Paul Douglas
Biografia
Paul Douglas (April 11, 1907 – September 11, 1959) was an American actor. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Paul Douglas Fleischer, Douglas began his career as a stage actor. He made his Broadway debut in 1936 as the Radio Announcer in Doty Hobart and Tom McKnight's Double Dummy at the John Golden Theatre. In 1946 he won both a Theatre World Award and a Clarence Derwent Award for his portrayal of Herry Brock in Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday. Douglas began appearing in films in 1949. He may be best-remembered for two baseball comedy movies, Angels in the Outfield (1951) and It Happens Every Spring (1949). He also played Richard Widmark's police partner in the thriller Panic in the Streets, frustrated newlywed Porter Hollingsway in A Letter to Three Wives, Sgt. Kowalski in The Big Lift, businessman Josiah Walter Dudley in Executive Suite and a con man turned monk in When in Rome. In 1950, Douglas was host of the 22nd annual Academy Awards. Douglas also worked on radio as the announcer for The Ed Wynn Show and he was the first host of NBC Radio's "Horn & Hardart Children's Hour!". In April 1959 Douglas appeared as Lucy Ricardo's television morning show boss in the "Lucy Wants a Career" episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour. Douglas was originally cast in the 1960 episode of The Twilight Zone called "The Mighty Casey", a role written for him by Rod Serling, based on his character in Angels in the Outfield, but Douglas died the same week after production of the episode had been completed. His role was taken over by Jack Warden, and most of the episode was refilmed several months later. He was married five times, last to actress Jan Sterling from 1950 until his death. They had a son, Adams Douglas (1955–2003). Paul Douglas died on September 11, 1959 of a heart attack in Hollywood, California at the age of 52. Film director Billy Wilder and co-writer I.A.L. ('Izzy') Diamond had just offered him the role of Jeff Sheldrake in the movie The Apartment that went to Fred MacMurray instead. Wilder later said: "I saw him and his wife, Jan Sterling, at a restaurant, and I realized he was perfect, and I asked him right there in the parking lot. About two days before we were to start, he had a heart attack and died. Iz and I were shattered." Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Douglas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Film • 1997
jako Self (archive footage)
The Mating Game
Film • 1959
jako Pop Larkin
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Film • 1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Serial • 1958
Fortunella
Film • 1958
jako Professore Golfiero Paganica
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Serial • 1957
jako Paul Douglas
Suspicion
Serial • 1957
jako Vince Polito
Beau James
Film • 1957
jako Chris Nolan
This Could Be the Night
Film • 1957
jako Rocco
The Gamma People
Film • 1956
jako Mike Wilson
Born Yesterday
Film • 1956
jako Harry Brock
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Serial • 1956
jako Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Serial • 1956
jako Sheriff Jonas Sutton
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Film • 1956
jako Edward L. McKeever
Adventure Theater
Serial • 1956
jako Host
The Leather Saint
Film • 1956
jako Gus MacAuliffe
Joe Macbeth
Film • 1955
jako Joe MacBeth
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Serial • 1955
Playwrights '56
Serial • 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Serial • 1955
jako Bill Fleming
Green Fire
Film • 1954
jako Vic Leonard
Climax!
Serial • 1954
jako Dr. Merle Gardner
Calling Scotland Yard: The Man Who Stayed Alive
Film • 1954
jako Host
The Man Who Stayed Alive
Film • 1954
jako Self - Host
Executive Suite
Film • 1954
jako Josiah Walter Dudley
The 'Maggie'
Film • 1954
jako Calvin B. Marshall, the American
Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat
Film • 1954
jako Commentator
Forever Female
Film • 1953
jako Harry Phillips
Oscary
Serial • 1953
jako Self
Never Wave at a WAC
Film • 1953
jako Andrew McBain
We're Not Married!
Film • 1952
jako Hector Woodruff
Na krawędzi
Film • 1952
jako Jerry D'Amato
When in Rome
Film • 1952
jako Joe Brewster
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Serial • 1951
jako Harry Brock
Angels in the Outfield
Film • 1951
jako Guffy McGovern
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Serial • 1951
jako Frank Parisi
Rhubarb
Film • 1951
jako Man on Park Bench (uncredited)
The Guy Who Came Back
Film • 1951
jako Harry Joplin
Fourteen Hours
Film • 1951
jako Police Ofcr. Charlie Dunnigan
The Screen Director
Film • 1951
jako Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
Serial • 1950
jako Rick Blaine
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Serial • 1950
jako Self
Panic in the Streets
Film • 1950
jako Capt. Tom Warren
Love That Brute
Film • 1950
jako E.L. 'Big Ed' Hanley
The Big Lift
Film • 1950
jako MSgt. Henry "Hank" Kowalski
You Can Change The World
Film • 1950
jako Self
Your Show of Shows
Serial • 1950
What's My Line?
Serial • 1950
jako Self
Everybody Does It
Film • 1949
jako Leonard Borland aka Logan Bennett
It Happens Every Spring
Film • 1949
jako Monk Lanigan
A Letter to Three Wives
Film • 1949
jako Porter Hollingsway
Studio One
Serial • 1948
jako Paul Kadsoe
The Ed Sullivan Show
Serial • 1948
jako Self
Magic of Youth
Film • 1946
jako Narrator
Hour Glass
Serial • 1946
Margin for Error
Film • 1943
jako Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited)
Filming the Fleet
Film • 1939
jako Self, Narrator
Conquering the Colorado
Film • 1939
jako Narrator
Saturday Night Swing Club
Film • 1938
jako Master of Ceremonies