Kirk Douglas
Acting
Born 1916-12-09
Died 2020-02-05
Amsterdam, New York, USA
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Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor, producer, director and author. He grew up as Izzy Demsky and legally changed his name to Kirk Douglas before entering the United States Navy during World War II.
During his career, Douglas appeared in more than 90 movies and was known for his explosive acting style. He became an international star for his leading role as an unscrupulous boxing hero in Champion (1949), which brought him his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Other early films include Young Man with a Horn (1950), Ace in the Hole (1951), and Detective Story (1951), a film for which he received a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actor in a Drama. He received a second Oscar nomination for his role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), and his third nomination for portraying Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956), which landed him a second Golden Globe nomination.
In 1955, Douglas established Bryna Productions, which produced films as varied as Paths of Glory (1957) and Spartacus (1960). He took the lead roles in both films. Douglas has been praised for helping to break the Hollywood blacklist by having Dalton Trumbo write Spartacus with an official on-screen credit. In 1963 Douglas starred in the Broadway play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, a story that he purchased and later gave to his son Michael Douglas, who turned it into an Oscar-winning film.
As an actor and philanthropist, Douglas received an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As an author, he wrote ten novels and memoirs. He is No. 17 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema.
Kirk Douglas died at age 103.
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The Simpsons
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Saturday Night Live
Real Time with Bill Maher
The View
Golden Globe Awards
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Tony Awards
The Dick Cavett Show
The Lucy Show
What's My Line?
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Merv Griffin Show
Wogan
Touched by an Angel
Champs-Elysées
Apostrophes
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Film '72
Tales from the Crypt
Parkinson
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
The Steve Allen Show
Spécial cinéma
The Oscars
The Colgate Comedy Hour
People's Choice Awards
The Jack Benny Program
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
This Is Your Life
The Ed Sullivan Show
Basketball: A Love Story
Goldene Kamera
Cinépanorama
The Kennedy Center Honors
Cérémonie des César
Spartacus
Paths of Glory
V.I.P. Schaukel
Ulysses
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Der große Preis
The Final Countdown
Brisant
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
The Vikings
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Once Is Not Enough
J'ai tout donné
Oscar
Out of the Past
The George Gobel Show
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Saturn 3
Clive Anderson All Talk
Last Train from Gun Hill
The Fury
The Villain
Let Poland Be Poland
Is Paris Burning?
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