Kirk Douglas
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 9, 1916
- Died
- Feb 5, 2020 (aged 103)
- Place of birth
- Amsterdam, New York, USA
- Credits
- 188
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
The Simpsons
1989TV
Chester J. Lampwick (voice)
Paths of Glory
1957Movie
Col. Dax
Spartacus
1960Movie
Spartacus
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954Movie
Ned Land
Tales from the Crypt
1989TV
Gen. Kalthrob
Ace in the Hole
1951Movie
Charles Tatum
Filmography
My Life As Roger Moore
2026Movie
Self (Archivfilmmaterial)
From Roger Moore with Love
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
2019Movie
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019Movie
(archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
2018TV
Self (archive footage)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Shocking Truth
2018Movie
Self
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
2017Movie
Self - Actor
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
2017Movie
Self
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
2015Movie
Self - Interviewee
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
2015Movie
Self (archive photo)
Hollywood au pied du terril
2014Movie
Self
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
2014Movie
Self (archive footage)
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
2012Movie
Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012Movie
(archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010Movie
Self – Interviewee
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
2009Movie
Self
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009Movie
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009Movie
Self
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008Movie
Self
Empire State Building Murders
2008Movie
Jim Kovalski
Trumbo
2007Movie
Self - Interviewee
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2005Movie
Self
Illusion
2004Movie
Donald Baines
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003Movie
It Runs in the Family
2003Movie
Mitchell Gromberg
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003TV
Self
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001Movie
Self
FBI contre Hollywood
2001Movie
Self
Diamonds
1999Movie
Harry Agensky
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999Movie
General Kalthrob
Parkinson
1998TV
Self
Completely Cuckoo
1997Movie
Self
The View
1997TV
Self
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997Movie
Self (archive footage)
Scene by Scene
1997TV
Self
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996TV
Self
The Universal Story
1996Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Lies Boys Tell
1994Movie
Ed Reese
Touched by an Angel
1994TV
Ross Berger
Greedy
1994Movie
Uncle Joe
Brisant
1994TV
Self
A Century of Cinema
1994Movie
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
The Secret
1992Movie
Grandpa Mike Dunmore
Two-Fisted Tales
1992Movie
General Calthrop
Welcome to Veraz
1991Movie
Quentin
Oscar
1991Movie
Eduardo Provolone
Movie Tough Guys
1991Movie
Self (archive footage)
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
1990Movie
Ned Land (archive footage)
The Simpsons
1989TV
Chester J. Lampwick (voice)
Tales from the Crypt
1989TV
Gen. Kalthrob
Clive James' Postcard from
1989TV
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
The Racing Experience
1988Movie
Self
Inherit the Wind
1988Movie
Matthew Harrison Brady
All-Time Movie Greats
1988Movie
Self (archive footage)
Queenie
1987TV
David Konig
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
1986Movie
Self
Tough Guys
1986Movie
Archie Long
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986Movie
Self
Amos
1985Movie
Amos Lasher
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985Movie
Self (archive footage)
A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape
1984Movie
Narrator
Draw!
1984Movie
Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
Salute to Lady Liberty
1984Movie
Goldene Kamera
1984TV
Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983Movie
Self
Eddie Macon's Run
1983Movie
Carl 'Buster' Marzack
Remembrance Of Love
1982Movie
Joe Rabin
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982Movie
(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
Wogan
1982TV
Self
The Man from Snowy River
1982Movie
Harrison / Spur
Let Poland Be Poland
1982Movie
Self
Champs-Elysées
1982TV
Self, Self (archive footage)
Home Movies
1980Movie
Dr. Tuttle
Saturn 3
1980Movie
Major Adam
The Final Countdown
1980Movie
Capt. Matthew Yelland
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980TV
Self
The Villain
1979Movie
Cactus Jack
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978TV
Self
The Fury
1978Movie
Peter Sandza
Holocaust 2000
1977Movie
Robert Caine
Victory at Entebbe
1976Movie
Herschel Vilnofsky
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1976TV
Alex Vandervoort
Cérémonie des César
1976TV
Self - President
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host
Once Is Not Enough
1975Movie
Mike Wayne
Posse
1975Movie
Howard Nightingale
People's Choice Awards
1975TV
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975TV
Self
Apostrophes
1975TV
Self
Spécial cinéma
1974TV
Self
Der große Preis
1974TV
Self
Mousey
1974Movie
George Anderson
Scalawag
1973Movie
Peg
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973TV
Self
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973Movie
Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
The Master Touch
1972Movie
Steve Wallace
Kirk Douglas
1972Movie
Himself
J'ai tout donné
1972Movie
Self
The Special London Bridge Special
1972Movie
The Indian Fighter
Film '72
1971TV
Self
Catch Me a Spy
1971Movie
Andrej
A Gunfight
1971Movie
Will Tenneray
The Light at the Edge of the World
1971Movie
Will Denton
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971TV
Self
Once Upon a Wheel
1971TV
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970Movie
Paris Pitman, Jr.
The Arrangement
1969Movie
Eddie Anderson
The Johnny Cash Show
1969TV
Self
The Brotherhood
1968Movie
Frank Ginetta
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
A Lovely Way to Die
1968Movie
Jameson Schuyler
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968TV
Self (uncredited)
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968Movie
Self
The War Wagon
1967Movie
Lomax
The Way West
1967Movie
Sen. William J. Tadlock
Kirk Douglas
1966Movie
Self
Is Paris Burning?
1966Movie
General Patton
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966Movie
Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
The Heroes of Telemark
1965Movie
Dr. Rolf Pedersen
In Harm's Way
1965Movie
Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
The Making of A Movie
1965Movie
Self
Pour le plaisir
1964TV
Self
Seven Days in May
1964Movie
Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
For Love or Money
1963Movie
Deke Gentry
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963Movie
George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
The Hook
1963Movie
Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
The Lucy Show
1962TV
Kirk Douglas
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962Movie
Jack Andrus
Lonely are the Brave
1962Movie
John W. "Jack" Burns
Town Without Pity
1961Movie
Major Garrett
The Last Sunset
1961Movie
Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
Spartacus
1960Movie
Spartacus
Strangers When We Meet
1960Movie
Larry Coe
The Devil's Disciple
1959Movie
Richard Dudgeon
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959Movie
Marshal Matt Morgan
The Vikings
1958Movie
Einar
Paths of Glory
1957Movie
Col. Dax
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
1957Movie
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957TV
Self
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957Movie
Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
Top Secret Affair
1957Movie
Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
Lust for Life
1956Movie
Vincent van Gogh
The Steve Allen Show
1956TV
Self - Recipient, Self - Guest
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
1956Movie
Self
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Presenter
Cinépanorama
1956TV
Self
The Indian Fighter
1955Movie
Johnny Hawks
Man Without a Star
1955Movie
Dempsey Rae
The Racers
1955Movie
Gino Borgesa
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954Movie
Ned Land
Operation Undersea
1954Movie
Self
The Disneyland Story
1954Movie
Self
Ulysses
1954Movie
Ulysses
The George Gobel Show
1954TV
Self
Act of Love
1953Movie
Robert Teller
The Juggler
1953Movie
Hans Muller
The Story of Three Loves
1953Movie
Pierre Narval
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952Movie
Jonathan Shields
This Is Your Life
1952TV
Self
The Big Sky
1952Movie
Jim Deakins
The Big Trees
1952Movie
Jim Fallon
Detective Story
1951Movie
Det. James McLeod
Ace in the Hole
1951Movie
Charles Tatum
Along the Great Divide
1951Movie
Marshal Len Merrick
The Jack Benny Program
1950TV
Kirk Douglas
The Glass Menagerie
1950Movie
Jim O'Connor
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950TV
Self, Ulysses (archive footage)
Young Man with a Horn
1950Movie
Rick Martin
What's My Line?
1950TV
Self
Champion
1949Movie
Midge Kelly
A Letter to Three Wives
1949Movie
George Phipps
The Walls of Jericho
1948Movie
Tucker Wedge
My Dear Secretary
1948Movie
Owen Waterbury
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
I Walk Alone
1947Movie
Noll "Dink" Turner
Out of the Past
1947Movie
Whit Sterling
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947Movie
Peter Niles
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946Movie
Walter O'Neil
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self, Self - Presenter
Monsters of the Deep
Movie
Himself