Kirk Douglas
Age: 103 | From: Amsterdam, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1916-12-09 21:53:39
Death: 2020-02-05 21:53:39
Aliases: Issur Danielovitch , Issur Danielovitch Demsky , Isador Demsky , Izzy Demsky , Кирк Дуглас
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Amsterdam, New York, USA
Homepage: http://www.kirkdouglas.com
Movie Involvements: 114
TV Involvements: 14
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
Spartacus
(1960) Spartacus
Touched by an Angel
(1994) Ross Berger
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Presenter
The Final Countdown
(1980) Capt. Matthew Yelland
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(1954) Ned Land
The Vikings
(1958) Einar
This Is Your Life
(1952) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2019 | Vincent van Gogh (archive footage) | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| 2018 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | Self | |
| Self - Actor | ||
| 2015 | Self - Interviewee | |
| 2014 | Himself | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2012 | Self | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| 2010 | Self – Interviewee | |
| 2009 | Himself | |
| 2008 | Self | |
| Jim Kovalski | ||
| 2007 | Self / Interviewee | |
| 2005 | Himself | |
| 2004 | Donald Baines | |
| 2003 | N/A | |
| Mitchell Gromberg | ||
| Himself | ||
| 2001 | Self | |
| Himself | ||
| 1999 | Harry Agensky | |
| General Kalthrob | ||
| 1997 | Himself | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1996 | Self | |
| Himself (archive footage) | ||
| 1994 | Ed Reese | |
| Ross Berger | ||
| Uncle Joe McTeague | ||
| Self | ||
| 1993 | Self - Guest | |
| 1992 | Grandpa Mike Dunmore | |
| General Calthrop | ||
| 1991 | Quentin | |
| Eduardo Provolone | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1990 | Lui-même | |
| 1989 | Chester J. Lampwick (voice) | |
| Gen. Kalthrob | ||
| 1988 | N/A | |
| Matthew Harrison Brady | ||
| 1987 | David Konig | |
| David Konig | ||
| 1986 | N/A | |
| Archie Long | ||
| Self | ||
| 1985 | Amos Lasher | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1984 | Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland | |
| 1983 | Self | |
| Carl 'Buster' Marzack | ||
| 1982 | Joe Rabin | |
| (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Harrison / Spur | ||
| Self - Co-Host | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| 1980 | Dr. Tuttle | |
| Major Adam | ||
| Capt. Matthew Yelland | ||
| Self | ||
| 1979 | Cactus Jack | |
| 1978 | Self | |
| Peter Sandza | ||
| 1977 | Robert Caine | |
| 1976 | Herschel Vilnofsky | |
| Alex Vandervoort | ||
| 1975 | Mike Wayne | |
| Howard Nightingale | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1974 | Self | |
| George Anderson | ||
| 1973 | Peg | |
| Self | ||
| Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde | ||
| 1972 | Steve Wallace | |
| The Indian Fighter | ||
| 1971 | Andrej | |
| Will Tenneray | ||
| Will Denton | ||
| Self | ||
| 1970 | Paris Pitman, Jr. | |
| 1969 | Eddie Anderson | |
| Self | ||
| 1968 | Frank Ginetta | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Jameson Schuyler | ||
| Self | ||
| 1967 | Self | |
| Lomax | ||
| Sen. William J. Tadlock | ||
| 1966 | Self | |
| General Patton | ||
| Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus | ||
| Self | ||
| 1965 | Dr. Rolf Pedersen | |
| Commander Paul Eddington, Jr. | ||
| 1964 | Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey | |
| 1963 | Deke Gentry | |
| George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson | ||
| Sgt. P.J. Briscoe | ||
| 1962 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Kirk Douglas | ||
| Jack Andrus | ||
| John W. "Jack" Burns | ||
| 1961 | Major Garrett | |
| Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley | ||
| 1960 | Spartacus | |
| Larry Coe | ||
| 1959 | Richard Dudgeon | |
| Marshal Matt Morgan | ||
| 1958 | Einar | |
| 1957 | Col. Dax | |
| Himself | ||
| Self | ||
| Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday | ||
| Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin | ||
| 1956 | Vincent van Gogh | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self - Recipient | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Presenter | ||
| Self | ||
| 1955 | Johnny Hawks | |
| Dempsey Rae | ||
| Gino Borgesa | ||
| 1954 | Ned Land | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Ulysses | ||
| Self | ||
| 1953 | Robert Teller | |
| Hans Muller | ||
| Pierre Narval | ||
| Self | ||
| 1952 | Jonathan Shields | |
| Self | ||
| Jim Deakins | ||
| Jim Fallon | ||
| 1951 | Det. James McLeod | |
| Chuck Tatum | ||
| Marshal Len Merrick | ||
| 1950 | Jim O'Connor | |
| Self | ||
| Ulysses (archive footage) | ||
| Rick Martin | ||
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| 1949 | Midge Kelly | |
| George Phipps | ||
| 1948 | Tucker Wedge | |
| Owen Waterbury | ||
| Self - Guest Host | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1947 | Noll "Dink" Turner | |
| Whit Sterling | ||
| Peter Niles | ||
| 1946 | Walter O'Neil | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Executive Producer | |
| 1983 | Executive Producer | |
| 1975 | Producer | |
| 1971 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| Producer | ||
| 1968 | Producer | |
| 1966 | Executive Producer | |
| Co-Executive Producer | ||
| 1964 | Co-Executive Producer | |
| 1963 | Executive Producer | |
| 1962 | Executive Producer | |
| 1960 | Executive Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| 1959 | Producer | |
| 1957 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| Executive Producer | ||
| 1955 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Director | |
| 1973 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |