Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas
MGM publicity photo of Douglas, c. 1939
Born	Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg (1901-04-05)April 5, 1901 Macon, Georgia, U.S.
Died	August 4, 1981(1981-08-04) (aged 80) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1926–1981
Spouses	Rosalind Hightower ​ ​ (m. 1925; div. 1930)​ Helen Gahagan ​ ​ (m. 1931; died 1980)​
Children	3
Relatives	Illeana Douglas (granddaughter)
Military career
Service/branch	United States Army
Rank	Major

Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor. Douglas came to prominence in 1929 as a suave leading man, perhaps best typified by his performance in the romantic comedy Ninotchka (1939) with Greta Garbo. Douglas later played mature and fatherly characters, as in his Academy Award-winning performances in Hud (1963) and Being There (1979) and his Academy Award–nominated performance in I Never Sang for My Father (1970). Douglas was one of 24 performers to win the Triple Crown of Acting. In the last few years of his life Douglas appeared in films with supernatural stories involving ghosts, including The Changeling in 1980 and Ghost Story in 1981, his last completed film role.