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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.
Acted in 102
1990s
- 1990
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
1980s
- 1982
The Hot Touch
Max Reich
- 1981
- 1980
Tell Me a Riddle
David
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
The Making of a President
Movie
- 1977
Intimate Strangers
Donald's Father
- 1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
- 1974
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
Stateman Benjamin Franklin · 4 episodes
Murder or Mercy
Dr. Paul Harelson
The Death Squad
Police Captain Earl Kreski
- 1972
One Is a Lonely Number
Joseph Provo
- 1971
Death Takes a Holiday
Judge Earl Chapman
- 1970
I Never Sang for My Father
Tom Garrison
Hunters Are for Killing
Keller Floran
1960s
- 1968
Companions in Nightmare
Dr. Lawrence Strelson
- 1967
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Peter Schermann
- 1965
Inherit the Wind
Henry Drummond
Once Upon a Tractor
Martin
Rapture
Frederick Larbaud
- 1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Leon (archive footage)
Advance to the Rear
Col. Claude Brackenbury
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
1950s
- 1959
Judgment at Nuremberg
Gen. Parker
- 1958
The Plot to Kill Stalin
Stalin
- 1957
The Greer Case
Howard Hoagland
- 1956
- 1953
General Electric Theater
Professor Arthur Barris · 1 episode
- 1951
On the Loose
Frank Bradley
My Forbidden Past
Paul Beaurevel
- 1950
1940s
- 1949
A Woman's Secret
Luke Jordan
- 1948
My Own True Love
Clive Heath
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Bill Cole
- 1947
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb
- 1943
Three Hearts for Julia
Jeff Seabrook
- 1942
They All Kissed the Bride
Michael 'Mike' Holmes
We Were Dancing
Nicholas Prax
- 1941
- 1940
This Thing Called Love
Tice Collins
Third Finger, Left Hand
Jeff Thompson
He Stayed for Breakfast
Paul Boliet
Too Many Husbands
Henry Lowndes
1930s
- 1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Kenny Williams
Good Girls Go to Paris
Ronald Brooke
Tell No Tales
Michael Cassidy
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Melvyn Douglas
- 1938
There's That Woman Again
William 'Bill' Reardon
The Shining Hour
Henry Linden
That Certain Age
Vincent Bullitt
Fast Company
Joel Sloane
The Toy Wife
George Sartoris
Arsène Lupin Returns
Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin
- 1937
I'll Take Romance
James Guthrie
Captains Courageous
Frank Burton Cheyne
I Met Him in Paris
George Potter
Women of Glamour
Richard Stark
- 1936
Theodora Goes Wild
Michael Grant
The Gorgeous Hussy
John Randolph
And So They Were Married
Stephen Blake
- 1935
The Lone Wolf Returns
Michael Lanyard
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Barton Powell
She Married Her Boss
Richard Barclay
The People's Enemy
George R. 'Traps' Stuart
- 1934
Dangerous Corner
Charles Stanton
Woman in the Dark
Tony Robson
- 1933
Counsellor at Law
Roy Darwin
Nagana
Dr. Walter Tradnor
- 1932
The Old Dark House
Penderel
As You Desire Me
Count Bruno Varelli
The Broken Wing
Philip 'Phil' Marvin
The Wiser Sex
David Rolfe
Prestige
Capt. Andre Verlaine
- 1931
Appearances12
2010s
- 2014
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Self (archive footage)
1980s
- 1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
1970s
- 1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1960s
- 1969
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
Self (archive footage)
- 1968
1950s
- 1958
Old Man
Self - Host
- 1955
- 1950
1940s
- 1948
- 1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
1930s
- 1939
From the Ends of the Earth
Self