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Melvyn Douglas

Cast & creator

Melvyn Douglas

1901-04-05 (died at 80) Macon, Georgia, USAIMDb

Best known for What's My Line?, The Dick Cavett Show, The Fugitive

Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg; April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor. Douglas came to prominence in the 1930s as a suave leading man, perhaps best typified by his performance in the 1939 romantic comedy Ninotchka with Greta Garbo. Douglas later played mature and fatherly characters, as in his Academy Award–winning performances in Hud (1963) and Being There (1979) and his Academy Award–nominated performance in I Never Sang for My Father (1970). In the last few years of his life Douglas appeared in films with supernatural stories involving ghosts. Douglas appeared as "Senator Joseph Carmichael" in The Changeling in 1980 and Ghost Story in 1981 in his final completed film role.

Also known as: Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg

Movies

100

film credits

Series

26

television credits

Career

126

1931–2014 · acting roles

Credit score

6.6

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

Self · 1950

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest · 1968

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Dr. Mark Ryder · 1963

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

David · 1982

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Pat Konke · 1963

Across film & television

Filmography (126)

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Showing 126 of 126 credits

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

Self

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Dr. Mark Ryder

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

David

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Pat Konke

Studio One

Studio One

Cyril Ritchard

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

Richard Gordon

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Stranger

Ben Casey

Ben Casey

Burton Strang

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

Lights Out

Lights Out

Your Show of Shows

Your Show of Shows

Self - Guest Host

Your Show of Shows

Your Show of Shows

Self - Guest Performer

Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90

Gen. Parker

MGM Parade

MGM Parade

Self

MGM Parade

MGM Parade

self

Lux Video Theatre

James Strickland

Ghost Story

Ghost Story

Grandpa

ABC Weekend Specials

ABC Weekend Specials

Grandpa Doc

CBS Playhouse

Peter Schermann

Kraft Mystery Theatre

Kraft Mystery Theatre

The Tenant

The Tenant

Monsieur Zy

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Henry Drummond

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Galileo Galilei

The Changeling

The Changeling

Senator Carmichael

Being There

Being There

Benjamin Rand

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

Professor Arthur Barris

Hud

Hud

Homer Bannon

Ghost Story

Ghost Story

John Jaffrey

Ninotchka

Ninotchka

Count Leon d'Algout

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

Stateman Benjamin Franklin

The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House

Penderel

The Sea of Grass

The Sea of Grass

Brice Chamberlain

A Woman's Face

A Woman's Face

Dr. Gustaf Segert

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Bill Cole

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Zachariah Guthrie

The Americanization of Emily

The Americanization of Emily

Admiral William Jessup

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

Senator Birney

A Woman's Secret

A Woman's Secret

Luke Jordan

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

The Candidate

The Candidate

John J. McKay

Captains Courageous

Captains Courageous

Frank Burton Cheyne

Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley

Jeff Hogarth

I Never Sang for My Father

I Never Sang for My Father

Tom Garrison

Our Wife

Our Wife

Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin

Advance to the Rear

Advance to the Rear

Col. Claude Brackenbury

The Amazing Mr. Williams

The Amazing Mr. Williams

Kenny Williams

This Thing Called Love

This Thing Called Love

Tice Collins

She Married Her Boss

She Married Her Boss

Richard Barclay

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage)

Two-Faced Woman

Two-Faced Woman

Lawrence 'Larry' Blake

Third Finger, Left Hand

Third Finger, Left Hand

Jeff Thompson

Billy Budd

Billy Budd

The Dansker, Sailmaker

Woman in the Dark

Woman in the Dark

Tony Robson

Good Girls Go to Paris

Good Girls Go to Paris

Ronald Brooke

Angel

Angel

Anthony 'Tony' Halton

From the Ends of the Earth

From the Ends of the Earth

Self

Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

Self (archive footage)

Prestige

Prestige

Capt. Andre Verlaine

He Stayed for Breakfast

He Stayed for Breakfast

Paul Boliet

My Forbidden Past

My Forbidden Past

Paul Beaurevel

And So They Were Married

And So They Were Married

Stephen Blake

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

(archive footage)

Hunters Are for Killing

Hunters Are for Killing

Keller Floran

Intimate Strangers

Intimate Strangers

Donald's Father

The Great Sinner

The Great Sinner

Armand De Glasse

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy

Leon (archive footage)

Hotel

Hotel

Warren Trent

There's Always a Woman

There's Always a Woman

William H. Reardon

Garbo, by Joan Crawford

Garbo, by Joan Crawford

Self (archive footage)

The Toy Wife

The Toy Wife

George Sartoris

The Guilt of Janet Ames

The Guilt of Janet Ames

Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb

I Met Him in Paris

I Met Him in Paris

George Potter

Once Upon a Tractor

Once Upon a Tractor

Martin

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Self (archive footage)

They All Kissed the Bride

They All Kissed the Bride

Michael 'Mike' Holmes

Three Hearts for Julia

Three Hearts for Julia

Jeff Seabrook

Tell Me a Riddle

Tell Me a Riddle

David

One Is a Lonely Number

One Is a Lonely Number

Joseph Provo

Too Many Husbands

Too Many Husbands

Henry Lowndes

That Uncertain Feeling

That Uncertain Feeling

Larry Baker

The Plot to Kill Stalin

The Plot to Kill Stalin

Stalin

The Vampire Bat

The Vampire Bat

Karl Brettschneider

Old Man

Old Man

Self - Host

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Peter Schermann

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Melvyn Douglas

Tonight or Never

Tonight or Never

Jim Fletcher

The Making of a President

The Making of a President

As You Desire Me

As You Desire Me

Count Bruno Varelli

Death Takes a Holiday

Death Takes a Holiday

Judge Earl Chapman

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Self

The Shining Hour

The Shining Hour

Henry Linden

My Own True Love

My Own True Love

Clive Heath

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

Self

The Hot Touch

The Hot Touch

Max Reich

Women of Glamour

Women of Glamour

Richard Stark

Murder or Mercy

Murder or Mercy

Dr. Paul Harelson

Portrait of Grandpa Doc

Grandpa Doc

I'll Take Romance

I'll Take Romance

James Guthrie

The Lone Wolf Returns

The Lone Wolf Returns

Michael Lanyard

Theodora Goes Wild

Theodora Goes Wild

Michael Grant

The Crucible

The Crucible

Deputy Governor Danforth

The Gorgeous Hussy

The Gorgeous Hussy

John Randolph

There's That Woman Again

There's That Woman Again

William 'Bill' Reardon

The Death Squad

The Death Squad

Police Captain Earl Kreski

A Gift To Last

Old Clement Sturgess

Arsène Lupin Returns

Arsène Lupin Returns

Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin

Mary Burns, Fugitive

Mary Burns, Fugitive

Barton Powell

Tell No Tales

Tell No Tales

Michael Cassidy

The Greer Case

The Greer Case

Howard Hoagland

The Going Up of David Lev

Grandfather

Fast Company

Fast Company

Joel Sloane

That Certain Age

That Certain Age

Vincent Bullitt

Counsellor at Law

Counsellor at Law

Roy Darwin

Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg

Gen. Parker

Rapture

Rapture

Frederick Larbaud

The People's Enemy

The People's Enemy

George R. 'Traps' Stuart

Companions in Nightmare

Companions in Nightmare

Dr. Lawrence Strelson

The Wiser Sex

The Wiser Sex

David Rolfe

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

Henry Drummond

On the Loose

On the Loose

Frank Bradley

We Were Dancing

We Were Dancing

Nicholas Prax

Dangerous Corner

Dangerous Corner

Charles Stanton

Hollywood Off Beat

Steve Randall

The Broken Wing

The Broken Wing

Philip 'Phil' Marvin

Nagana

Nagana

Dr. Walter Tradnor