Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 09, 1916
Died
Feb 05, 2020
Place of Birth
Amsterdam, New York, USA
Credits
192 titles
Kirk Douglas
Biography
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
From Roger Moore with Love
Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
Kubrick by Kubrick
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Self (archive footage)
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
(archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Shocking Truth
Self
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Self - Actor
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Self
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
Self - Interviewee
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
Self (archive photo)
Hollywood au pied du terril
Self
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
Self
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Self
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Self
Empire State Building Murders
Jim Kovalski
Trumbo
Self - Interviewee
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Self
Illusion
Donald Baines
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
It Runs in the Family
Mitchell Gromberg
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Self
FBI contre Hollywood
Self
Diamonds
Harry Agensky
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
General Kalthrob
Parkinson
Self
Completely Cuckoo
Self
The View
Self
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
Scene by Scene
Self
Clive Anderson All Talk
Self
The Universal Story
Self (archive footage)
The Lies Boys Tell
Ed Reese
Touched by an Angel
Ross Berger
Greedy
Uncle Joe
Brisant
Self
A Century of Cinema
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
The Secret
Grandpa Mike Dunmore
Two-Fisted Tales
General Calthrop
Welcome to Veraz
Quentin
Oscar
Eduardo Provolone
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
Ned Land (archive footage)