Acting
Kirk Douglas
EN, FR, HU, ES cinema · 144 credits
Born
9 December 1916
Died
5 February 2020 (aged 103)
Birthplace
Amsterdam, New York, USA
Also known as Issur Danielovitch · Issur Danielovitch Demsky · Isador Demsky · Izzy Demsky · Кёрк Дуглас · Керк Даґлас
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.
Known for
Filmography
Monsters of the Deep
as Himself
My Life As Roger Moore
as Self (Archive film material)
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)
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
as Self - Actor
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
2015
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
as Self - Interviewee
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
as Self (archive photo)
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
as Self (archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
Meurtres à l'Empire State Building
2008
Empire State Building Murders
as Jim Kovalski
Trumbo
as Self - Interviewee
Illusion
as Donald Baines
It Runs in the Family
as Mitchell Gromberg
Diamonds
as Harry Agensky
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
as General Kalthrob
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
The Universal Story
as Self (archive footage)
Greedy
as Uncle Joe
The Lies Boys Tell
as Ed Reese
Two-Fisted Tales
as General Calthrop
The Secret
as Grandpa Mike Dunmore
Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)
Oscar
as Eduardo Provolone
Welcome to Veraz
as Quentin
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
as Ned Land (archive footage)
Inherit the Wind
as Matthew Harrison Brady
All-Time Movie Greats
1988
All-Time Movie Greats
as Self (archive footage)
Tough Guys
as Archie Long
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
Amos
as Amos Lasher, Executive Producer
Draw!
as Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
Eddie Macon's Run
as Carl 'Buster' Marzack
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Executive Producer
The Man from Snowy River
as Harrison / Spur
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
Remembrance Of Love
as Joe Rabin
Home Movies
as Dr. Tuttle
The Final Countdown
as Capt. Matthew Yelland
Saturn 3
as Major Adam
The Villain
as Cactus Jack
The Fury
as Peter Sandza
Holocaust 2000
as Robert Caine
Victory at Entebbe
as Herschel Vilnofsky
Posse
as Howard Nightingale, Director, Producer
Once Is Not Enough
as Mike Wayne
Mousey
as George Anderson
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Scalawag
as Peg, Director, Writer
The Master Touch
as Steve Wallace
The Special London Bridge Special
as The Indian Fighter
J'ai tout donné
as Self
Kirk Douglas
as Himself
A Gunfight
as Will Tenneray, Executive Producer
The Light at the Edge of the World
as Will Denton, Producer
Catch Me a Spy
as Andrej
Summertree
Producer
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Paris Pitman, Jr.
The Arrangement
as Eddie Anderson
The Brotherhood
as Frank Ginetta, Producer
A Lovely Way to Die
as Jameson Schuyler
The War Wagon
as Lomax
The Way West
as Sen. William J. Tadlock
Is Paris Burning?
as General Patton
Cast a Giant Shadow
as Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
Kirk Douglas
as Self
Seconds
Co-Executive Producer
Grand Prix
Executive Producer
In Harm's Way
as Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
The Heroes of Telemark
as Dr. Rolf Pedersen
Seven Days in May
as Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey, Co-Executive Producer
The List of Adrian Messenger
as George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson, Executive Producer
The Hook
as Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
For Love or Money
as Deke Gentry
Lonely are the Brave
as John W. "Jack" Burns, Executive Producer
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Jack Andrus
The Last Sunset
as Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley, Executive Producer
Town Without Pity
as Major Garrett
Spartacus
as Spartacus, Executive Producer
Strangers When We Meet
as Larry Coe, Executive Producer
Last Train from Gun Hill
as Marshal Matt Morgan
The Devil's Disciple
as Richard Dudgeon
The Vikings
as Einar, Executive Producer
Paths of Glory
as Col. Dax, Producer
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
Top Secret Affair
as Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
Ride Out for Revenge
Executive Producer
Lizzie
Executive Producer
Lust for Life
as Vincent van Gogh
Man Without a Star
as Dempsey Rae
The Indian Fighter
as Johnny Hawks, Executive Producer
The Racers
as Gino Borgesa
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Ned Land
Ulysses
as Ulysses
The Story of Three Loves
as Pierre Narval
Act of Love
as Robert Teller
The Juggler
as Hans Muller
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
Young Man with a Horn
as Rick Martin
The Glass Menagerie
as Jim O'Connor
Champion
as Midge Kelly
A Letter to Three Wives
as George Phipps
My Dear Secretary
as Owen Waterbury
The Walls of Jericho
as Tucker Wedge
Out of the Past
as Whit Sterling
I Walk Alone
as Noll "Dink" Turner
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Peter Niles
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Walter O'Neil