Film actor, born in Amsterdam, New York, USA. He made his Broadway debut in 1941, served in the US Navy, and embarked on a screen career in 1946. His films include Champion (1949), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Lust for Life (1956), and Spartacus (1960), and from the 1970s he also worked as a director. His son, Michael Douglas, also became an actor.
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Kirk Douglas
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Kirk Douglas in The Big Trees (1952)
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Birth name
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Issur Danielovitch Demsky
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Born
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December 09, 1916 (age 89)
Amsterdam, New York, USA
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Notable roles
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Michael "Midge" Kelly in Champion (1949)
Jonathan Shields in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Vincent Van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956)
Col. Dax in Paths of Glory (1957)
Spartacus in Spartacus (1960)
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Kirk Douglas (born December 9, 1916) is an American actor and film producer known for his gravelly voice and his recurring roles as the kinds of characters Douglas himself once described
as "sons of bitches".
Early life
Douglas was born Issur Danielovitch Demsky in Amsterdam, New York to Herschel Danielovitch and Bryna Sanglel, poor Belarusian Jewish parents who immigrated from Homel (also known as
Gomel).
Career
Kirk Douglas received three Academy Award nominations for his work in Champion, The Bad and the Beautiful and Lust for Life (as Vincent Van Gogh). His second wife is Anne
Buydens (married May 29, 1954 to present) with whom he has two sons, producer Peter Vincent Douglas born November 23, 1955 and actor Eric Douglas (born June 1958;
Filmography
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Out of the Past (1947)
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
I Walk Alone (1948)
The Walls of Jericho (1948)
My Dear
Secretary (1949)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Champion (1949)
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
The Glass Menagerie (1950)
Along the Great Divide (1951)
Ace
in the Hole (1951)
Detective Story (1951)
The Big Trees (1952)
The Big Sky (1952)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
The
Juggler (1953)
Act of Love (1953)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), as harpooneer Ned Land
The Racers (1955)
Man Without a Star (1955)
The Indian Fighter
(1955)
Ulysses (1955)
Van Gogh: Darkness Into Light (1956) (short subject)
Lust for Life (1956), as painter Vincent Van Gogh
Top Secret Affair (1957)
Gunfight at
the O.K. Corral (1957), as gunfighter Doc Holliday
Paths of Glory (1957) (also producer)
The Vikings (1958)
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
The Devil's Disciple
(1959)
Premier Khrushchev in the USA (1959) (documentary)
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
Spartacus (1960) (also executive producer), as slave rebel Spartacus
Town Without
Pity (1961)
The Last Sunset (1961)
Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
The Hook (1963)
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
For
Love or Money (1963)
Seven Days in May (1964)
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
In Harm's Way (1965)
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
The
Way West (1967)
The War Wagon (1967)
Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968) (short subject)
Once Upon a Wheel (1968) (documentary)
A Lovely Way to Die (1968)
The Brotherhood (1968) (also producer)
The Arrangement (1969)
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
To Catch a Spy (1971)
The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
(also producer)
A Gunfight (1971)
The Master Touch (1972)
Scalawag (1973) (also director)
Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (1975)
Posse (1975) (also
director and producer)
Holocaust 2000 (1977)
The Fury (1978)
Home Movies (1979)
The Villain (1979)
Saturn 3 (1980)
The Final Countdown (1980)
The Man
From Snowy River (1982)
Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
Tough Guys (1986)
Oscar (1991)
Welcome to Veraz (1991)
A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
Greedy (1994)
Diamonds (1999)
It Runs in the Family (2003)
Illusion (2004)
Bibliography
Wisdom of the Elders (1986)
The Ragman's Son (1988)
Dance With the Devil (1991)
The Gift (1992)
Last Tango in Brooklyn (1994)
The Broken Mirror
(1997)
Young Heroes of the Bible (1999)
Climbing The Mountain: My Search For Meaning (2000)
Rabbis : Observations of 100 Leading and Influential Rabbis of the 21st Century
(introduction) (2002)
My Stroke of Luck (2003)
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