AKA: Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 04/05/1901
Birthplace: Macon, Georgia, USA
Death Date: 08/04/1981
Broadway star, in Hollywood from 1931. Often played the suave sophisticate in pursuit of a beautiful woman, as in Ernst Lubitsch's classic "Ninotchka" (1939) opposite Greta Garbo. Douglas began appearing in supporting roles in the early 1960s and turned in an award-winning performance in "Hud" (1963). Married to former actress turned US Representative Helen Gahagan.
Senator Joseph Carmichael
1980
Zachariah Guthrie--Secretary of Defense
1977
Admiral William Jessup
1964
1919
First role on Chicago stage
1929
Broadway debut in "A Free Soul"
1931
Screen acting debut in "Tonight or Never"
1942
Made director Arts Council of the Office of Civilian Defense
