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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 …
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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.
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Kirk Douglas's Filmography
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My Life As Roger Moore
as Self (Archivfilmmaterial)
From Roger Moore with Love
as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
as Self (archive footage)
Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as Self (archive footage)
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
No Poster
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Shocking Truth
as Self
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
as Self - Actor
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
as Self
No Poster
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
as Self - Interviewee
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
as Self (archive photo)
No Poster
Hollywood au pied du terril
as Self
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
as Self (archive footage)
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Stanley Kubrick in Focus
as Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
as Self
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Self
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
as Self
No Poster
Empire State Building Murders
as Jim Kovalski
Trumbo
as Self - Interviewee
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
as Self
Illusion
as Donald Baines
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
It Runs in the Family
as Mitchell Gromberg
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
as Self
No Poster
FBI contre Hollywood
as Self
Diamonds
as Harry Agensky
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
as General Kalthrob
Completely Cuckoo
as Self
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
The Universal Story
as Self (archive footage)
The Lies Boys Tell
as Ed Reese
Greedy
as Uncle Joe
A Century of Cinema
as Self
The Secret
as Grandpa Mike Dunmore
Two-Fisted Tales
as General Calthrop
Welcome to Veraz
as Quentin
Oscar
as Eduardo Provolone
Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
as Ned Land (archive footage)
No Poster
The Racing Experience
as Self
Inherit the Wind
as Matthew Harrison Brady
No Poster
All-Time Movie Greats
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
as Self
Tough Guys
as Archie Long
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
as Self
Amos
as Amos Lasher
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape
as Narrator
Draw!
as Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
No Poster
Salute to Lady Liberty
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
Eddie Macon's Run
as Carl 'Buster' Marzack
Remembrance Of Love
as Joe Rabin
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
The Man from Snowy River
as Harrison / Spur
Let Poland Be Poland
as Self
Home Movies
as Dr. Tuttle
Saturn 3
as Major Adam
The Final Countdown
as Capt. Matthew Yelland
The Villain
as Cactus Jack
The Fury
as Peter Sandza
Holocaust 2000
as Robert Caine
Victory at Entebbe
as Herschel Vilnofsky
Once Is Not Enough
as Mike Wayne
Posse
as Howard Nightingale
Mousey
as George Anderson
Scalawag
as Peg
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
The Master Touch
as Steve Wallace
Kirk Douglas
as Himself
J'ai tout donné
as Self
The Special London Bridge Special
as The Indian Fighter
Catch Me a Spy
as Andrej
A Gunfight
as Will Tenneray
The Light at the Edge of the World
as Will Denton
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Paris Pitman, Jr.
The Arrangement
as Eddie Anderson
The Brotherhood
as Frank Ginetta
A Lovely Way to Die
as Jameson Schuyler
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self
The War Wagon
as Lomax
The Way West
as Sen. William J. Tadlock
Kirk Douglas
as Self
Is Paris Burning?
as General Patton
Cast a Giant Shadow
as Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
The Heroes of Telemark
as Dr. Rolf Pedersen
In Harm's Way
as Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
No Poster
The Making of A Movie
as Self
Seven Days in May
as Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
For Love or Money
as Deke Gentry
The List of Adrian Messenger
as George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
The Hook
as Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Jack Andrus
Lonely are the Brave
as John W. "Jack" Burns
Town Without Pity
as Major Garrett
The Last Sunset
as Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
Spartacus
as Spartacus
Strangers When We Meet
as Larry Coe
The Devil's Disciple
as Richard Dudgeon
Last Train from Gun Hill
as Marshal Matt Morgan
The Vikings
as Einar
Paths of Glory
as Col. Dax
No Poster
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
as Self
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
Top Secret Affair
as Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
Lust for Life
as Vincent van Gogh
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
as Self
The Indian Fighter
as Johnny Hawks
Man Without a Star
as Dempsey Rae
The Racers
as Gino Borgesa
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Ned Land
Operation Undersea
as Self
The Disneyland Story
as Self
Ulysses
as Ulysses
Act of Love
as Robert Teller
The Juggler
as Hans Muller
The Story of Three Loves
as Pierre Narval
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Jonathan Shields
The Big Sky
as Jim Deakins
The Big Trees
as Jim Fallon
Detective Story
as Det. James McLeod
Ace in the Hole
as Charles Tatum
Along the Great Divide
as Marshal Len Merrick
The Glass Menagerie
as Jim O'Connor
Young Man with a Horn
as Rick Martin
Champion
as Midge Kelly
A Letter to Three Wives
as George Phipps
The Walls of Jericho
as Tucker Wedge
My Dear Secretary
as Owen Waterbury
I Walk Alone
as Noll "Dink" Turner
Out of the Past
as Whit Sterling
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Peter Niles
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Walter O'Neil
Monsters of the Deep
as Himself