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Kirk Douglas

Highest Rated: 100% The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Villain (1979)

Birthday: Dec 9, 1916

Birthplace: Amsterdam, New York, USA

The archetypal Hollywood movie star of the postwar era, Kirk Douglas built a career with he-man roles as soldiers, cowboys and assorted tough guys in over 80 films. His restless, raging creations earned him three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor and one Golden Globe win for his portrayal of Vincent van Gogh in "Lust for Life" (1956). But besides his lasting mark as a seething strong man, Douglas was a Tinseltown innovator and rebel. As one of the first A-listers to gain further control of their career by founding an independent production company, Douglas also effectively ended the 1950s practice of blacklisting Hollywood talent suspected of communist ties when he insisted on crediting famed screenwriter Dalton Trumbo for his script adaptation of "Spartacus" (1960). Douglas maintained his position as a perennial favorite - often opposite fellow tough guy Burt Lancaster - in Westerns and World War II films until the early 1970s. He began a second career as a writer and focused on the philanthropic efforts of The Douglas Foundation, occasionally surfacing throughout the 1980s and 1990s to portray irrepressible old firecrackers in made-for-TV movies and the occasional feature. His death on February 5, 2020 at the age of 103 marked a true end of the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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Highest rated movies

100% 75% The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
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100% 63% Man Without a Star
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100% 86% A Letter to Three Wives
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96% 91% Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff
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96% 95% Paths of Glory
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94% 74% Champion
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94% 87% Spartacus
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93% 92% Out of the Past
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93% 85% Lonely Are the Brave
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92% 89% Seven Days in May
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Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas DEVIL'S DISCIPLE, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, 1959 FOR LOVE OR MONEY, from left, director Michael Gordon, Kirk Douglas, Gig Young, Julie Newmar, on-set, 1963 THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER, from left, Kirk Douglas, Clive Brook, relaxing on-set, 1963 MASTER TOUCH, (aka UN UOMO DA RISPETTARE), Kirk Douglas, 1972 THE RACERS, Kirk Douglas, 1955. ©20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, TM & Copyright ULYSSES, from left, Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, 1955 THE WAR WAGON, Kirk Douglas, 1967 THE WAR WAGON, Kirk Douglas, 1967 WAY WEST, Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, 1967 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
96% 91% Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff Unknown (Character) $20.0K 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Empire State Building Murders Jim Kovalski (Character) - 2008
36% 87% Illusion Donald Baines (Character) $9.3K 2004
30% 29% It Runs in the Family Mitchell Gromberg (Character) $7.4M 2003
26% 30% Diamonds Harry (Character) $81.9K 1999
32% 48% Greedy Uncle Joe (Character) $12.4M 1994
No Score Yet 50% Take Me Home Again Ed Reece (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Two-Fisted Tales Sr. Calthrob (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Secret Grandpa Mike Dunmore (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Movie Tough Guys Unknown (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 79% Inherit the Wind Matthew Harrison Brady (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Queenie David Konig (Character) - 1987
50% 56% Tough Guys Archie Long (Character) $20.5M 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Amos Amos Lasher (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 38% Draw! Harry H. Holland (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 20% Eddie Macon's Run Carl "Buster" Marzack (Character) - 1983
83% 89% The Man From Snowy River Harrison/Spur (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Remembrance of Love Joe Rabin (Character) - 1982
31% 30% Saturn 3 Adam (Character) - 1980
52% 60% The Final Countdown Capt. Matthew Yelland (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 39% Home Movies Dr. Tuttle `'The Maestro'` (Character) - 1980
0% 39% The Villain Cactus Jack (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 28% Holocaust 2000 Robert Caine (Character) - 1978
80% 49% The Fury Peter Sandza (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Moneychangers Alex Vandervoort (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 56% Victory at Entebbe Hershel Vilnofsky (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 10% Once Is Not Enough Mike Wayne (Character) - 1975
67% 52% Posse Howard Nightingale (Character),
Director,
Producer 		- 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mousey George Anderson (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 29% Scalawag Peg (Character),
Director 		- 1973
No Score Yet 26% The Master Touch Steve Wallace (Character) - 1972
33% No Score Yet Catch Me a Spy Andrej (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 42% A Gunfight Will Tenneray (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 64% The Light at the Edge of the World Will Denton (Character) - 1971
82% 72% There Was a Crooked Man Paris Pitman, Jr. (Character) - 1970
15% 64% The Arrangement Eddie Anderson (Character) - 1969
60% 24% The Brotherhood Frank Ginetta (Character),
Producer 		- 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Lovely Way to Die Jim Schuyler (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Legend of Silent Night Narrator - 1968
29% 40% The Way West Sen. William J. Tadlock (Character) - 1967
82% 78% The War Wagon Lomax (Character) - 1967
75% 71% Is Paris Burning? Gen. George S. Patton Jr. (Character) - 1966
91% 88% Grand Prix Executive Producer - 1966
No Score Yet 51% Cast a Giant Shadow Col. David "Mickey" Marcus (Character) - 1966
67% 57% The Heroes of Telemark Rolf (Character) - 1965
37% 79% In Harm's Way Cmdr. Paul Eddington Jr. (Character) - 1965
92% 89% Seven Days in May Col. Martin 'Jiggs' Casey (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet 41% The Hook Sgt. P.J. Briscoe (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet For Love or Money Donald Kenneth `'Deke'` Gentry (Character) - 1963
64% 67% The List of Adrian Messenger George Brougham/Vicar Atlee/Mr. Pythian/Arthur Henderson (Character) - 1963
89% 62% Two Weeks in Another Town Jack Andrus (Character) - 1962
93% 85% Lonely Are the Brave Jack Burns/John W. Burns (Character) - 1962
60% 73% Town Without Pity Maj. Steve Garrett (Character) - 1961
60% 58% The Last Sunset Brendan "Bren" O'Malley (Character) - 1961
94% 87% Spartacus Spartacus (Character),
Executive Producer 		$1.7M 1960
No Score Yet 56% Strangers When We Meet Larry Coe (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 69% The Devil's Disciple Richard Dudgeon (Character) - 1959
91% 81% Last Train From Gun Hill Marshal Matt Morgan (Character),
Executive Producer 		- 1959
77% 73% The Vikings Einar (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 50% Top Secret Affair Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin (Character) - 1957
96% 95% Paths of Glory Col. Dax (Character),
Producer 		- 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Careless Years Executive Producer - 1957
87% 69% Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Dr. John "Doc" Holliday (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 50% Lizzie Executive Producer - 1957
80% 81% Lust for Life Vincent Van Gogh (Character) - 1956
100% 63% Man Without a Star Dempsey Rae (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 62% Ulysses Ulysses (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 39% The Indian Fighter Johnny Hawks (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Racers Gino Borgesa (Character) - 1955
90% 74% 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Ned Land (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 43% The Juggler Hans Muller (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 57% The Story of Three Loves Pierre Narval (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Act of Love Robert Teller (Character) - 1953
80% 86% The Bad and the Beautiful Jonathan Shields (Character) - 1952
89% 67% The Big Sky Jim Deakins (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 32% The Big Trees Jim Fallon (Character) - 1952
71% 72% Detective Story Det. Jim McLeod (Character) - 1951
90% 92% Ace in the Hole Charles "Chuck" Tatum (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 56% Along the Great Divide Marshal Len Merrick (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Le Gouffre aux chimères Unknown (Character) - 1951
83% 73% Young Man With a Horn Rick Martin (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 60% The Glass Menagerie Jim O'Connor (Character) - 1950
100% 86% A Letter to Three Wives George Phipps (Character) - 1949
94% 74% Champion Michael 'Midge' Kelly (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 40% My Dear Secretary Owen Waterbury (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 60% The Walls of Jericho Tucker Wedge (Character) - 1948
93% 92% Out of the Past Whit (Character) - 1947
67% 45% Mourning Becomes Electra Peter Niles (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 68% I Walk Alone Noll 'Dink' Turner (Character) - 1947
100% 75% The Strange Love of Martha Ivers Walter O'Neil (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Strange Love of Martha Ivers Walter O'Neil (Character) - 1946

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Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Real Time With Bill Maher Guest 2012
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
85% 76% The Simpsons Chester J. Lampwick (Guest Voice) 1996
82% 90% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character) 1991
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Host 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1953 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jack Benny Program: The Lost Episodes Unknown (Character) 1954