Acting
Melvyn Douglas
- Titles
- 99movies22TV shows
- Career
Active from 1931 to 1990, busiest in 1938 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 70top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Ninotchka87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 51 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.9average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.4average 3.7
- Wit & Wordplay5.0average 3.7
- Romance5.1average 3.8
- Wholesome4.0average 3.3
- Situational Comedy3.2average 2.7
- Melancholy5.1average 4.7
- Pathos5.6average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.9, average 5.4
- Violence2.2, average 4.2
- Adrenaline3.3, average 4.9
- Tech & Humanity0.7, average 1.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character Study 5
- Classic Hollywood 5
- Romantic Comedy 5
- Character-Driven 4
- Nostalgic 4
- Social Commentary 3
- Classic Film 3
- Gothic Horror 3
- Slow Burn 3
- Family Conflict 3
- Witty Banter 3
- Mystery 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Alexander HallDirectorThe Amazing Mr. Williams, This Thing Called Love, They All Kissed the Bride, There's Always a Woman, Good Girls Go to Paris, +2 more
Joan CrawfordActorA Woman's Face, The Shining Hour, Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8, They All Kissed the Bride, The Gorgeous Hussy
George J. FolseyCinematographerThe Shining Hour, The Great Sinner, The Gorgeous Hussy, Third Finger, Left Hand, Arsène Lupin Returns
Virginia BruceActorArsène Lupin Returns, Women of Glamour, There's That Woman Again, Dangerous Corner
Thurston HallActorThere's Always a Woman, Theodora Goes Wild, The Lone Wolf Returns, Women of Glamour
Joan BlondellActorAdvance to the Rear, The Amazing Mr. Williams, There's Always a Woman, Good Girls Go to Paris
Myrna LoyActorMr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To, Death Takes a Holiday, Third Finger, Left Hand
Lee BowmanActorWe Were Dancing, I Met Him in Paris, Three Hearts for Julia, Third Finger, Left Hand
Viola LawrenceEditorThe Amazing Mr. Williams, They All Kissed the Bride, There's Always a Woman, There's That Woman Again- JJoseph WalkerCinematographerThey All Kissed the Bride, The Guilt of Janet Ames, Theodora Goes Wild, There's That Woman Again
- LLionel HouserWriterTell No Tales, Three Hearts for Julia, Third Finger, Left Hand, The Lone Wolf Returns
Raymond WalburnActorShe Married Her Boss, Third Finger, Left Hand, The Lone Wolf Returns
Movies and TV shows
1081990s
1 title · average score 79
as (archive footage)
1980s
5 titles · average score 64
TV show · as David
as Max Reich
as John Jaffrey
as Senator Carmichael
as David
1970s
19 titles · average score 70
as Benjamin Rand
as Senator Birney
as Zachariah Guthrie
as Grandpa Doc
as Monsieur Zy
as Dr. Paul Harelson
TV show · as Stateman Benjamin Franklin
as Grandfather
as John J. McKay
as Joseph Provo
as Tom Garrison
as Keller Floran
1960s
17 titles · average score 71
as Warren Trent
as Peter Schermann
as Frederick Larbaud
as Henry Drummond
as Martin
as Col. Claude Brackenbury
as Admiral William Jessup
as Homer Bannon
TV show · as Dr. Mark Ryder
TV show · as Pat Konke
as The Dansker, Sailmaker
TV show · as Burton Strang
1950s
10 titles · average score 69
as Gen. Parker
as Stalin
as Howard Hoagland
TV show · as Gen. Parker
TV show · as Professor Arthur Barris
TV show · as Steve Randall
as Paul Beaurevel
as Frank Bradley
TV show · as Galileo Galilei / Henry Drummond
TV show · as James Strickland
1940s
20 titles · average score 60
as Luke Jordan
as Armand De Glasse
as Bill Cole
as Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb
as Nicholas Prax
as Michael 'Mike' Holmes
as Dr. Gustaf Segert
as Larry Baker
as Lawrence 'Larry' Blake
as Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin
as Henry Lowndes
as Jeff Thompson
1930s
36 titles · average score 62
as Count Leon d'Algout
as Kenny Williams
as Michael Cassidy
as William H. Reardon
as Anthony 'Tony' Halton
as Michael Grant
as Jeff Hogarth
as Richard Barclay
as Karl Brettschneider
as Penderel
as Count Bruno Varelli
as Capt. Andre Verlaine