Deceased

How Did Melvyn Douglas Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 80

Also known asMelvyn Edouard HesselbergGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn05/04/1901Born inMacon, Georgia, USADied04/08/1981 (aged 80)Died inNew York CityCausepneumoniaWikidataQ312084 ↗TMDb#19550 ↗

Melvyn Douglas was an American actor, whose stage and screen careers spanned from the late 1920s until the early 1980s. He was one of 24 performers to win the Triple Crown of Acting - winning two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award.

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Filmography97 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1990	Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home ToMovie	(archive footage)	89
1988	The Making of a Legend: Gone with the WindMovie	Self (archive footage)	87
1982	The Hot TouchMovie	Max Reich	81
1980	The ChangelingMovie	Senator Carmichael	79
1980	Tell Me a RiddleMovie	David	79
1979	Being ThereMovie	Benjamin Rand	78
1979	The Seduction of Joe TynanMovie	Senator Birney	78
1978	The Making of a PresidentMovie	—	77
1977	Twilight's Last GleamingMovie	Zachariah Guthrie	76
1977	Weekend SpecialSeries	Grandpa Doc	76
1977	Intimate StrangersMovie	Donald's Father	76
1976	That's Entertainment, Part IIMovie	(archive footage)	75
1976	The TenantMovie	Monsieur Zy	75
1974	The Lives of Benjamin FranklinSeries	Stateman Benjamin Franklin	73
1974	The Death SquadMovie	Police Captain Earl Kreski	73
1973	The Going Up of David LevMovie	Grandfather	72
1972	Ghost StorySeries	Grandpa	71
1972	Hollywood: The Dream FactoryMovie	Self (archive footage)	71
1972	The CandidateMovie	John J. McKay	71
1970	I Never Sang for My FatherMovie	Tom Garrison	69
1970	Hunters Are for KillingMovie	Keller Floran	69
1969	Garbo, by Joan CrawfordMovie	Self (archive footage)	68
1968	Companions in NightmareMovie	Dr. Lawrence Strelson	67
1968	The Dick Cavett ShowSeries	Self - Guest	67
1967	HotelMovie	Warren Trent	66
1967	Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good NightMovie	Peter Schermann	66
1966	CBS PlayhouseSeries	Peter Schermann	65
1965	Inherit the WindMovie	Henry Drummond	64
1964	The Americanization of EmilyMovie	Admiral William Jessup	63
1964	The Big Parade of ComedyMovie	Leon (archive footage)	63
1964	Advance to the RearMovie	Col. Claude Brackenbury	63
1963	The FugitiveSeries	Dr. Mark Ryder	62
1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries	Pat Konke	62
1962	Billy BuddMovie	The Dansker, Sailmaker	61
1961	Ben CaseySeries	Burton Strang	60
1961	Kraft Mystery TheatreSeries	—	60
1959	Judgment at NurembergMovie	Gen. Parker	58
1958	The Plot to Kill StalinMovie	Stalin	57
1958	Old ManMovie	Self - Host	57
1957	The Greer CaseMovie	Howard Hoagland	56
1956	Playhouse 90Series	Gen. Parker	55
1955	MGM ParadeSeries	self	54
1953	General Electric TheaterSeries	Professor Arthur Barris	52
1951	Hallmark Hall of FameSeries	Henry Drummond	50
1951	On the LooseMovie	Frank Bradley	50
1950	Lux Video TheatreSeries	James Strickland	49
1950	What's My Line?Series	Self	49
1950	Your Show of ShowsSeries	Self - Guest Host	49
1949	Lights OutSeries	—	48
1949	The Great SinnerMovie	Armand De Glasse	48
1948	The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries	The Stranger	47
1948	Studio OneSeries	Cyril Ritchard	47
1948	The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries	Self	47
1948	Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream HouseMovie	Bill Cole	47
1948	My Own True LoveMovie	Clive Heath	47
1947	The Sea of GrassMovie	Brice Chamberlain	46
1947	The Guilt of Janet AmesMovie	Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb	46
1942	We Were DancingMovie	Nicholas Prax	41
1942	They All Kissed the BrideMovie	Michael 'Mike' Holmes	41
1941	Our WifeMovie	Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin	40
1941	That Uncertain FeelingMovie	Larry Baker	40
1941	Two-Faced WomanMovie	Lawrence 'Larry' Blake	40
1940	Third Finger, Left HandMovie	Jeff Thompson	39
1940	Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsMovie	Self	39
1940	This Thing Called LoveMovie	Tice Collins	39
1940	Too Many HusbandsMovie	Henry Lowndes	39
1939	Good Girls Go to ParisMovie	Ronald Brooke	38
1939	The Amazing Mr. WilliamsMovie	Kenny Williams	38
1939	From the Ends of the EarthMovie	Self	38
1939	Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1Movie	Self	38
1939	NinotchkaMovie	Count Leon d'Algout	38
1939	Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8Movie	Melvyn Douglas	38
1939	Tell No TalesMovie	Michael Cassidy	38
1938	That Certain AgeMovie	Vincent Bullitt	37
1938	There's That Woman AgainMovie	William 'Bill' Reardon	37
1938	There's Always a WomanMovie	William H. Reardon	37
1938	Arsène Lupin ReturnsMovie	Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin	37
1938	The Shining HourMovie	Henry Linden	37
1937	I'll Take RomanceMovie	James Guthrie	36
1937	Captains CourageousMovie	Frank Burton Cheyne	36
1937	Women of GlamourMovie	Richard Stark	36
1937	I Met Him in ParisMovie	George Potter	36
1936	Theodora Goes WildMovie	Michael Grant	35
1936	The Gorgeous HussyMovie	John Randolph	35
1936	And So They Were MarriedMovie	Stephen Blake	35
1935	She Married Her BossMovie	Richard Barclay	34
1935	Annie OakleyMovie	Jeff Hogarth	34
1934	Woman in the DarkMovie	Tony Robson	33
1934	Dangerous CornerMovie	Charles Stanton	33
1933	The Vampire BatMovie	Karl Brettschneider	32
1933	Counsellor at LawMovie	Roy Darwin	32
1933	NaganaMovie	Dr. Walter Tradnor	32
1932	The Old Dark HouseMovie	Penderel	31
1932	PrestigeMovie	Capt. Andre Verlaine	31
1932	The Broken WingMovie	Philip 'Phil' Marvin	31
1932	The Wiser SexMovie	David Rolfe	31
1931	Tonight or NeverMovie	Jim Fletcher	30