
Tell Me a Riddle
1980
as David
Being There
1979
as Benjamin Rand
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
as Senator Birney
The Making of a President
1978
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Zachariah Guthrie
Intimate Strangers
1977
as Donald's Father
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
1977
as Grandpa Doc
ABC Weekend Specials
1977
as Grandpa Doc
The Tenant
1976
as Monsieur Zy
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
A Gift To Last
1976
as Old Clement Sturgess
Murder or Mercy
1974
as Dr. Paul Harelson
The Death Squad
1974
as Police Captain Earl Kreski
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974
as Stateman Benjamin Franklin
The Going Up of David Lev
1973
as Grandfather
The Candidate
1972
as John J. McKay
One Is a Lonely Number
1972
as Joseph Provo
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Ghost Story
1972
as Grandpa
Death Takes a Holiday
1971
as Judge Earl Chapman
I Never Sang for My Father
1970
as Tom Garrison
Hunters Are for Killing
1970
as Keller Floran
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
1969
as Self (archive footage)
Companions in Nightmare
1968
as Dr. Lawrence Strelson
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Hotel
1967
as Warren Trent
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967
as Peter Schermann
The Crucible
1967
as Deputy Governor Danforth
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Peter Schermann
Rapture
1965
as Frederick Larbaud
Inherit the Wind
1965
as Henry Drummond
Once Upon a Tractor
1965
as Martin
The Americanization of Emily
1964
as Admiral William Jessup
Advance to the Rear
1964
as Col. Claude Brackenbury
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Leon (archive footage)
Hud
1963
as Homer Bannon
The Fugitive
1963
as Dr. Mark Ryder
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Pat Konke
Billy Budd
1962
as The Dansker, Sailmaker
Ben Casey
1961
as Burton Strang
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
Judgment at Nuremberg
1959
as Gen. Parker
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958
as Stalin
Old Man
1958
as Self - Host
The Greer Case
1957
as Howard Hoagland
Playhouse 90
1956
as Gen. Parker
MGM Parade
1955
as Self
MGM Parade
1955
as self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Professor Arthur Barris
Hollywood Off Beat
1952
as Steve Randall
My Forbidden Past
1951
as Paul Beaurevel
On the Loose
1951
as Frank Bradley
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Henry Drummond
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Galileo Galilei
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as James Strickland
Your Show of Shows
1950
as Self - Guest Host
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Your Show of Shows
1950
as Self - Guest Performer
A Woman's Secret
1949
as Luke Jordan
The Great Sinner
1949
as Armand De Glasse
Lights Out
1949
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Bill Cole
My Own True Love
1948
as Clive Heath
Studio One
1948
as Cyril Ritchard
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Richard Gordon
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as The Stranger
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
as Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Brice Chamberlain
Three Hearts for Julia
1943
as Jeff Seabrook
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
as Michael 'Mike' Holmes
We Were Dancing
1942
as Nicholas Prax
A Woman's Face
1941
as Dr. Gustaf Segert
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
as Larry Baker
Our Wife
1941
as Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin
Two-Faced Woman
1941
as Lawrence 'Larry' Blake
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
as Jeff Thompson
Too Many Husbands
1940
as Henry Lowndes
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940
as Paul Boliet
This Thing Called Love
1940
as Tice Collins
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self
Ninotchka
1939
as Count Leon d'Algout
Tell No Tales
1939
as Michael Cassidy
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939
as Ronald Brooke
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Kenny Williams
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939
as Self
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
as Melvyn Douglas
That Certain Age
1938
as Vincent Bullitt
The Shining Hour
1938
as Henry Linden
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
as Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin
There's Always a Woman
1938
as William H. Reardon
Fast Company
1938
as Joel Sloane
The Toy Wife
1938
as George Sartoris
There's That Woman Again
1938
as William 'Bill' Reardon
Angel
1937
as Anthony 'Tony' Halton
Captains Courageous
1937
as Frank Burton Cheyne
I Met Him in Paris
1937
as George Potter
I'll Take Romance
1937
as James Guthrie
Women of Glamour
1937
as Richard Stark
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
as Michael Grant
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as John Randolph
And So They Were Married
1936
as Stephen Blake
Annie Oakley
1935
as Jeff Hogarth
She Married Her Boss
1935
as Richard Barclay
The People's Enemy
1935
as George R. 'Traps' Stuart
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Barton Powell
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935
as Michael Lanyard
Dangerous Corner
1934
as Charles Stanton
Woman in the Dark
1934
as Tony Robson
The Vampire Bat
1933
as Karl Brettschneider
Counsellor at Law
1933
as Roy Darwin
Nagana
1933
as Dr. Walter Tradnor
The Old Dark House
1932
as Penderel
As You Desire Me
1932
as Count Bruno Varelli
Prestige
1932
as Capt. Andre Verlaine
The Wiser Sex
1932
as David Rolfe
The Broken Wing
1932
as Philip 'Phil' Marvin
Tonight or Never
1931
as Jim Fletcher