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Kirk Douglas

Film Producer / Film Director / Screenwriter / Author / Soldier / Actor | * 12/09/1916 († 103, 02/05/2020) | Amsterdam, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Douglas soon developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious dramas, including westerns and war films. During his career, he appeared in more than 90 films and was known for his explosive acting style. He was named by the American Film Institute the 17th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood cinema. Douglas played an unscrupulous boxing hero in Champion (1949), which brought him his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. His other early films include Out of the Past (1947); Young Man with a Horn (1950), playing opposite Lauren Bacall and Doris Day; ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Comedies

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During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack ...

The Final Countdown

FSK: 12+ years

1980 | 3.3/5 | 1h 43min
War, Action, Science Fiction
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The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other ...

Spartacus

FSK: 12+ years

1960 | 3.8/5 | 3h 17min
History, War, Drama, Adventure
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A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916. ...

Paths of Glory

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1957 | 4.1/5 | 1h 28min
Drama, War
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An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, The ...

Lust for Life

FSK: 12+ years

1956 | 3.6/5 | 2h 2min
Drama, History
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Awards & Nominations for Kirk Douglas

National Medal of Arts Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award Honorary César Presidential Medal of Freedom AFI Life Achievement Award Kennedy Center Honors Academy Honorary Award Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award Golden Bear César Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards Knight of The Legion of Honour American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Silver Shell for Best Actor 3x Academy Award for Best Actor 2x Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
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Movies with Kirk Douglas as Actor(116)

as Self (archive footage)2023 Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)2020 Kubrick by Kubrick
as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)2019 Vincent van Gogh Superstar
as (archive footage)2019 Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self - Actor2017 The Untameable Kirk Douglas
as himself2017 If You're Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as himself2014 Hollywood au pied du terril
as himself2012 Stanley Kubrick in Focus
as Self – Interviewee2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as himself2009 Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
as himself2008 Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
as Jim Kovalski2008 Empire State Building Murders
as Himself / Interviewee2007 Trumbo
as himself2005 A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
as Donald Baines2004 Illusion
as Mitchell Gromberg2003 It Runs in the Family
as himself2001 FBI contre Hollywood
as himself2001 Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
as Harry Agensky1999 Diamonds
as himself1997 Completely Cuckoo
as Himself (archive footage)1996 The Universal Story
as himself1994 A Century of Cinema
as Uncle Joe McTeague1994 Greedy
as Ed Reese1994 The Lies Boys Tell
as General Calthrop1992 Two-Fisted Tales
as Grandpa Mike Dunmore1992 The Secret
as Quentin1991 Welcome to Veraz
as Eduardo Provolone1991 Oscar
as Matthew Harrison Brady1988 Inherit the Wind
as David Konig1987 Queenie
as Archie Long1986 Tough Guys
as himself1986 Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
as Amos Lasher1985 Amos
as Self (archival footage)1985 Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland1984 Draw!
as himself1983 James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Carl 'Buster' Marzack1983 Eddie Macon's Run
as Harrison / Spur1982 The Man from Snowy River
as Joe Rabin1982 Remembrance Of Love
as Self - Co-Host1982 Let Poland Be Poland
as (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as Capt. Matthew Yelland1980 The Final Countdown
as Major Adam1980 Saturn 3
as Dr. Tuttle1980 Home Movies
as Cactus Jack1979 The Villain
as Peter Sandza1978 The Fury
as Robert Caine1977 Holocaust 2000
as Herschel Vilnofsky1976 Victory at Entebbe
as Howard Nightingale1975 Posse
as Mike Wayne1975 Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough
as George Anderson1974 Mousey
as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde1973 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Peg1973 Scalawag
as The Indian Fighter1972 The Special London Bridge Special
as Steve Wallace1972 The Master Touch
as Andrej1971 Catch Me a Spy
as Will Tenneray1971 A Gunfight
as Will Denton1971 The Light at the Edge of the World
as Paris Pitman, Jr.1970 There Was a Crooked Man...
as Eddie Anderson1969 The Arrangement
as himself1968 Rowan & Martin At the Movies
as Frank Ginetta1968 The Brotherhood
as Jameson Schuyler1968 A Lovely Way to Die
as Sen. William J. Tadlock1967 The Way West
as Lomax1967 The War Wagon
as Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus1966 Cast a Giant Shadow
as General Patton1966 Is Paris Burning?
as himself1966 Kirk Douglas
as Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.1965 In Harm's Way
as Dr. Rolf Pedersen1965 The Heroes of Telemark
as Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey1964 Seven Days in May
as Deke Gentry1963 For Love or Money
as Sgt. P.J. Briscoe1963 The Hook
as George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson1963 The List of Adrian Messenger
as Jack Andrus1962 Two Weeks in Another Town
as John W. "Jack" Burns1962 Lonely Are the Brave
as Major Garrett1961 Town Without Pity
as Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley1961 The Last Sunset
as Larry Coe1960 Strangers When We Meet
as Spartacus1960 Spartacus
as Welding Seaman (uncredited)1959 Operation Petticoat
1959 Operation Petticoat
as Richard Dudgeon1959 The Devil's Disciple
as Marshal Matt Morgan1959 Last Train from Gun Hill
as Einar1958 The Vikings
as Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday1957 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Col. Dax1957 Paths of Glory
as Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin1957 Top Secret Affair
as himself1956 Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
as Vincent van Gogh1956 Lust for Life
as Johnny Hawks1955 The Indian Fighter
as Dempsey Rae1955 Man Without a Star
as Gino Borgesa1955 The Racers
as Ulysses1954 Ulysses
as himself1954 Operation Undersea
as Ned Land1954 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Robert Teller1953 Act of Love
as Hans Muller1953 The Juggler
as Pierre Narval1953 The Story of Three Loves
as Jonathan Shields1952 The Bad and the Beautiful
as Jim Deakins1952 The Big Sky
as Jim Fallon1952 The Big Trees
as Chuck Tatum1951 Ace in the Hole
as Det. James McLeod1951 Detective Story
as Marshal Len Merrick1951 Along the Great Divide
as Jim O'Connor1950 The Glass Menagerie
as Rick Martin1950 Young Man with a Horn
as Midge Kelly1949 Champion
as George Phipps1949 A Letter to Three Wives
as Owen Waterbury1948 My Dear Secretary
as Tucker Wedge1948 The Walls of Jericho
as Whit Sterling1947 Out of the Past
as Peter Niles1947 Mourning Becomes Electra
as Noll "Dink" Turner1947 I Walk Alone
as Walter O'Neil1946 The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

TV Shows/Series with Kirk Douglas as Actor(36)

as himself2003 Real Time with Bill Maher
as himself1997 Scene by Scene
as himself1997 The View
as Ross Berger1994 Touched by an Angel
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1989 Tales from the Crypt
as Chester J. Lampwick (voice)1989 The Simpsons
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as himself1982 Wogan
as himself1982 Champs-Elysées
as Self (archive footage)1982 Champs-Elysées
as himself1980 Verstehen Sie Spaß?
as himself1978 The Kennedy Center Honors
as Alex Vandervoort1976 Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
as himself1975 Apostrophes
as himself1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as himself1974 Der große Preis
as himself1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as himself1971 V.I.P. Schaukel
as himself1969 The Johnny Cash Show
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as himself1967 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as himself1966 Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as himself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
1962 The Lucy Show
as himself1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self - Recipient1956 The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest1956 The Steve Allen Show
as himself1956 Cinépanorama
as himself1952 This Is Your Life
as himself1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Ulysses (archive footage)1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as Self - Guest1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - Guest Host1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self (archive footage)1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Movies with Kirk Douglas as Crew(21)

Production/Executive Producer1985 Amos
Production/Executive Producer1983 Something Wicked This Way Comes
Directing/Director1975 Posse
Production/Producer1975 Posse
Directing/Director1973 Scalawag
Writing/Writer1973 Scalawag
Production/Producer1971 Summertree
Production/Executive Producer1971 A Gunfight
Production/Producer1971 The Light at the Edge of the World
Production/Producer1968 The Brotherhood
Production/Co-Executive Producer1966 Seconds
Production/Executive Producer1966 Grand Prix
Production/Co-Executive Producer1964 Seven Days in May
Production/Executive Producer1963 The List of Adrian Messenger
Production/Executive Producer1962 Lonely Are the Brave
Production/Executive Producer1960 Strangers When We Meet
Production/Executive Producer1960 Spartacus
Production/Producer1957 Paths of Glory
Production/Executive Producer1957 Ride Out for Revenge
Production/Executive Producer1957 Lizzie
Production/Executive Producer1955 The Indian Fighter

TV Shows/Series with Kirk Douglas as Crew(1)

Production/Producer1959 Tales of the Vikings

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.kirkdouglas.com
Full Name: Kirk Douglas
Born: Saturday, 12/09 1916 (December) in Amsterdam, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 02/05 2020 (February) in Beverly Hills (aged: 103)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language), French (FR), Yiddish (YI)
Educated at: American Academy of Dramatic Arts, St. Lawrence University
Spouses (current/former): Diana Douglas, Anne Buydens
Father: Harry Danielovitch
Mother: Bertha Sanglel
Other names for Kirk Douglas (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Issur Danielovitch"
"Issur Danielovitch Demsky"
"Isador Demsky"
"Izzy Demsky"
"Кирк Дуглас"
"Кёрк Дуглас"
"איסר דניאלאָוויטש"
Kirk Douglas frequently works together with these people:
Tress MacNeille (36x, Actress)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
Jerry Lewis (21x, Actor)
Charlton Heston (19x, Actor)
Kevin Michael Richardson (17x, Actor)
Maggie Roswell (17x, Actress)
Jane Fonda (15x, Actress)
Bob Hope (15x, Actor)
Harry Belafonte (15x, Actor)
Jack Lemmon (14x, Actor)
Peter Ustinov (13x, Actor)
Burt Lancaster (11x, Actor)
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