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Acting

Melvyn Douglas

Career: Active from 1931 to 1990, busiest in 1938 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 70
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Ninotchka
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 55 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Melvyn Douglas Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.0, average 5.4
Violence
2.1, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.1, average 4.8
Tech & Humanity
0.6, average 1.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Romantic Comedy 5
Classic Hollywood 5
Character Study 5
Nostalgic 4
Character-Driven 4
Psychological Thriller 3
Slow Burn 3
Dysfunctional Family 3
Witty Banter 3
Family Conflict 3
Classic Film 3
Mystery 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

108

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

1 title · average score 79

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

79

as (archive footage)

1980s

5 titles · average score 63

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as David

The Hot Touch

48

as Max Reich

Ghost Story

42

as John Jaffrey

The Changeling

75

as Senator Carmichael

Tell Me a Riddle

84

as David

1970s

19 titles · average score 70

Being There

85

as Benjamin Rand

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

54

as Senator Birney

Twilight's Last Gleaming

73

as Zachariah Guthrie

Portrait of Grandpa Doc

as Grandpa Doc

The Tenant

78

as Monsieur Zy

Murder or Mercy

as Dr. Paul Harelson

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

TV show · as Stateman Benjamin Franklin

The Candidate

73

as John J. McKay

One Is a Lonely Number

52

as Joseph Provo

Death Takes a Holiday

63

as Judge Earl Chapman

I Never Sang for My Father

87

as Tom Garrison

Hunters Are for Killing

as Keller Floran

1960s

17 titles · average score 71

Hotel

79

as Warren Trent

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

as Peter Schermann

Rapture

70

as Frederick Larbaud

Inherit the Wind

as Henry Drummond

Once Upon a Tractor

as Martin

The Americanization of Emily

68

as Admiral William Jessup

Advance to the Rear

52

as Col. Claude Brackenbury

Hud

76

as Homer Bannon

The Fugitive

84

TV show · as Dr. Mark Ryder

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

66

TV show · as Pat Konke

Billy Budd

86

as The Dansker, Sailmaker

Ben Casey

65

TV show · as Burton Strang

1950s

10 titles · average score 69

Judgment at Nuremberg

as Gen. Parker

The Plot to Kill Stalin

as Stalin

The Greer Case

as Howard Hoagland

Playhouse 90

79

TV show · as Gen. Parker

General Electric Theater

68

TV show · as Professor Arthur Barris

Hollywood Off Beat

TV show · as Steve Randall

My Forbidden Past

51

as Paul Beaurevel

On the Loose

63

as Frank Bradley

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Henry Drummond / Galileo Galilei

Lux Video Theatre

TV show · as James Strickland

1940s

20 titles · average score 60

A Woman's Secret

46

as Luke Jordan

The Great Sinner

62

as Armand De Glasse

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

79

as Bill Cole

The Guilt of Janet Ames

60

as Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb

They All Kissed the Bride

54

as Michael 'Mike' Holmes

Our Wife

65

as Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin

A Woman's Face

67

as Dr. Gustaf Segert

That Uncertain Feeling

59

as Larry Baker

Two-Faced Woman

40

as Lawrence 'Larry' Blake

This Thing Called Love

73

as Tice Collins

Third Finger, Left Hand

67

as Jeff Thompson

Too Many Husbands

57

as Henry Lowndes

1930s

36 titles · average score 63

Ninotchka

87

as Count Leon d'Algout

The Toy Wife

54

as George Sartoris

Angel

84

as Anthony 'Tony' Halton

I'll Take Romance

as James Guthrie

Theodora Goes Wild

70

as Michael Grant

Annie Oakley

62

as Jeff Hogarth

She Married Her Boss

61

as Richard Barclay

Woman in the Dark

49

as Tony Robson

The Vampire Bat

56

as Karl Brettschneider

The Old Dark House

83

as Penderel

Prestige

62

as Capt. Andre Verlaine

As You Desire Me

72

as Count Bruno Varelli