Acting
Kirk Douglas
- Titles
- 141movies51TV shows
- Career
Active from 1946 to 2008, with up to 3 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 79top three billing
- Average score
61/100
- Highest rated
Paths of Glory89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 82 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.8average 2.6
- Nostalgia4.9average 3.7
- Politics3.5average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism4.0average 3.3
- Melancholy5.3average 4.7
- Social Commentary5.4average 4.9
- Pathos5.7average 5.2
- Wit & Wordplay4.1average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.1, average 5.4
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
- Coming of Age2.1, average 3.0
- Uncanny1.6, average 2.5
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 10
- Social Commentary 9
- Character-Driven 9
- Character Study 9
- Classic Western 7
- Historical Drama 7
- Historical Setting 6
- Political Intrigue 5
- Western 5
- Moral Ambiguity 4
- Suspenseful 4
- Psychological Thriller 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Dimitri TiomkinComposerLast Train from Gun Hill, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The War Wagon, The Big Sky, Champion, +1 more
Burt LancasterActorGunfight at the O.K. Corral, Seven Days in May, Tough Guys, The Devil's Disciple, I Walk Alone
Eric DouglasActorA Gunfight, Two-Fisted Tales, Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection, Remembrance Of Love
Paul StewartActorThe Bad and the Beautiful, Champion, The Juggler, Top Secret Affair
Jerry GoldsmithComposerIn Harm's Way, Seven Days in May, Lonely are the Brave, The List of Adrian Messenger
Charles LangCinematographerStrangers When We Meet, Last Train from Gun Hill, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Ace in the Hole
Vincente MinnelliDirectorLust for Life, The Bad and the Beautiful, The Story of Three Loves, Two Weeks in Another Town
Dalton TrumboWriterSpartacus, Lonely are the Brave, The Last Sunset, Town Without Pity
Anthony QuinnActorLast Train from Gun Hill, Ulysses, Lust for Life
James DonaldActorCast a Giant Shadow, The Vikings, Lust for Life
John WayneActorCast a Giant Shadow, The War Wagon, In Harm's Way
Charles DurningActorThe Final Countdown, The Fury, Tough Guys
Movies and TV shows
1082010s
3 titles · average score 78
as (archive footage)
as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
2000s
3 titles · average score 46
as Jim Kovalski
as Donald Baines
as Mitchell Gromberg
1990s
10 titles · average score 51
as Harry Agensky
as General Kalthrob
as Uncle Joe
as Ed Reese
TV show · as Ross Berger
as Grandpa Mike Dunmore
as General Calthrop
as Quentin
as Eduardo Provolone
as Ned Land (archive footage)
1980s
17 titles · average score 59
TV show · as Chester J. Lampwick (voice)
as Matthew Harrison Brady
TV show · as David Konig
as Archie Long
as Amos Lasher
as Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
as Carl 'Buster' Marzack
as Harrison / Spur
as Joe Rabin
as Capt. Matthew Yelland
as Major Adam
as Dr. Tuttle
1970s
18 titles · average score 52
as Cactus Jack
as Peter Sandza
as Robert Caine
TV show · as Alex Vandervoort
as Howard Nightingale
as Mike Wayne
as Peg
as Steve Wallace
as Will Tenneray
as Will Denton
as Andrej
as Paris Pitman, Jr.
1960s
22 titles · average score 63
as Eddie Anderson
as Sen. William J. Tadlock
as Lomax
as Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
as Dr. Rolf Pedersen
as Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
as Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
as George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
as John W. "Jack" Burns
as Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
as Spartacus
as Larry Coe
1950s
27 titles · average score 68
as Marshal Matt Morgan
as Richard Dudgeon
as Einar
as Col. Dax
as Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
as Vincent van Gogh
as Ned Land
as Ulysses
as Jonathan Shields
as Charles Tatum
as Det. James McLeod
as Rick Martin
1940s
8 titles · average score 69
as Midge Kelly
as George Phipps
as Owen Waterbury
as Tucker Wedge
as Whit Sterling
as Noll "Dink" Turner
as Peter Niles
as Walter O'Neil