| Melvyn Douglas  AKA Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg
Born: 5-Apr-1901
Birthplace: Macon, GA
Died: 4-Aug-1981
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Cremated
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Being There Military service: US Army (WWI and WWII, 1942-46, Maj.) Father: Edouard G. Douglas
Mother: Lena Shackelford
Wife: Helen Gahagan (actress, politician, m. 5-Apr-1931, d. 28-Jun-1980, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Gregory Douglas (father of Illeana Douglas, b. 1920)
Son: Peter Gahagan (b. 1933)
Daughter: Mary Helen (b. 1938)
American Civil Liberties Union
Hollywood Anti-Nazi League
Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 1964 for Hud
Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 1980 for Being There
Golden Globe 1980 for Being There
Emmy 1968 for Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Tony 1960 for The Best Man
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6601 Hollywood Blvd. (television)
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6423 Hollywood Blvd. (motion pictures)
Scottish Ancestry
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Ghost Story (15-Dec-1981) · John Jaffrey
The Hot Touch (Sep-1981)
Tell Me a Riddle (15-Dec-1980)
The Changeling (28-Mar-1980)
Being There (19-Dec-1979) · Benjamin Turnbull Rand
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (17-Aug-1979) · Sen. Birney
Intimate Strangers (11-Nov-1977) · Donald's Father
Twilight's Last Gleaming (9-Feb-1977)
Le Locataire (26-May-1976)
The Candidate (29-Jun-1972)
One Is a Lonely Number (19-Jun-1972)
Death Takes a Holiday (23-Oct-1971)
I Never Sang for My Father (18-Oct-1970) · Tom Garrison
Hotel (19-Jan-1967) · Trent
Rapture (23-Aug-1965)
The Americanization of Emily (27-Oct-1964) · Adm. William Jessup
Advance to the Rear (15-Apr-1964)
Hud (28-May-1963) · Homer Bannon
Billy Budd (12-Nov-1962) · The Dansker
My Forbidden Past (25-Apr-1951) · Paul Beaurevel
The Great Sinner (29-Jun-1949) · Armand De Glasse
A Woman's Secret (5-Mar-1949) · Luke Jordan
My Own True Love (2-Feb-1949)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (25-Mar-1948) · Bill Cole
The Guilt of Janet Ames (6-Mar-1947) · Smithfield Cobb
The Sea of Grass (27-Feb-1947) · Brice Chamberlain
Three Hearts for Julia (21-May-1943)
They All Kissed the Bride (11-Jun-1942) · Michael Holmes
We Were Dancing (30-Apr-1942) · Nicholas Eugen August Wolfgang Prax
Two-Faced Woman (Nov-1941) · Larry Blake
Our Wife (4-Aug-1941) · Jerry Marvin
A Woman's Face (15-May-1941) · Dr. Gustaf Segert
That Uncertain Feeling (17-Apr-1941) · Larry
This Thing Called Love (20-Dec-1940)
Third Finger, Left Hand (11-Oct-1940) · Jeff Thompson
He Stayed for Breakfast (31-Aug-1940)
Too Many Husbands (7-Mar-1940) · Henry Lowndes
The Amazing Mr. Williams (22-Nov-1939)
Ninotchka (6-Oct-1939) · Leon
Good Girls Go to Paris (20-Jun-1939)
Tell No Tales (12-May-1939)
The Shining Hour (18-Nov-1938) · Henry Linden
That Certain Age (7-Oct-1938)
Fast Company (5-Jul-1938) · Joel Sloane
The Toy Wife (10-Jun-1938) · George Sartoris
There's Always a Woman (20-Apr-1938) · William Reardon
Arsène Lupin Returns (25-Feb-1938) · Rene Farrand -- Arsène Lupin
I'll Take Romance (17-Nov-1937) · James Guthrie
Angel (29-Oct-1937) · Anthony Halton
I Met Him in Paris (28-May-1937)
Captains Courageous (11-May-1937) · Mr. Cheyne
Theodora Goes Wild (5-Nov-1936) · Michael Grant
The Gorgeous Hussy (28-Aug-1936) · John Randolph of Roanoke
And So They Were Married (10-May-1936) · Stephen Blake
The Lone Wolf Returns (31-Dec-1935)
Annie Oakley (15-Nov-1935) · Jeff Hogarth
Mary Burns, Fugitive (9-Nov-1935)
She Married Her Boss (19-Sep-1935) · Richard Barclay
Dangerous Corner (4-Dec-1934) · Charles
Woman in the Dark (9-Nov-1934)
Counsellor at Law (7-Dec-1933)
The Vampire Bat (10-Jan-1933) · Karl Brettschneider
The Old Dark House (20-Oct-1932) · Roger Penderel
As You Desire Me (28-May-1932) · Count Bruno Varelli
The Wiser Sex (15-Mar-1932)
Prestige (12-Jan-1932) · Lt. Andre Verlaine
Tonight or Never (17-Dec-1931)
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