Actor
· Acting
Kirk Douglas
Born 1916-12-09
Died 2020-02-05
📍 Amsterdam, New York, USA
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.
Filmography 168
From Roger Moore with Love
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
2019
Basketball: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
2018
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
as Self - Actor
2017
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
as Self
2017
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
as Self (archive photo)
2015
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
2010
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
as Self
2009
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Self
2009
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
as Self
2008
Trumbo
as Self - Interviewee
2007
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
as Self
2005
Illusion
as Donald Baines
2004
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003
It Runs in the Family
as Mitchell Gromberg
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
as Self
2001
Diamonds
as Harry Agensky
1999
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
as General Kalthrob
1999
Parkinson
as Self
1998
Completely Cuckoo
as Self
1997
The View
as Self
1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Scene by Scene
as Self
1997
The Universal Story
as Self (archive footage)
1996
The Lies Boys Tell
as Ed Reese
1994
Touched by an Angel
as Ross Berger
1994
Greedy
as Uncle Joe
1994
Brisant
as Self
1994
A Century of Cinema
as Self
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
The Secret
as Grandpa Mike Dunmore
1992
Two-Fisted Tales
as General Calthrop
1992
Welcome to Veraz
as Quentin
1991
Oscar
as Eduardo Provolone
1991
Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
as Ned Land (archive footage)
1990
The Simpsons
as Chester J. Lampwick (voice)
1989
Tales from the Crypt
as Gen. Kalthrob
1989
Clive James' Postcard from
as Self
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Inherit the Wind
as Matthew Harrison Brady
1988
Queenie
as David Konig
1987
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
as Self
1986
Tough Guys
as Archie Long
1986
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
as Self
1986
Amos
as Amos Lasher
1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1985
Draw!
as Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
1984
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
1983
Eddie Macon's Run
as Carl 'Buster' Marzack
1983
Remembrance Of Love
as Joe Rabin
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
1982
Wogan
as Self
1982
The Man from Snowy River
as Harrison / Spur
1982
Let Poland Be Poland
as Self
1982
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
Champs-Elysées
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Home Movies
as Dr. Tuttle
1980
Saturn 3
as Major Adam
1980
The Final Countdown
as Capt. Matthew Yelland
1980
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
as Self
1980
The Villain
as Cactus Jack
1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
The Fury
as Peter Sandza
1978
Holocaust 2000
as Robert Caine
1977
Victory at Entebbe
as Herschel Vilnofsky
1976
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
as Alex Vandervoort
1976
Cérémonie des César
as Self - President
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
Once Is Not Enough
as Mike Wayne
1975
Posse
as Howard Nightingale
1975
People's Choice Awards
as Self
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
Apostrophes
as Self
1975
Spécial cinéma
as Self
1974
Mousey
as George Anderson
1974
Scalawag
as Peg
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
1973
The Master Touch
as Steve Wallace
1972
Kirk Douglas
as Himself
1972
J'ai tout donné
as Self
1972
The Special London Bridge Special
as The Indian Fighter
1972
Catch Me a Spy
as Andrej
1971
A Gunfight
as Will Tenneray
1971
The Light at the Edge of the World
as Will Denton
1971
Once Upon a Wheel
1971
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Paris Pitman, Jr.
1970
The Arrangement
as Eddie Anderson
1969
The Johnny Cash Show
as Self
1969
The Brotherhood
as Frank Ginetta
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
A Lovely Way to Die
as Jameson Schuyler
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self
1968
The War Wagon
as Lomax
1967
The Way West
as Sen. William J. Tadlock
1967
Kirk Douglas
as Self
1966
Is Paris Burning?
as General Patton
1966
Cast a Giant Shadow
as Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
1966
The Heroes of Telemark
as Dr. Rolf Pedersen
1965
In Harm's Way
as Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
1965
Seven Days in May
as Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
1964
For Love or Money
as Deke Gentry
1963
The List of Adrian Messenger
as George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
1963
The Hook
as Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
1963
The Lucy Show
as Kirk Douglas
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Jack Andrus
1962
Lonely are the Brave
as John W. "Jack" Burns
1962
Town Without Pity
as Major Garrett
1961
The Last Sunset
as Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
1961
Spartacus
as Spartacus
1960
Strangers When We Meet
as Larry Coe
1960
The Devil's Disciple
as Richard Dudgeon
1959
Last Train from Gun Hill
as Marshal Matt Morgan
1959
The Vikings
as Einar
1958
Paths of Glory
as Col. Dax
1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
1957
Top Secret Affair
as Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
1957
Lust for Life
as Vincent van Gogh
1956
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Recipient
1956
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1956
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
as Self
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
The Indian Fighter
as Johnny Hawks
1955
Man Without a Star
as Dempsey Rae
1955
The Racers
as Gino Borgesa
1955
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Ned Land
1954
Operation Undersea
as Self
1954
The Disneyland Story
as Self
1954
Ulysses
as Ulysses
1954
Act of Love
as Robert Teller
1953
The Juggler
as Hans Muller
1953
The Story of Three Loves
as Pierre Narval
1953
The Oscars
as Self
1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Jonathan Shields
1952
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
The Big Sky
as Jim Deakins
1952
The Big Trees
as Jim Fallon
1952
Detective Story
as Det. James McLeod
1951
Ace in the Hole
as Charles Tatum
1951
Along the Great Divide
as Marshal Len Merrick
1951
The Glass Menagerie
as Jim O'Connor
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Ulysses (archive footage)
1950
Young Man with a Horn
as Rick Martin
1950
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
Champion
as Midge Kelly
1949
A Letter to Three Wives
as George Phipps
1949
The Walls of Jericho
as Tucker Wedge
1948
My Dear Secretary
as Owen Waterbury
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
I Walk Alone
as Noll "Dink" Turner
1947
Out of the Past
as Whit Sterling
1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Peter Niles
1947
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Walter O'Neil
1946
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944