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Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas (originally known as Issur Danielovitch), an American born on December 9, 1916, in Amsterdam, New York, US, was a renowned actor, filmmaker, and philanthropist. He made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) alongside Barbara Stanwyck. After growing up in poverty, he became a top box-office star in the 1950s, acknowledged for his performances in serious dramas, westerns, and war films. He portrayed passionate characters in more than 90 films and was known for his explosive acting style. The American Film Institute named him the 17th greatest male star of classic Hollywood cinema.
For his first Academy Award nomination, he played an unscrupulous boxing hero in Champion (1949). His breakout roles include those in Out of the Past (1947), Young Man with a Horn (1950), Ace in the Hole (1951), and Detective Story (1951), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. He earned subsequent Oscar nominations for The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and Lust for Life (1956) where he portrayed Vincent van Gogh. Also known for his philanthropic endeavors, he received an Academy Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Despite facing a severe stroke in 1996, he continued acting for several years. He passed away in Beverly Hills, California, on February 5, 2020.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Issur Danielovitch
Born: Amsterdam, New York, U.S.
Citizenship: United States
Birthday: December 9, 1916
Occupations: Actor, Filmmaker, Philanthropist
Years Active: 1944-2008
Children: 4
Spouses: Diana Dill, Anne Buydens
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Awards and Nominations Received by Kirk Douglas
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Movies Featuring Kirk Douglas
Out of the Past
Spartacus
Paths of Glory
Mike Wallace Is Here
Tough Guys
Seven Days in May
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Fury
It Runs in the Family
The Final Countdown
The Big Carnival
Detective Story
Saturn 3
Carmine Street Guitars
The Way West
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
The Man from Snowy River
Diamonds
Lust for Life
The Bad and the Beautiful
Young Man with a Horn
There Was a Crooked Man...
I Walk Alone
The Racers
The Villain
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
And the Oscar Goes To…
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Lana Turner… a Daughter’s Memoir
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Draw!
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Eddie Macon’s Run
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Amos
Queenie
Inherit the Wind
Hollywood’s Funniest All-Star Bloopers
My Dear Secretary
A Century of Cinema
Holocaust 2000
Ace in the Hole
A Letter to Three Wives
The Secret
Scalawag
Cast a Giant Shadow
Champion
Once Is Not Enough
The Arrangement
Along the Great Divide
The Last Sunset
The Master Touch
Walt Disney’s Where Do the Stories Come From?
A Lovely Way to Die
Town Without Pity
Strangers When We Meet
The Devil’s Disciple
Catch Me a Spy
The Hook
A Gunfight
Is Paris Burning?
Mousey
Kirk Douglas
The Light at the Edge of the World
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Arthur Hailey’s The Moneychangers
The Vikings
The Big Trees
Empire State Building Murders
Home Movies
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
The List of Adrian Messenger
Victory at Entebbe
For Love or Money
The Story of Three Loves
The Disneyland Story
Posse
Completely Cuckoo
Lonely Are the Brave
The Juggler
The Heroes of Telemark
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Two-Fisted Tales
Act of Love
The Universal Story
The Walls of Jericho
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
In Harm’s Way
Top Secret Affair
Man Without a Star
From Roger Moore with Love
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
The War Wagon
Last Train from Gun Hill
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Two Weeks in Another Town
Mourning Becomes Electra
Diamonds
Diamonds
Diamonds
Diamonds
Diamonds
Career Timeline
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2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
Self
Carmine Street Guitars
Self
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
1999
Diamonds
Diamonds
Harry Agensky
Diamonds
Harry Agensky
Diamonds
Harry Agensky
Diamonds
Harry Agensky
Diamonds
Harry Agensky
1966
Cast a Giant Shadow
Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
Is Paris Burning?
General Patton
Kirk Douglas
Self
1963
The Hook
Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
The List of Adrian Messenger
George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
For Love or Money
Deke Gentry
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