Cast

Kirk Douglas

1916 – 2020

Active years (films on this site)

1949–1970

Genres

DramaComedyRomanceFilm-NoirBiography

Schools and movements

Classical HollywoodNew HollywoodPostwar European Realism

Directors worked with

Vincente Minnelli3 filmsJoseph L. Mankiewicz2 filmsStanley Kubrick2 filmsBilly Wilder1 filmWilliam Wyler1 filmRené Clément1 film

Biography

Kirk Douglas was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Douglas soon developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious dramas, including westerns and war films. During his career, he appeared in more than 90 films and was known for his explosive acting style. He was named by the American Film Institute the 17th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood cinema.

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Awards and honours

International

• Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama 1956
• Silver Shell for Best Actor 1958
• Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award 1967
• Honorary César 1980
• Lucien Barrière Literary Award 1999
• Golden Bear 2001
• César Award
• Knight of the Legion of Honour

National / local

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1960
• Presidential Medal of Freedom 1981
• AFI Life Achievement Award 1991
• Kennedy Center Honors 1994
• Academy Honorary Award 1995
• SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award 1999
• American Campaign Medal
• Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
• National Medal of Arts
• World War II Victory Medal

10 films on this site

1. A Letter to Three Wives 1949 · Joseph L. Mankiewicz · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
2. Ace in the Hole 1951 · Billy Wilder · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
3. Detective Story 1951 · William Wyler · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
4. The Bad and the Beautiful 1952 · Vincente Minnelli · IMDb 7.7 · Cast
5. Lust for Life 1956 · Vincente Minnelli · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
6. Paths of Glory 1957 · Stanley Kubrick · IMDb 8.4 · Cast
7. Spartacus 1960 · Stanley Kubrick · IMDb 7.9 · Cast
8. Two Weeks in Another Town 1962 · Vincente Minnelli · IMDb 6.4 · Cast
9. Is Paris Burning? 1966 · René Clément · IMDb 6.8 · Cast
10. There Was a Crooked Man... 1970 · Joseph L. Mankiewicz · IMDb 6.8 · Cast