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Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor, producer, director and author.
Born December 9, 1916† February 5, 2020 Amsterdam, New York, USA1 movie on MoviHero
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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. …
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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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- 2026My Life As Roger MooreSelf (Archive film material)
- 2024From Roger Moore with LoveSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Morceaux de CannesSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Kubrick by KubrickSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of LibertySelf (archive footage)
- 2019Vincent van Gogh SuperstarVincent van Gogh (archive footage)
- 2019Mike Wallace Is Here(archive footage)
- 2018One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Shocking TruthSelf
- 2017The Untameable Kirk DouglasSelf - Actor
- 2017If You're Not in the Obit, Eat BreakfastSelf
- 2015I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk DouglasSelf - Interviewee
- 2015Johnny Cash: American RebelSelf (archive photo)
- 2014Hollywood au pied du terrilSelf
- 2014Discovering: Robert MitchumSelf (archive footage)
- 2012Stanley Kubrick in FocusSelf
- 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)
- 2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack CardiffSelf – Interviewee
- 2009Kirk Douglas: Before I ForgetSelf
- 2009Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of FranceActor
- 2009Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestSelf
- 2008Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand VoicesSelf
- 2008Empire State Building MurdersJim Kovalski
- 2007TrumboSelf - Interviewee
- 2005A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in HollywoodSelf
- 2004IllusionDonald Baines
- 2003The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from NorwayActor
- 2003It Runs in the FamilyMitchell Gromberg
- 2001Lana Turner... a Daughter's MemoirSelf
- 2001FBI contre HollywoodSelf
- 1999DiamondsHarry Agensky
- 1999Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis CollectionGeneral Kalthrob
- 1997Completely CuckooSelf
- 1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineSelf (archive footage)
- 1996The Universal StorySelf (archive footage)
- 1994The Lies Boys TellEd Reese
- 1994GreedyUncle Joe
- 1994A Century of CinemaSelf
- 1992The SecretGrandpa Mike Dunmore
- 1992Two-Fisted TalesGeneral Calthrop
- 1991Welcome to VerazQuentin
- 1991OscarEduardo Provolone
- 1991Movie Tough GuysSelf (archive footage)
- 1990Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the SeaNed Land (archive footage)
- 1988The Racing ExperienceSelf
- 1988Inherit the WindMatthew Harrison Brady
- 1988All-Time Movie GreatsSelf (archive footage)
- 1986Mike Tyson vs Trevor BerbickSelf
- 1986Tough GuysArchie Long
- 1986Looney Tunes 50th AnniversarySelf
- 1985AmosProducer · Amos Lasher
- 1985Hollywood's Funniest All-Star BloopersSelf (archive footage)
- 1984A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French LandscapeNarrator
- 1984Draw!Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
- 1984Salute to Lady LibertyActor
- 1983James Bond: The First 21 YearsSelf
- 1983Something Wicked This Way ComesProducer
- 1983Eddie Macon's RunCarl 'Buster' Marzack
- 1982Remembrance Of LoveJoe Rabin
- 1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
- 1982The Man from Snowy RiverHarrison / Spur
- 1982Let Poland Be PolandSelf
- 1980Home MoviesDr. Tuttle
- 1980Saturn 3Major Adam
- 1980The Final CountdownCapt. Matthew Yelland
- 1979The VillainCactus Jack
- 1978The FuryPeter Sandza
- 1977Holocaust 2000Robert Caine
- 1976Victory at EntebbeHerschel Vilnofsky
- 1975Once Is Not EnoughMike Wayne
- 1975PosseDirector · Producer · Howard Nightingale
- 1974MouseyGeorge Anderson
- 1973ScalawagDirector · Writer · Peg
- 1973Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
- 1972The Master TouchSteve Wallace
- 1972Kirk DouglasHimself
- 1972J'ai tout donnéSelf
- 1972The Special London Bridge SpecialThe Indian Fighter
- 1971Catch Me a SpyAndrej
- 1971A GunfightProducer · Will Tenneray
- 1971The Light at the Edge of the WorldProducer · Will Denton
- 1971SummertreeProducer
- 1970There Was a Crooked Man...Paris Pitman, Jr.
- Monsters of the DeepHimself
- 1969The ArrangementEddie Anderson
- 1968The BrotherhoodProducer · Frank Ginetta
- 1968A Lovely Way to DieJameson Schuyler
- 1968Rowan & Martin at the MoviesSelf
- 1967The War WagonLomax
- 1967The Way WestSen. William J. Tadlock
- 1966Kirk DouglasSelf
- 1966Grand PrixProducer
- 1966Is Paris Burning?General Patton
- 1966SecondsProducer
- 1966Cast a Giant ShadowCol. David 'Mickey' Marcus
- 1965The Heroes of TelemarkDr. Rolf Pedersen
- 1965In Harm's WayCommander Paul Eddington, Jr.
- 1965The Making of A MovieSelf
- 1964Seven Days in MayProducer · Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
- 1963For Love or MoneyDeke Gentry
- 1963The List of Adrian MessengerProducer · George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
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