Kirk Douglas

Also known as Issur Danielovitch, Izzy Demsky, Isador Demsky, Issur Danielovich, Issur Danielovitch Demsky

American actor (1916–2020)

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Kirk Douglas was an American actor who had a long and influential career in Hollywood from the 1940s through the early 2000s, becoming one of the most recognizable stars of his era. He is remembered as a significant figure in cinema history who helped shape American film during a transformative period in the industry.

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1952-03-11
Active to: 2001-05-11

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Listeners: 13,751
Total plays: 46,356

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“Jo wanted to be pumped up before she went on to do a scene, she asked me to slap her... They did the scene over and over, never quite right. Every time she came over to me and asked me to hit her, and hit her harder.”
“On working with in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); as quoted in Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies (2003) by Leslie Halliwell (ed. John Walker), p. 468”
“The foreign directors are always fumbling about in obscurity, and the critics are always writing about the juxtaposition of black and white and the existential dilemma and all that shit, to disguise the fact that they don't understand the first damn thing about it either.”
“I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians. I responded to that in making the picture. I put a lot of warmth into that character. Those immigrants were tough, more intensive than people are these days.”
“I love champions. A champion has something special about him.”
“Compared to Thoreau, Saint Francis of Assisi was peanuts.”

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Official website: www.kirkdouglas.com
Image: Kirk douglas photo signed.JPG
Number of children: 4

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Commons category: Kirk Douglas
date of birth: 1916-12-09
start of work period: 1946-00-00
name in native language: Kirk Douglas
birth name: Iszur Danyielovics Gyemszkij
Commons gallery: Kirk Douglas
date of death: 2020-02-05
described at URL: www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/movies/kirk-douglas-dead.html
end of work period: 2008-00-00

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Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) 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.

Douglas played an unscrupulous boxing hero in Champion (1949), which brought him his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. His other early films include Out of the Past (1947); Young Man with a Horn (1950), playing opposite Lauren Bacall and Doris Day; Ace in the Hole (1951); and Detective Story (1951), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. He received his second Oscar nomination for his dramatic role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), opposite Lana Turner, and earned his third for portraying Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956), a role for which he won the Golden Globe for the Best Actor in a Drama. He also starred with James Mason in the adventure 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), a large box-office hit.