Personal Info
Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg
Melvyn Douglas
Acting
Biography
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 appeare…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
as Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
The Hot Touch
as Max Reich
Ghost Story
as Dr. John Jaffrey
The Changeling
as Senator Carmichael
Tell Me a Riddle
as David
Being There
as Benjamin Rand
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Senator Birney
The Making of a President
TV Shows
Weekend Special
as Grandpa Doc · 1 ep.
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
as Stateman Benjamin Franklin · 4 ep.
Ghost Story
as Grandpa · 1 ep.
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest · 1 ep.
CBS Playhouse
as Peter Schermann · 1 ep.
The Fugitive
as Dr. Mark Ryder · 1 ep.
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Pat Konke · 1 ep.
Ben Casey
as Burton Strang · 1 ep.
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1 ep.
Playhouse 90
as Gen. Parker · 1 ep.
