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Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas

American stage and film actor
Kirk Douglas was an American retired actor, producer, director and author. A centenarian, he was one of the last surviving stars of the film industry's Golden Age.
BornDecember 9, 1916
HometownAmsterdam, United States of America
Net worth$60 million
Height5'9" (1.75m)
SpouseAnne Buydens, Diana Douglas
PartnerAnna Maria Pierangeli
ChildrenMichael Douglas, Eric Douglas, Joel Douglas, Peter Douglas
ParentsBertha Sanglel, Harry Danielovitch
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Top Stories

Why Fife is Britain’s unlikely answer to the Italian Riviera

  • If you squinted a bit, the silver-haired man did have something of the Kirk Douglas about him. We’d got chatting at the bar in the Auld Hoose in Kinghorn; he showed me a screen-shot from a movie in which he’d appeared in 1998, his quiff as perfectly coiffed then as now. “It was after that I met Jason Connery who said to me, you look just like Kirk.”

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Natalie Wood's sister alleges star was assaulted by Kirk Douglas

Natalie Wood’s sister alleges star was once sexually assaulted by Kirk Douglas in her new memoir, Little Sister.
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MOVIES & TV SHOWS

Illusion
Illusion
PG-13
1h 46min
1976
The Master Touch
The Master Touch
PG
1h 36min
1975
Two Weeks in Another Town
Two Weeks in Another Town
1h 46min
1962
Ulysses
Ulysses
1h 54min
1955
Out of the Past
Out of the Past
1h 37min
1947
Queenie
Queenie
3h 20min
1987
Saturn 3
Saturn 3
R
1h 28min
1980
The Final Countdown
The Final Countdown
PG
1h 44min
1980
The Moneychangers
The Moneychangers
3h 20min
1976
Scalawag
Scalawag
G
1h 33min
1973
The Last Sunset
The Last Sunset
1h 52min
1961
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1h 56min
1946
Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff
Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff
1h 26min
2010
It Runs in the Family
It Runs in the Family
PG-13
1h 49min
2003
Diamonds
Diamonds
R
1h 31min
1999
Take Me Home Again
Take Me Home Again
1h 37min
1994
Greedy
Greedy
PG-13
1h 53min
1994
The Secret
The Secret
1h 36min
1992
Tales From the Crypt
Tales From the Crypt
TV-14
0h 25min
1989
Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
1h 36min
1988
Tough Guys
Tough Guys
PG
1h 43min
1986
Draw!
Draw!
1h 38min
1984

AWARDS

YearAssociationsCategoryWorkResult
1992Emmy (Primetime)Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesTales From the CryptNominated
1986Golden GlobeBest Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture MadeAmos (film)Nominated
1986Emmy (Primetime)Outstanding Lead ActorAmos (film)Nominated
1963British Academy of Film & Television ArtsForeign ActorLonely Are the BraveNominated
1958Festival de Cine de San SebastiánBest ActorThe Vikings (film)Winner
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