Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Writers: Lowell Ganz,
Cast: Bob Balaban, Colleen Camp, Ed Begley Jr., Jere Burns, Joyce Hyser, Kirk Douglas, Michael J. Fox, Nancy Travis, Olivia d'Abo, Phil Hartman,
Director: John Landis
Writers: Claude Magnier,
Cast: Chazz Palminteri, Harry Shearer, Kirk Douglas, Marisa Tomei, Martin Ferrero, Ornella Muti, Peter Riegert, Sylvester Stallone, Tim Curry, Vincent Spano,
Director: George T. Miller
Writers: John Dixon,
Cast: Chris Haywood, Gus Mercurio, Jack Thompson, June Jago, Kirk Douglas, Sigrid Thornton, Terence Donovan, Tom Burlinson, Tommy Dysart, Tony Bonner,
Director: Stanley Donen
Writers: Martin Amis,
Cast: Christopher Muncke, Douglas Lambert, Ed Bishop, Farrah Fawcett, Harvey Keitel, Jill Goldston, Kirk Douglas, Roy Dotrice, Stephanie English, Vera Goulet,
Director: Don Taylor
Writers: Peter Powell,
Cast: Alvin Ing, Charles Durning, James Coleman, James Farentino, Katharine Ross, Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Ron O'Neal, Soon-Tek Oh, Victor Mohica,
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writers: Lee Adams,
Cast: Arthur O'Connell, Burgess Meredith, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn, John Randolph, Kirk Douglas, Lee Grant, Martin Gabel, Michael Blodgett, Warren Oates,
Director: Burt Kennedy
Writers: Clair Huffaker,
Cast: Bruce Cabot, Bruce Dern, Gene Evans, Howard Keel, Joanna Barnes, John Wayne, Keenan Wynn, Kirk Douglas, Robert Walker Jr., Valora Noland,
Director: René Clément
Writers: Francis Ford Coppola,
Cast: Alain Delon, Bruno Cremer, Charles Boyer, Claude Dauphin, George Chakiris, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Kirk Douglas, Leslie Caron, Pierre Dux,
Director: Anthony Mann
Writers: Ben Barzman,
Cast: Anton Diffring, David Weston, Eric Porter, Jennifer Hilary, Kirk Douglas, Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Richard Harris, Roy Dotrice, Ulla Jacobsson,
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writers: Rod Serling,
Cast: Andrew Duggan, Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Edmond O'Brien, Fredric March, Helen Kleeb, Hugh Marlowe, Kirk Douglas, Martin Balsam, Whit Bissell,
Director: John Huston
Writers: Anthony Veiller,
Cast: Bernard Archard, Clive Brook, Dana Wynter, George C. Scott, Gladys Cooper, Herbert Marshall, Jacques Roux, John Merivale, Kirk Douglas, Marcel Dalio,
Director: David Miller
Writers: Dalton Trumbo,
Cast: Carroll O'Connor, Gena Rowlands, George Kennedy, Karl Swenson, Kirk Douglas, Martín Garralaga, Michael Kane, Walter Matthau, William Mims, William Schallert,
Director: Robert Aldrich
Writers: Dalton Trumbo,
Cast: Adam Williams, Carol Lynley, Dorothy Malone, Jack Elam, James Westmoreland, Joseph Cotten, Kirk Douglas, Neville Brand, Regis Toomey, Rock Hudson,
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Writers: Peter Ustinov,
Cast: Charles Laughton, Herbert Lom, Jean Simmons, John Gavin, John Ireland, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Nina Foch, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis,
Director: John Sturges
Writers: James Poe,
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Bing Russell, Brad Dexter, Brian G. Hutton, Carolyn Jones, Earl Holliman, Kirk Douglas, Val Avery, Walter Sande, Ziva Rodann,
Director: Richard Fleischer
Writers: Calder Willingham,
Cast: Alexander Knox, Edric Connor, Eileen Way, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Thring, James Donald, Janet Leigh, Kirk Douglas, Maxine Audley, Tony Curtis,
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Writers: Calder Willingham,
Cast: Adolphe Menjou, Christiane Kubrick, George Macready, Jerry Hausner, Joe Turkel, Kirk Douglas, Peter Capell, Ralph Meeker, Richard Anderson, Wayne Morris,
Director: John Sturges
Writers: Leon Uris,
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dennis Hopper, Earl Holliman, Frank Faylen, Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland, Kirk Douglas, Lyle Bettger, Rhonda Fleming, Ted de Corsia,
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Writers: Norman Corwin,
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Everett Sloane, Henry Daniell, James Donald, Jill Bennett, Kirk Douglas, Madge Kennedy, Niall MacGinnis, Noel Purcell, Pamela Brown,
Director: Richard Fleischer
Writers: Earl Felton,
Cast: Carleton Young, Gloria Pall, J.M. Kerrigan, James Mason, Kirk Douglas, Paul Lukas, Percy Helton, Peter Lorre, Robert J. Wilke, Ted de Corsia,
Director: Mario Camerini
Writers: Irwin Shaw,
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Daniel Ivernel, Elena Zareschi, Evi Maltagliati, Franco Interlenghi, Jacques Dumesnil, Kirk Douglas, Rossana Podestà, Silvana Mangano, Sylvie,
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Writers: Charles Schnee,
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Dick Powell, Gilbert Roland, Gloria Grahame, Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Leo G. Carroll, Paul Stewart, Vanessa Brown, Walter Pidgeon,
Director: Howard Hawks
Writers: Dudley Nichols,
Cast: Arthur Hunnicutt, Buddy Baer, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt, Hank Worden, Henri Letondal, Jim Davis, Kirk Douglas, Steven Geray, Thol Simonson,
Director: William Wyler
Writers: Robert Wyler,
Cast: Cathy O'Donnell, Eleanor Parker, George Macready, Gerald Mohr, Gladys George, Horace McMahon, Joseph Wiseman, Kirk Douglas, Lee Grant, William Bendix,
Director: Billy Wilder
Writers: Billy Wilder,
Cast: Frances Dominguez, Frank Cady, Jan Sterling, John Berkes, Kirk Douglas, Lewis Martin, Porter Hall, Ray Teal, Richard Benedict, Robert Arthur,
Director: Michael Curtiz
Writers: Carl Foreman,
Cast: Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, Jerome Cowan, Juano Hernández, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Mary Beth Hughes, Nestor Paiva, Orley Lindgren, Walter Reed,
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Writers: Daniel Mainwaring,
Cast: Dickie Moore, Jane Greer, Ken Niles, Kirk Douglas, Paul Valentine, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Webb, Robert Mitchum, Steve Brodie, Virginia Huston,
Director: Lewis Milestone
Writers: Robert Rossen,
Cast: Ann Doran, Barbara Stanwyck, Darryl Hickman, Frank Orth, Janis Wilson, Judith Anderson, Kirk Douglas, Lizabeth Scott, Roman Bohnen, Van Heflin,