Melvyn Douglas Actor
Melvyn Douglas is a 80 years old actor from United States of America from Macon, Georgia. Melvyn Douglas was born on April 05, 1901 (died on August 04, 1981, he was 80 years old) in Macon, Georgia as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg. His nickname was Hesselberg Melvyn Edouard.
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Biography
Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg better known as Melvyn Douglas 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 took mature and fatherly roles as in his Academy Award-winning performances in Hud and Being There.
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Birth name of Melvyn Douglas is Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg
No, he died on 08/04/1981, 40 years ago. He was 80 years old when he died. Cause of death: pneumonia. He died in New York City
Family
Wife
Helen Gahagan Douglas, Actress
He married with Helen Gahagan Douglas (79), in 1931. Melvyn Douglas was 29 and Helen Gahagan Douglas was 30 years old. After 49 years, in 1980 Helen passed away.
Works
Melvyn Douglas Movies (90)
There are 90 movies of Melvyn Douglas.
His first feature film was The Changeling (1980, as Senator Carmichael). He was 78 when he starred in this movie. Since 1980, he has appeared in 90 feature films. The last one is Murder or Mercy (1974). In this movie, we watched him in the Dr. Paul Harelson character .
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Melvyn Douglas movie characters
The names of the characters/jobs in the films he starred in are as follows:
| Character/Job | Movie | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Senator Carmichael | The Changeling (1980) | 78 |
| Benjamin Rand | Being There (1979) | 78 |
| Homer Bannon | Hud (1963) | 62 |
| Dr. John Jaffrey | Ghost Story (1981) | 80 |
| Frank Burton Cheyne | Captains Courageous (1937) | 36 |
| Count Leon d'Algout | Ninotchka (1939) | 38 |
| Roger Penderel | The Old Dark House (1932) | 31 |
| Bill Cole | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) | 47 |
| Monsieur Zy | The Tenant (1976) | 75 |
| Zachariah Guthrie | Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) | 75 |
| John J. McKay | The Candidate (1972) | 71 |
| Adm. William Jessup | The Americanization of Emily (1964) | 63 |
| The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) | 87 | |
| That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) | 75 | |
| The Dansker, Sailmaker | Billy Budd (1962) | 61 |
| Anthony 'Tony' Halton | Angel (1937) | 36 |
| Karl Brettschneider | The Vampire Bat (1933) | 31 |
| John Randolph | The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) | 35 |
| Count Leon d'Algout | Disco and Atomic War (2009) | 108 |
| Warren Trent | Hotel (1967) | 65 |
| Armand De Glasse | The Great Sinner (1949) | 48 |
| Larry Baker | That Uncertain Feeling (1941) | 40 |
| Senator Birney | The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) | 78 |
| Jeff Hogarth | Annie Oakley (1935) | 34 |
| Luke Jordan | A Woman's Secret (1949) | 47 |
| William H. Reardon | There's Always a Woman (1938) | 37 |
| Dr. Gustaf Segert | A Woman's Face (1941) | 40 |
| Michael Grant | Theodora Goes Wild (1936) | 35 |
| Ronald Brooke | Good Girls Go to Paris (1939) | 38 |
| Frederick Larbaud | Rapture (1965) | 64 |
| Brice Chamberlain | The Sea of Grass (1947) | 46 |
| Paul Beaurevel | My Forbidden Past (1951) | 50 |
| Billy Wilder Speaks (2006) | 105 | |
| Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb | The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947) | 45 |
| Tony Robson | Woman in the Dark (1934) | 33 |
| Henry Lowndes | Too Many Husbands (1940) | 38 |
| Tom Garrison | I Never Sang for My Father (1970) | 69 |
| Michael 'Mike' Holmes | They All Kissed the Bride (1942) | 41 |
| Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin | Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) | 36 |
| Roy Darwin | Counsellor at Law (1933) | 32 |
| Joseph Provo | One Is a Lonely Number (1972) | 71 |
| Michael Lanyard | The Lone Wolf Returns (1935) | 34 |
| Richard Barclay | She Married Her Boss (1935) | 34 |
| Kenny Williams | The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939) | 38 |
| Lawrence 'Larry' Blake | Two-Faced Woman (1941) | 40 |
| Paul Boliet | He Stayed for Breakfast (1940) | 39 |
| Col. Claude Brackenbury | Advance to the Rear (1964) | 63 |
| Himself | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940) | 39 |
| Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990) | 89 | |
| Stephen Blake | And So They Were Married (1936) | 35 |
| Joel Sloane | Fast Company (1938) | 37 |
| Frank Bradley | On the Loose (1951) | 50 |
| The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) | 63 | |
| Danforth | The Crucible (1967) | 66 |
| Michael Cassidy | Tell No Tales (1939) | 38 |
| Keller Floran | Hunters Are for Killing (1970) | 68 |
| Charles Stanton | Dangerous Corner (1934) | 33 |
| Vincent Bullitt | That Certain Age (1938) | 37 |
| Count Bruno Varelli | As You Desire Me (1932) | 31 |
| Philip 'Phil' Marvin | The Broken Wing (1932) | 30 |
| George Potter | I Met Him in Paris (1937) | 36 |
| Henry Drummond | Inherit the Wind (1965) | 64 |
| Henry Linden | The Shining Hour (1938) | 37 |
| William 'Bill' Reardon | There's That Woman Again (1938) | 37 |
| George Sartoris | The Toy Wife (1938) | 37 |
| From the Ends of the Earth (1939) | 38 | |
| Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 (1939) | 38 | |
| Grandfather | The Going Up of David Lev (1973) | 72 |
| Richard 'Dick' Stark | Women of Glamour (1937) | 35 |
| Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin | Our Wife (1941) | 40 |
| Capt. Andre Verlaine | Prestige (1932) | 30 |
| James Guthrie | I'll Take Romance (1937) | 36 |
| Dracula's Ghost (2017) | 116 | |
| David Rolfe | The Wiser Sex (1932) | 30 |
| Barton Powell | Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) | 34 |
| Dr. Lawrence Strelson | Companions in Nightmare (1968) | 67 |
| Judge Earl Chapman | Death Takes a Holiday (1971) | 70 |
| Jeff Thompson | Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) | 39 |
| David | Tell Me a Riddle (1980) | 79 |
| Police Captain Earl Kreski | The Death Squad (1974) | 72 |
| Clive Heath | My Own True Love (1948) | 47 |
| Donald's father | Intimate Strangers (1977) | 76 |
| Jim Fletcher | Tonight or Never (1931) | 29 |
| Nicholas Prax | We Were Dancing (1942) | 41 |
| Martin | Once Upon a Tractor (1965) | 64 |
| Tice Collins | This Thing Called Love (1940) | 39 |
| Nagana (1933) | 31 | |
| George R. 'Traps' Stuart | The People's Enemy (1935) | 34 |
| Jeff Seabrook | Three Hearts for Julia (1943) | 42 |
| Dr. Paul Harelson | Murder or Mercy (1974) | 73 |
Melvyn Douglas TV Shows (18)
His first TV Show was The Philco Television Playhouse (1948).
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Awards (3)
Nominated Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1978 , awarded Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1959 , nominated Academy Award for Best Actor in 1969 ,
Education
He graduated from Upper Canada College
What was Melvyn's zodiac sign?Melvyn Douglas zodiac sign was aries.
Other facts about Melvyn Douglas
| Alias | Hesselberg Melvyn Edouard |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg |
| Place of death | New York City , country: United States of America , located in the administrative territorial entity: New York |
| Spouse | Helen Gahagan Douglas |
| U.S. National Archives Identifier | 10568431 |
| Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
| Date of death | 1981-08-04T00:00:00Z |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
| Conflict | World War II |
| Family name | Douglas. Show people with the surname Douglas |
| Given name | Melvyn |
| Manner of death | Natural Causes |
| Work period (start) | 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Cause of death | Pneumonia |
| Member of political party | Democratic Party |
| Number of children | 3 |
