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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Kubrick by Kubrick | Self (archive footage) | 2020-10-22 |
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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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Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Self | 2009-02-16 |
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Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France | 2009-10-21 | |
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Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget | Self | 2009-11-24 |
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Meurtres à l'Empire State Building | Jim Kovalski | 2008-08-14 |
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Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices | Self | 2008-10-21 |
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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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The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway | 2003-10-31 | |
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It Runs in the Family | Mitchell Gromberg | 2003-04-25 |
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Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir | Self | 2001-10-01 |
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FBI contre Hollywood | Self | 2001-08-14 |
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Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection | General Kalthrob | 1999-09-07 |
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Diamonds | Harry Agensky | 1999-12-10 |
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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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Greedy | Uncle Joe | 1994-03-04 |
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A Century of Cinema | Self | 1994-01-01 |
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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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Bienvenido a Veraz | Quentin | 1991-06-21 |
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Movie Tough Guys | Self (archive footage) | 1991-01-01 |
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Oscar | Eduardo Provolone | 1991-04-26 |
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Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea | Ned Land (archive footage) | 1990-08-14 |
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The Racing Experience | Self | 1988-08-22 |
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Inherit the Wind | Matthew Harrison Brady | 1988-03-20 |
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Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary | Self | 1986-01-14 |
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Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick | Self | 1986-11-22 |
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Tough Guys | Archie Long | 1986-10-03 |
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Amos | Amos Lasher | 1985-09-29 |
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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers | Self (archive footage) | 1985-01-01 |
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Draw! | Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland | 1984-07-15 |
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Eddie Macon's Run | Carl 'Buster' Marzack | 1983-03-23 |
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James Bond: The First 21 Years | Self | 1983-05-27 |
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The Man from Snowy River | Harrison / Spur | 1982-03-25 |
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Remembrance Of Love | Joe Rabin | 1982-12-06 |
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Let Poland Be Poland | Self | 1982-01-31 |
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage) | 1982-05-21 |
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Home Movies | Dr. Tuttle | 1980-05-16 |
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The Final Countdown | Capt. Matthew Yelland | 1980-01-31 |
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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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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde | 1973-03-07 |
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Scalawag | Peg | 1973-04-22 |
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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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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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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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A Lovely Way to Die | Jameson Schuyler | 1968-04-19 |
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Rowan & Martin at the Movies | Self | 1968-01-01 |
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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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Cast a Giant Shadow | Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus | 1966-03-30 |
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Paris brûle-t-il? | General Patton | 1966-10-26 |
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Kirk Douglas | Self | 1966-12-31 |
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The Making of A Movie | Self | 1965-02-01 |
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In Harm's Way | Commander Paul Eddington, Jr. | 1965-04-06 |
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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 | 1962-04-26 |
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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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Paths of Glory | Col. Dax | 1957-10-25 |
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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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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday | 1957-05-30 |
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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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Man Without a Star | Dempsey Rae | 1955-03-24 |
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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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Operation Undersea | Self | 1954-12-08 |
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Ulisse | Ulysses | 1954-10-06 |
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Ned Land | 1954-12-23 |
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The Disneyland Story | 1954-10-27 | |
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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 Trees | Jim Fallon | 1952-02-05 |
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The Big Sky | Jim Deakins | 1952-08-19 |
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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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Along the Great Divide | Marshal Len Merrick | 1951-06-02 |
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The Glass Menagerie | Jim O'Connor | 1950-09-28 |
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Young Man with a Horn | Rick Martin | 1950-03-01 |
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Champion | Midge Kelly | 1949-04-09 |
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My Dear Secretary | Owen Waterbury | 1948-11-05 |
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The Walls of Jericho | Tucker Wedge | 1948-11-22 |
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A Letter to Three Wives | George Phipps | 1948-12-01 |
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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 |
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My Life As Roger Moore | Self (Archivfilmmaterial) |
