Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas 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.
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SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
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2025
Kubrick by Kubrick
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2020
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
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2017
Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
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2017
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
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2012
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
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2010
Trumbo
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2007
Illusion
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2004
It Runs in the Family
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2003
Diamonds
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1999
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
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1997
The Universal Story
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1996
Greedy
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1994
A Century of Cinema
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1994
Two-Fisted Tales
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1992
Oscar
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1991
Inherit the Wind
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1988
Tough Guys
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1986
Draw!
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1984
James Bond: The First 21 Years
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1983
Eddie Macon's Run
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1983
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
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1982
The Man from Snowy River
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1982
Saturn 3
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1980
The Final Countdown
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1980
The Villain
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1979
The Fury
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1978
Holocaust 2000
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1977
Victory at Entebbe
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1976
Once Is Not Enough
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1975
Posse
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1975
Posse
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1975
Mousey
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1974
Scalawag
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1973
Scalawag
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1973
Scalawag
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1973
A Gunfight
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1971
The Light at the Edge of the World
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1971
There Was a Crooked Man...
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1970
The Arrangement
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1969
The Brotherhood
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1968
A Lovely Way to Die
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1968
The War Wagon
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1967
The Way West
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1967
Is Paris Burning?
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1966
Cast a Giant Shadow
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1966
The Heroes of Telemark
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1965
In Harm's Way
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1965
Seven Days in May
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1964
For Love or Money
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1963
The List of Adrian Messenger
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1963
The Hook
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1963
Two Weeks in Another Town
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1962
Lonely are the Brave
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1962
The Last Sunset
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1961
Spartacus
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1960
Strangers When We Meet
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1960
Last Train from Gun Hill
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1959
The Vikings
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1958
Paths of Glory
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1957
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
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1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
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1957
Lust for Life
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1956
The Indian Fighter
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1955
Man Without a Star
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1955
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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1954
Ulysses
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1954
The Story of Three Loves
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1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
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1952
The Big Sky
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1952
The Big Trees
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1952
Detective Story
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1951
Ace in the Hole
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1951
Along the Great Divide
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1951
The Glass Menagerie
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1950
Young Man with a Horn
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1950
Champion
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1949
A Letter to Three Wives
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1949
The Walls of Jericho
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1948
My Dear Secretary
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1948
I Walk Alone
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1947
Out of the Past
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1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
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1947
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
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1946
