1916-12-09 Amsterdam, New York, USA
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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From Roger Moore with Love | Self (archive footage) | 2024-12-15 |
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Mike Wallace Is Here | (archive footage) | 2019-07-26 |
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Vincent van Gogh Superstar | Vincent van Gogh (archive footage) | 2019-11-05 |
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If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast | Self | 2017-05-19 |
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Kirk Douglas, l'indompté | Self - Actor | 2017-06-01 |
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I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas | Self - Interviewee | 2015-10-06 |
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Hollywood au pied du terril | Self | 2014-12-31 |
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Stanley Kubrick in Focus | Self | 2012-11-30 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self – Interviewee | 2010-05-05 |
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Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget | Self | 2009-11-24 |
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Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Self | 2009-02-16 |
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Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices | Self | 2008-10-21 |
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Meurtres à l'Empire State Building | Jim Kovalski | 2008-08-14 |
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Trumbo | Self - Interviewee | 2007-09-10 |
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A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Self | 2005-09-02 |
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Illusion | Donald Baines | 2004-10-25 |
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It Runs in the Family | Mitchell Gromberg | 2003-04-25 |
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The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway | 2003-10-31 | |
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FBI contre Hollywood | Self | 2001-08-14 |
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Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir | Self | 2001-10-01 |
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Diamonds | Harry Agensky | 1999-12-10 |
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Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection | General Kalthrob | 1999-09-07 |
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Completely Cuckoo | Self | 1997-12-16 |
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self (archive footage) | 1997-05-12 |
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The Universal Story | Self (archive footage) | 1996-04-21 |
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The Lies Boys Tell | Ed Reese | 1994-12-18 |
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A Century of Cinema | Self | 1994-01-01 |
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Greedy | Uncle Joe | 1994-03-04 |
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Two-Fisted Tales | General Calthrop | 1992-01-18 |
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The Secret | Grandpa Mike Dunmore | 1992-04-19 |
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Oscar | Eduardo Provolone | 1991-04-26 |
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Movie Tough Guys | Self (archive footage) | 1991-01-01 |
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Bienvenido a Veraz | Quentin | 1991-06-21 |
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Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea | Ned Land (archive footage) | 1990-08-14 |
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Inherit the Wind | Matthew Harrison Brady | 1988-03-20 |
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The Racing Experience | Self | 1988-08-22 |
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Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary | Self | 1986-01-14 |
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Tough Guys | Archie Long | 1986-10-03 |
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Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick | Self | 1986-11-22 |
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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers | Self (archive footage) | 1985-01-01 |
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Amos | Amos Lasher | 1985-09-29 |
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Draw! | Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland | 1984-07-15 |
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James Bond: The First 21 Years | Self | 1983-05-27 |
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Eddie Macon's Run | Carl 'Buster' Marzack | 1983-03-23 |
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Remembrance Of Love | Joe Rabin | 1982-12-06 |
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage) | 1982-05-21 |
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Let Poland Be Poland | Self | 1982-01-31 |
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The Man from Snowy River | Harrison / Spur | 1982-03-25 |
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The Final Countdown | Capt. Matthew Yelland | 1980-01-31 |
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Home Movies | Dr. Tuttle | 1980-05-16 |
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Saturn 3 | Major Adam | 1980-02-15 |
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The Villain | Cactus Jack | 1979-07-26 |
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The Fury | Peter Sandza | 1978-03-10 |
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Holocaust 2000 | Robert Caine | 1977-11-25 |
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Victory at Entebbe | Herschel Vilnofsky | 1976-12-22 |
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Once Is Not Enough | Mike Wayne | 1975-06-20 |
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Posse | Howard Nightingale | 1975-06-04 |
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Mousey | George Anderson | 1974-05-24 |
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Scalawag | Peg | 1973-04-22 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde | 1973-03-07 |
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Un uomo da rispettare | Steve Wallace | 1972-12-08 |
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The Special London Bridge Special | The Indian Fighter | 1972-01-01 |
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Kirk Douglas | Himself | 1972-11-26 |
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J'ai tout donné | Self | 1972-06-21 |
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The Light at the Edge of the World | Will Denton | 1971-07-16 |
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Catch Me a Spy | Andrej | 1971-09-06 |
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A Gunfight | Will Tenneray | 1971-08-25 |
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There Was a Crooked Man... | Paris Pitman, Jr. | 1970-09-18 |
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The Arrangement | Eddie Anderson | 1969-11-18 |
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The Brotherhood | Frank Ginetta | 1968-12-01 |
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Rowan & Martin at the Movies | Self | 1968-01-01 |
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A Lovely Way to Die | Jameson Schuyler | 1968-04-19 |
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The Way West | Sen. William J. Tadlock | 1967-05-24 |
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The War Wagon | Lomax | 1967-05-26 |
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Kirk Douglas | Self | 1966-12-31 |
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Paris brûle-t-il? | General Patton | 1966-10-26 |
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Cast a Giant Shadow | Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus | 1966-03-30 |
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In Harm's Way | Commander Paul Eddington, Jr. | 1965-04-06 |
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The Making of A Movie | Self | 1965-02-01 |
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The Heroes of Telemark | Dr. Rolf Pedersen | 1965-11-12 |
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Seven Days in May | Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey | 1964-02-01 |
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The List of Adrian Messenger | George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson | 1963-05-23 |
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For Love or Money | Deke Gentry | 1963-08-07 |
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The Hook | Sgt. P.J. Briscoe | 1963-02-15 |
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Two Weeks in Another Town | Jack Andrus | 1962-08-17 |
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Lonely are the Brave | John W. "Jack" Burns | 1962-05-24 |
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The Last Sunset | Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley | 1961-06-08 |
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Town Without Pity | Major Garrett | 1961-10-10 |
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Strangers When We Meet | Larry Coe | 1960-06-29 |
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Spartacus | Spartacus | 1960-10-13 |
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The Devil's Disciple | Richard Dudgeon | 1959-08-20 |
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Last Train from Gun Hill | Marshal Matt Morgan | 1959-07-29 |
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The Vikings | Einar | 1958-06-11 |
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday | 1957-05-30 |
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Top Secret Affair | Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin | 1957-01-30 |
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Van Gogh: Darkness into Light | Self | 1957-09-17 |
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Paths of Glory | Col. Dax | 1957-10-25 |
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Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From? | Self | 1956-04-03 |
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Lust for Life | Vincent van Gogh | 1956-09-15 |
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The Indian Fighter | Johnny Hawks | 1955-12-21 |
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The Racers | Gino Borgesa | 1955-02-04 |
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Man Without a Star | Dempsey Rae | 1955-03-24 |
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Operation Undersea | Self | 1954-12-08 |
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The Disneyland Story | 1954-10-27 | |
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Ned Land | 1954-12-23 |
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Ulisse | Ulysses | 1954-10-06 |
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The Juggler | Hans Muller | 1953-05-11 |
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The Story of Three Loves | Pierre Narval | 1953-03-26 |
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Un acte d'amour | Robert Teller | 1953-12-17 |
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The Bad and the Beautiful | Jonathan Shields | 1952-12-25 |
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The Big Sky | Jim Deakins | 1952-08-19 |
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The Big Trees | Jim Fallon | 1952-02-05 |
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Along the Great Divide | Marshal Len Merrick | 1951-06-02 |
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Ace in the Hole | Charles Tatum | 1951-06-29 |
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Detective Story | Det. James McLeod | 1951-10-24 |
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Young Man with a Horn | Rick Martin | 1950-03-01 |
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The Glass Menagerie | Jim O'Connor | 1950-09-28 |
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Champion | Midge Kelly | 1949-04-09 |
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A Letter to Three Wives | George Phipps | 1949-01-20 |
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The Walls of Jericho | Tucker Wedge | 1948-11-22 |
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My Dear Secretary | Owen Waterbury | 1948-11-05 |
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Out of the Past | Whit Sterling | 1947-11-25 |
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Mourning Becomes Electra | Peter Niles | 1947-11-19 |
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I Walk Alone | Noll "Dink" Turner | 1947-12-31 |
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Walter O'Neil | 1946-08-19 |
