Melvyn Douglas
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)...
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)...
Known For
Cast Credits
The Hot Touch
as Max Reich
Ghost Story
as Dr. John Jaffrey
Tell Me a Riddle
as David
The Changeling
as Senator Carmichael
Being There
as Benjamin Rand
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Senator Birney
Intimate Strangers
as Donald's Father
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
as Grandpa Doc
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Zachariah Guthrie
A Gift To Last
as Old Clement Sturgess
The Tenant
as Monsieur Zy
Murder or Mercy
as Dr. Paul Harelson
The Death Squad
as Police Captain Earl Kreski
The Going Up of David Lev
as Grandfather
The Candidate
as John J. McKay
One Is a Lonely Number
as Joseph Provo
Death Takes a Holiday
as Judge Earl Chapman
I Never Sang for My Father
as Tom Garrison
Hunters Are for Killing
as Keller Floran
Companions in Nightmare
as Dr. Lawrence Strelson
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Peter Schermann
The Crucible
as Deputy Governor Danforth
Hotel
as Warren Trent
Inherit the Wind
as Henry Drummond
Once Upon a Tractor
as Martin
Rapture
as Frederick Larbaud
The Americanization of Emily
as Admiral William Jessup
Advance to the Rear
as Col. Claude Brackenbury
Hud
as Homer Bannon