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Kirk Douglas
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Biography
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor, producer, director and author. He grew up as Izzy Demsky and legally changed his name to Kirk Douglas before entering the United States Navy during World War II. During his career, Douglas appeared in more than 90 movies and was known for his explosive acting style. He became an international star for his leading role as an unscrupulous boxing hero in Champion (1949), which brought him his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Other early films include Young Man with a Horn (1950), Ace in the Hole (1951), and Detective Story (1951), a film for which he received a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actor in a Drama. He received a second Oscar nomination for his role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), and his third nomination for portraying Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956), which landed him a second Golden Globe nomination. In 1955, Douglas established Bryna Productions, which produced films as varied as Paths of Glory (1957) and Spartacus (1960). He took the lead roles in both films. Douglas has been praised for helping to break the Hollywood blacklist by having Dalton Trumbo write Spartacus with an official on-screen credit. In 1963 Douglas starred in the Broadway play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, a story that he purchased and later gave to his son Michael Douglas, who turned it into an Oscar-winning film. As an actor and philanthropist, Douglas received an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As an author, he wrote ten novels and memoirs. He is No. 17 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema. Kirk Douglas died at age 103.
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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What's My Line?
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Merv Griffin Show
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The Oscars
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Real Time with Bill Maher
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The Simpsons
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
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The Steve Allen Show
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
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Touched by an Angel
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Tales from the Crypt
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The Lucy Show
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The Kennedy Center Honors
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar
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The George Gobel Show
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Tony Awards
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Is Paris Burning?
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If You're Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
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I Walk Alone
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This Is Your Life
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In Harm's Way
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A Gunfight
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Seven Days in May
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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Scalawag
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Ace in the Hole
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Posse
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The Brotherhood
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The Vikings
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Detective Story
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Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
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Last Train from Gun Hill
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Young Man with a Horn
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Draw!
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Spartacus
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Saturday Night Live
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Once Is Not Enough
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Paths of Glory
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