| 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)
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)
American Civil Liberties Union
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
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)
Hotel (19-Jan-1967)
The Americanization of Emily (27-Oct-1964)
Advance to the Rear (15-Apr-1964)
Hud (28-May-1963)
Billy Budd (12-Nov-1962)
My Forbidden Past (25-Apr-1951)
The Great Sinner (29-Jun-1949)
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)
The Sea of Grass (27-Feb-1947)
They All Kissed the Bride (11-Jun-1942)
We Were Dancing (30-Apr-1942) · Nicholas Eugen August Wolfgang Prax
Two-Faced Woman (Nov-1941) · Lawrence Blake
Our Wife (4-Aug-1941)
A Woman's Face (15-May-1941)
That Uncertain Feeling (17-Apr-1941) · Larry
This Thing Called Love (20-Dec-1940)
Third Finger, Left Hand (11-Oct-1940)
Too Many Husbands (7-Mar-1940) · Henry Lowndes
The Amazing Mr. Williams (22-Nov-1939)
Ninotchka (6-Oct-1939)
Tell No Tales (12-May-1939)
The Shining Hour (18-Nov-1938)
That Certain Age (7-Oct-1938)
Fast Company (5-Jul-1938)
The Toy Wife (10-Jun-1938)
There's Always a Woman (20-Apr-1938)
Arsène Lupin Returns (25-Feb-1938) · Rene Farrand
I'll Take Romance (17-Nov-1937)
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)
The Gorgeous Hussy (28-Aug-1936)
And So They Were Married (10-May-1936)
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)
Dangerous Corner (4-Dec-1934) · Charles Stanton
Woman in the Dark (9-Nov-1934)
Counsellor at Law (7-Dec-1933)
The Vampire Bat (10-Jan-1933)
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)
Tonight or Never (17-Dec-1931)
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