Cast
Kirk Douglas
Acting
Cast
Kirk Douglas
Known for
Acting
Born
1916-12-09
From
Amsterdam, New York, USA
Died
2020-02-05
Also known as Issur Danielovitch, Issur Danielovitch Demsky, Isador Demsky
Biography
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.
Paths of Glory
as Col. Dax
Spartacus
as Spartacus
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Ulysses
as Ulysses
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Ned Land
The Final Countdown
as Capt. Matthew Yelland
The Fury
as Peter Sandza
The Villain
as Cactus Jack
The Vikings
as Einar
Oscar
as Eduardo Provolone
Saturn 3
as Major Adam
Out of the Past
as Whit Sterling
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
Posse
as Howard Nightingale
Greedy
as Uncle Joe
In Harm's Way
as Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
Is Paris Burning?
as General Patton
The War Wagon
as Lomax
Ace in the Hole
as Charles Tatum
Lust for Life
as Vincent van Gogh
The Story of Three Loves
as Pierre Narval
Last Train from Gun Hill
as Marshal Matt Morgan
The Brotherhood
as Frank Ginetta
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Paris Pitman, Jr.
Lonely are the Brave
as John W. "Jack" Burns
The Way West
as Sen. William J. Tadlock
The Heroes of Telemark
as Dr. Rolf Pedersen
Operation Undersea
as Self
Tough Guys
as Archie Long
Home Movies
as Dr. Tuttle
Inherit the Wind
as Matthew Harrison Brady
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Jonathan Shields
Cast a Giant Shadow
as Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
The Arrangement
as Eddie Anderson
The Racers
as Gino Borgesa
Detective Story
as Det. James McLeod
Champion
as Midge Kelly
Seven Days in May
as Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
The Secret
as Grandpa Mike Dunmore
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Walter O'Neil
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
Illusion
as Donald Baines
The List of Adrian Messenger
as George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
as General Kalthrob
The Indian Fighter
as Johnny Hawks
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
The Man from Snowy River
as Harrison / Spur
From Roger Moore with Love
as Self (archive footage)
Once Is Not Enough
as Mike Wayne
I Walk Alone
as Noll "Dink" Turner
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
as Self
The Big Sky
as Jim Deakins
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Jack Andrus
Two-Fisted Tales
as General Calthrop
Eddie Macon's Run
as Carl 'Buster' Marzack
The Last Sunset
as Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
Holocaust 2000
as Robert Caine
Trumbo
as Self - Interviewee
The Universal Story
as Self (archive footage)
Along the Great Divide
as Marshal Len Merrick
The Light at the Edge of the World
as Will Denton
Scalawag
as Peg
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
Man Without a Star
as Dempsey Rae
It Runs in the Family
as Mitchell Gromberg
Victory at Entebbe
as Herschel Vilnofsky
A Letter to Three Wives
as George Phipps
The Devil's Disciple
as Richard Dudgeon
The Hook
as Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
Draw!
as Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
Young Man with a Horn
as Rick Martin
Strangers When We Meet
as Larry Coe
Diamonds
as Harry Agensky
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Peter Niles
A Gunfight
as Will Tenneray
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self
Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage)
A Lovely Way to Die
as Jameson Schuyler
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
as Self
Mousey
as George Anderson
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Self
Catch Me a Spy
as Andrej
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
The Glass Menagerie
as Jim O'Connor
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
The Juggler
as Hans Muller
Let Poland Be Poland
as Self
A Century of Cinema
as Self
The Big Trees
as Jim Fallon
My Dear Secretary
as Owen Waterbury
Town Without Pity
as Major Garrett
The Special London Bridge Special
as The Indian Fighter
Top Secret Affair
as Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
as Self - Actor
Hollywood au pied du terril
as Self
Completely Cuckoo
as Self
The Walls of Jericho
as Tucker Wedge
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
as Self
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
as Self (archive photo)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Empire State Building Murders
as Jim Kovalski
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
as Self
For Love or Money
as Deke Gentry
The Master Touch
as Steve Wallace
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
as Self
Welcome to Veraz
as Quentin
Amos
as Amos Lasher
Act of Love
as Robert Teller
The Lies Boys Tell
as Ed Reese
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
as Self
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as Self (archive footage)
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
as Ned Land (archive footage)
The Racing Experience
as Self
The Disneyland Story
as Self
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)
Remembrance Of Love
as Joe Rabin
J'ai tout donné
as Self
FBI contre Hollywood
as Self
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
as Self
Kirk Douglas
as Himself
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
as Self
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
as Self - Interviewee
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
as Self
The Making of A Movie
as Self
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
as Self
My Life As Roger Moore
as Self (Archivfilmmaterial)
Kirk Douglas
as Self
