Kirk Douglas

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AKA: Issur Danielovitch, Izzy Demsky
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 12/09/1916
Birthplace: Amsterdam, New York, USA

biography

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 with a superhero-like head of hair and the most famous dimpled chin this side of Shirley Temple, Douglas was a Tinseltown innovator and rebel. As one of the first A-listers to wrest further control of Continued

Credits

Himself
2008
Mitchell Gromberg
2003
Harry Agensky
2000
(TV Show)
1996-1996
Chester J. Lampwick
1996
Harrison Spur
1982
Peter
1978
Mike Wayne
1975
Paris Pitman Jr
1970
Cmdr Paul Eddington
1965
Jack Burns
1962
Jack Andrus
1962
Brendan O'Malley
1961
Larry Coe
1960
Colonel Dax
1957
Doc Holliday
1957
Vincent Van Gogh
1956
Dempsey Rae
1955
Jonathan Shields
1953
Charles Tatum
1951
Jim O'Connor
1950
Actor
1949
Actor
1948
Whit Sterling
1947
(uncredited) Snaps' Father
Actor
Major General Melville Goodwin
Adam
Col Martin "Jiggs" Casey
Archie Long
Richard Dudgeon
Uncle Joe McTeague
Executive Producer
Producer
Director
Director
Sergeant PJ Briscoe
Mickey Marcus
Gino
Robert Teller
Dr Rolf Pederson
Ulysess
Robert Caine
Captain Matthew Yelland
Johnny Hawks
Jim Deakins
"Cactus Jack" Slade
Einar
Actor
Spartacus
Marshal Nightingale
Jim McLeod
William Tadlock
Will Tenneray
Quentin
Hans Muller
Eddie Anderson/Evangelos
Donal Baines
Peg
Major Steve Garrett
Deke Gentry
Rick Martin
Dr Tuttle--the Maestro
Producer
Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer

milestones

Year
Milestone
1939 
Worked as drama coach for Greenwich House Settlement in New York City
1941 
Made Broadway debut as a singing telegraph boy in "Spring Again"
1942 
First Broadway performance as Kirk Douglas, "The Three Sisters"
 
Served with Navy during WWII; received medical discharge after accident involving depth charge
1946 
Made feature acting debut in "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers"
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