Kirk Douglas biography
Kirk Douglas was an American actor, born on 9 December 1916 in Amsterdam, who died on 5 February 2020.
Kirk Douglas's screen career began in 1946 with The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, playing Walter O'Neil.
Kirk Douglas appeared in 109 films and 1 television or streaming title between 1946 and 2012.
Kirk Douglas is remembered for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Vikings, Lust for Life, Paths of Glory.
Honours include National Medal of Arts, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor , Motion Picture Drama and Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award.
- Also known as
- Izzy Demsky, Isador Demsky, Issur Danielovich, Issur Danielovitch Demsky
- Born
- 9 December 1916
- Died
- 5 February 2020 (aged 103)
- Birthplace
- Amsterdam
- Work
- Film producer, Television actor, Film actor, Film director, Screenwriter
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1944 to 2008
- Known for
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Vikings, Lust for Life, Paths of Glory, Spartacus
- Awards
- National Medal of Arts
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor , Motion Picture Drama
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
- Honorary César
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- AFI Life Achievement Award
Kirk Douglas filmography
109 films and 1 television or streaming title, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | Cantonese | ||
| 2008 | Empire State Building Murders | Jim Kovalski | ||
| 2004 | Illusion | Donald Baines | ||
| 2003 | It Runs in the Family | Mitchell Gromberg | ||
| 2000 | Touched by an Angel | Ross Burger | Episode: "Bar Mitzvah" | |
| 1999 | Diamonds | Harry Agensky | ||
| 1996 | The Simpsons | Chester J. Lampwick | Voice, episode: "The Day the Violence Died" | |
| 1994 | Take Me Home Again | Ed Reece | Television film | |
| 1994 | Greedy | Uncle Joe McTeague | ||
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema | English | ||
| 1992 | The Secret | Grandpa Mike Dunmore | Television film | |
| 1991 | Two-Fisted Tales | English | ||
| 1991 | Oscar | Eduardo Provolone | ||
| 1991 | Veraz/Welcome to Veraz | Quentin | ||
| 1991 | Tales from the Crypt | General Kalthrob | Episode: "Yellow" | |
| 1988 | Inherit the Wind | Matthew Harrison Brady | Television film | |
| 1987 | Queenie | David Konig | Miniseries | |
| 1986 | Tough Guys | Archie Long | ||
| 1985 | Amos | Amos Lasher | Television film | |
| 1984 | Draw! | Harry H. Holland | Television film | |
| 1983 | Eddie Macon's Run | Marzack | ||
| 1983 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | |||
| 1982 | The Man from Snowy River | Harrison/Spur | ||
| 1982 | Remembrance of Love | Joe Rabin | Television film | |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | English |
Show all 109 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Final Countdown | Capt. Matthew Yelland | ||
| 1980 | Saturn 3 | Adam | ||
| 1980 | Home Movies | Dr. Tuttle "The Maestro" | ||
| 1979 | The Villain | Cactus Jack | ||
| 1978 | The Fury | Peter Sandza | ||
| 1977 | Holocaust 2000 | English | ||
| 1977 | Holocaust 2000 (aka The Chosen) | Robert Caine | a.k.a. Rain of Fire | |
| 1976 | Victory at Entebbe | Hershel Vilnofsky | Television film | |
| 1976 | Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers | Alex Vandervoort | Miniseries | |
| 1975 | Once Is Not Enough | Mike Wayne | ||
| 1975 | Posse | Marshal Howard Nightingale | Also director/producer/co-writer | |
| 1974 | Mousey | George Anderson | Television film | |
| 1973 | Scalawag | Peg | Also director | |
| 1973 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Television film | |
| 1972 | The Master Touch | English | ||
| 1972 | The Special London Bridge Special | The Indian Fighter | Television film | |
| 1972 | A Man to Respect | Steve Wallace | ||
| 1971 | To Catch a Spy | Andrej | ||
| 1971 | The Light at the Edge of the World | Will Denton | ||
| 1971 | A Gunfight | Will Tenneray | ||
| 1971 | Summertree | |||
| 1971 | Catch Me a Spy | |||
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man | Paris Pitman Jr. | ||
| 1969 | The Arrangement | Eddie Anderson | ||
| 1968 | The Brotherhood | Frank Ginetta | ||
| 1968 | A Lovely Way to Die | Jim Schuyler | ||
| 1968 | The Legend of Silent Night | Voice, Narrator | Television film | |
| 1967 | The Way West | Sen. William J. Tadlock | ||
| 1967 | The War Wagon | Lomax | ||
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? | Gen. George Patton | ||
| 1966 | Cast a Giant Shadow | Col. Mickey Marcus | ||
| 1966 | Seconds | |||
| 1966 | Grand Prix | |||
| 1965 | The Heroes of Telemark | Dr Rolf Pedersen | ||
| 1965 | In Harm's Way | Commander Paul Eddington | ||
| 1964 | Seven Days in May | Colonel Jiggs Casey | ||
| 1963 | The List of Adrian Messenger | George Brougham, Vicar Atlee, Mr. Pythian, Arthur Henderson | ||
| 1963 | The Hook | Sgt. P.J. Briscoe | ||
| 1963 | Hollywood Without Make-Up | English | ||
| 1963 | For Love or Money | Donald Kenneth "Deke" Gentry | ||
| 1962 | Lonely Are the Brave | John W. "Jack" Burns | ||
| 1962 | Two Weeks in Another Town | Jack Andrus | ||
| 1961 | Town Without Pity | Major Garrett | ||
| 1961 | The Last Sunset | Brendan "Bren" O'Malley | ||
| 1960 | Spartacus | Spartacus | ||
| 1960 | Strangers When We Meet | Larry Coe | ||
| 1959 | The Devil's Disciple | Richard "Dick" Dudgeon | ||
| 1959 | Last Train from Gun Hill | Matt Morgan | ||
| 1959 | Tales of the Vikings | |||
| 1959 | Operation Petticoat | Welding Seaman | Uncredited | |
| 1958 | The Vikings | Einar | ||
| 1957 | Top Secret Affair | Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin | ||
| 1957 | Paths of Glory | Colonel Dax | ||
| 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Doc Holliday | ||
| 1957 | The Careless Years | |||
| 1957 | Ride Out for Revenge | |||
| 1957 | Lizzie | |||
| 1956 | Lust for Life | Vincent van Gogh | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor | |
| 1956 | Van Gogh: Darkness Into Light | |||
| 1956 | Spring Reunion | |||
| 1955 | The Racers | Gino Borgesa | ||
| 1955 | The Indian Fighter | Johnny Hawks | ||
| 1955 | Man Without a Star | Dempsey Rae | ||
| 1955 | Ulysses | Odysseus | ||
| 1954 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Ned Land | ||
| 1953 | The Story of Three Loves | Pierre Narval (segment "Equilibrium") | ||
| 1953 | The Juggler | Hans Muller | ||
| 1953 | Act of Love | Robert Teller | ||
| 1952 | The Big Sky | Jim Deakins | ||
| 1952 | The Big Trees | Jim Fallon | ||
| 1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Jonathan Shields | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor | |
| 1951 | Ace in the Hole | Chuck Tatum | ||
| 1951 | Detective Story | Detective Jim McLeod | ||
| 1951 | Along the Great Divide | Marshal Len Merrick | ||
| 1950 | Young Man with a Horn | Rick Martin | ||
| 1950 | The Glass Menagerie | Jim O'Connor | ||
| 1949 | Champion | Michael "Midge" Kelly | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor | |
| 1949 | A Letter to Three Wives | George Phipps | ||
| 1948 | The Walls of Jericho | Tucker Wedge | ||
| 1948 | My Dear Secretary | Owen Waterbury | ||
| 1948 | I Walk Alone | Noll "Dink" Turner | ||
| 1947 | Out of the Past | Whit Sterling | ||
| 1947 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Peter Niles | ||
| 1946 | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Walter O'Neil |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Let Poland Be Poland |