Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg
| Sign | Aries |
| Born | Apr 5, 1901 Macon, GA |
| Died | Aug 4, 1981 New York City, NY |
| Age | Died at 80 |
| Final Resting PlaceCremated | |
Melvyn Douglas | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1927-1981 |
| Known for | Splendidly modulated voice often wittily betraying the tongue in his cheek |
| Top Roles | Frank Burton Cheyne, Bill Cole, Homer Bannon, Roy Darwin, Michael 'Mike' Holmes |
| Top Genres | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Film Adaptation, Mystery, Western |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Romance (Comic), Screwball Comedy |
| Top Collaborators | Ernst Lubitsch (Director), Wesley Ruggles (Director), Robert Z. Leonard (Director), Whit Bissell |
| Shares birthday with | Bette Davis, Gregory Peck, Spencer Tracy see more.. |
Melvyn Douglas Overview:
Legendary actor, Melvyn Douglas, was born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg on Apr 5, 1901 in Macon, GA. Douglas appeared in over 105 film and TV roles. His best known films include Captains Courageous (as Mr. Cheyne), That Certain Age (as Vincent Bullitt), Ninotchka (as Leon), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (as Bill Cole), That Uncertain Feeling (as Larry Baker), Hud (as Homer Bannon) and The Americanization of Emily (as Adm. William Jessup). Douglas died at the age of 80 on Aug 4, 1981 in New York City, NY and was cremated and his ashes given to family or friend.
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Melvyn Douglas was an elegant leading man with a pencil moustache and a precise sense of romantic comedy -- the zanier the comedy, the more at home he was. His splendidly modulated voice often wittily betrayed the tongue in his cheek. Forsaking Hollywood when his days as a star were over, Douglas spent a rewarding ten years on stage before returning to films as a fine character actor of grouchy but sterling old men. He won an Academy Award for Hud, and again in 1980 for Being There. He was also nominated for I Never Sang for My Father. He was married to actress Helen Gahagan (second wife) in 1931.
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Melvyn Douglas was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning two for Best Supporting Actor for Hud (as Homer Bannon) and Being There (as Benjamin Rand) in 1963 and 1979 respectively.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1963 | Best Supporting Actor | Hud (1963) | Homer Bannon | Won |
| 1970 | Best Actor | I Never Sang for My Father (1970) | Tom Garrison | Nominated |
| 1979 | Best Supporting Actor | Being There (1979) | Benjamin Rand | Won |
He was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the categories of Motion Pictures and Television.
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Melvyn Douglas Quotes:
Sally Aikens: Oh, Mr. Baker!
Jones: [Shushing Larry] Now, Mr. Baker has nothing whatever to do with it. Let's call the friend Mr. Brown. Now, Mr. Brown has a wife... Mr. & Mrs. Brown have been married for, uh, how long?
Larry Baker: Well, say six years. They live in Toledo.
Sally Aikens: Six years in Toledo. That's bad.
Jones: All right then, let's say New York. Now Mr. Brown is worried about his marriage. Things are not going along as well as they used to.
Sally Aikens: What kind of a man IS this Mr. Brown?
Larry Baker: Very nice...
Sally Aikens: Is he attractive?
Jones: Very attractive.
[to Larry]
Jones: Don't you think so?
Larry Baker: Yes.
Sally Aikens: And yet she's complaining.
Larry Baker: Well, she's drifting away from him.
Jones: Yes, and he wants to get things back on the old basis.
Sally Aikens: Who doesn't?
Jones: Yes.
[clears throat]
Jones: Now, Miss Aikens, as a woman, I'm asking you, what is the right approach?
Sally Aikens: Well, I should say a mink coat would do the trick.
Larry Baker: She has a mink coat.
Sally Aikens: Then what's she complaining about?
[the men are exasperated, and Jones dismisses Miss Aikens from the conversation]
Larry Baker: Just a moment. Now look here. Mrs. Brown is interested in another man.
Sally Aikens: Oh... If there aren't any witnesses she's going to deny it... But I'm afraid I'm not the right person to give you any advice. I probably have too much sympathy for Mr. Brown, and not enough patience with Mrs. Brown. We get cases li
Charles Stanton: You're not going to throw me out of the house. I'll go out in the ordinary way, thank you.
Ethel Stevenson: [On Miss Adams refusal to order a drink] It's no use, Michael. I've been working on Miss Adams half an hour. She won't let down of back hair. That's all there is to it.
Michael Grant: Well, I see, but the point is, has she got any back hair?
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