Kirk Douglas
Age:
96
Birthplace:
Amsterdam, New York, USA
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Kirk Douglas (December 9, 1916) is an American stage and film actor, film producer and author. His popular films include Champion (1949), Ace in the Hole (1951), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Lust for Life (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) Spartacus (1960), and Lonely Are the Brave (1962).
He is #17 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time. In 1996, he received the Academy Honorary Award "for 50 years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community."
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| Movie | Character | Year | |
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Out of the Past | Whit Sterling | 1947 |
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Young Man with a Horn | Rick Martin | 1950 |
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Ace in the Hole | Chuck Tatum | 1951 |
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Detective Story | Det. James 'Jim' McLeod | 1951 |
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The Big Sky | Jim Deakins | 1952 |
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The Bad and The Beautiful | Jonathan Shields | 1952 |
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Act Of Love | Robert Teller | 1953 |
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Ned Land | 1954 |
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Man Without a Star | Dempsey Rae | 1955 |
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Lust for Life | Vincent Van Gogh | 1956 |
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Top Secret Affair | Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin | 1957 |
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Paths of Glory | Col. Dax | 1957 |
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Last Train from Gun Hill | Marshal Matt Morgan | 1959 |
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Spartacus | Spartacus | 1960 |
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Seven Days in May | Col. Martin 'Jiggs' Casey | 1964 |
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In Harm's Way | Commander Paul Eddington, Jr. | 1965 |
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The Way West | Sen. William J. Tadlock | 1967 |
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The Arrangement | Eddie Anderson | 1969 |
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The Light at the Edge of the World | Will Denton | 1971 |
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Posse | Howard Nightingale | 1975 |
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The Villain | 1979 | |
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Saturn 3 | Adam | 1980 |
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The Final Countdown | Capt. Matthew Yelland | 1980 |
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage) | 1982 |
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Empire State Building Murders | Jim Kovalski | 2008 |
