Acting
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.
Movies with Kirk Douglas
Spartacus
1960
Paths of Glory
1957
Ulysses
1954
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954
The Final Countdown
1980
Once Is Not Enough
1975
The Vikings
1958
Oscar
1991
Is Paris Burning?
1966
The War Wagon
1967
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
Out of the Past
1947
Greedy
1994
In Harm's Way
1965
Ace in the Hole
1951
The Villain
1979
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
The Heroes of Telemark
1965
The Fury
1978
The Way West
1967
Lust for Life
1956
Saturn 3
1980
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
Seven Days in May
1964
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Illusion
2004
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
The Indian Fighter
1955
Home Movies
1980
The Last Sunset
1961
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
Tough Guys
1986
The Brotherhood
1968
The Story of Three Loves
1953
A Letter to Three Wives
1949
Act of Love
1953
I Walk Alone
1947
Detective Story
1951
Posse
1975
Victory at Entebbe
1976
Inherit the Wind
1988
The Arrangement
1969
Lonely are the Brave
1962
The Devil's Disciple
1959
The Big Sky
1952
Completely Cuckoo
1997
The Man from Snowy River
1982
Holocaust 2000
1977
For Love or Money
1963
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
Young Man with a Horn
1950
Man Without a Star
1955
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946
It Runs in the Family
2003
J'ai tout donné
1972
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
Eddie Macon's Run
1983
Catch Me a Spy
1971
Top Secret Affair
1957
Two-Fisted Tales
1992
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968
The Light at the Edge of the World
1971
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
2017
Let Poland Be Poland
1982
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963
The Juggler
1953
The Big Trees
1952
My Life As Roger Moore
A Gunfight
1971
A Lovely Way to Die
1968
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009
Champion
1949
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Along the Great Divide
1951
Strangers When We Meet
1960
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
The Racers
1955
Kirk Douglas
1972
Trumbo
2007
Town Without Pity
1961
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
Welcome to Veraz
1991
From Roger Moore with Love
2024
The Universal Story
1996
Operation Undersea
1954
The Walls of Jericho
1948
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008
Draw!
1984
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
Mousey
1974
A Century of Cinema
1994
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999
The Special London Bridge Special
1972
My Dear Secretary
1948
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
2012
The Making of A Movie
1965
Diamonds
1999
The Racing Experience
1988
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
2017
The Master Touch
1972
Scalawag
1973
The Hook
1963
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
1986
Empire State Building Murders
2008
Amos
1985
The Glass Menagerie
1950
Movie Tough Guys
1991
Kirk Douglas
1966
Hollywood au pied du terril
2014
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
2015
The Secret
1992
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001
The Disneyland Story
1954
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
2009
The Lies Boys Tell
1994
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2005
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
2019
Remembrance Of Love
1982
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
1990
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
1957
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
1956
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
2015
FBI contre Hollywood
2001
All-Time Movie Greats
1988
TV Shows with Kirk Douglas
The Simpsons
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Spécial cinéma
1974
Wogan
1982
Saturday Night Live
1975
Champs-Elysées
1982
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The View
1997
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Tony Awards
1956
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Apostrophes
1975
Touched by an Angel
1994
The Lucy Show
1962
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Parkinson
1998
What's My Line?
1950
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
The Oscars
1953
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
People's Choice Awards
1975
The Jack Benny Program
1950
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Film '72
1971
Goldene Kamera
1984
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
Cinépanorama
1956
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Brisant
1994
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
This Is Your Life
1952
Cérémonie des César
1976
Der große Preis
1974
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980
The George Gobel Show
1954
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Scene by Scene
1997
The Johnny Cash Show
1969
Queenie
1987
Clive James' Postcard from
1989
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1976
Once Upon a Wheel
1971