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Paul Douglas‌

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Birthday

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Popularity

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Paul Douglas

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Paul Douglas

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1907-04-11

Popularity

star3.6

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Clash by Night

Clash by Night‌
star6.7
calendar 1952

We're Not Married!

We're Not Married!‌
star5.9
calendar 1952

Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets‌
star6.8
calendar 1950

Saturday Night Swing Club

Saturday Night Swing Club‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

The Gamma People

The Gamma People‌
star5.1
calendar 1956

Executive Suite

Executive Suite‌
star7.0
calendar 1954

The Mating Game

The Mating Game‌
star5.8
calendar 1959

The Big Lift

The Big Lift‌
star6.7
calendar 1950

A Letter to Three Wives

A Letter to Three Wives‌
star7.2
calendar 1949

Angels in the Outfield

Angels in the Outfield‌
star6.6
calendar 1951

The 'Maggie'

The 'Maggie'‌
star6.1
calendar 1954

Green Fire

Green Fire‌
star6.2
calendar 1954

Fourteen Hours

Fourteen Hours‌
star7.1
calendar 1951

Joe Macbeth

Joe Macbeth‌
star7.2
calendar 1955

The Solid Gold Cadillac

The Solid Gold Cadillac‌
star6.3
calendar 1956

This Could Be the Night

This Could Be the Night‌
star5.5
calendar 1957

It Happens Every Spring

It Happens Every Spring‌
star6.5
calendar 1949

Beau James

Beau James‌
star5.7
calendar 1957

Never Wave at a WAC

Never Wave at a WAC‌
star4.9
calendar 1953

Love That Brute

Love That Brute‌
star5.3
calendar 1950

Forever Female

Forever Female‌
star6.9
calendar 1953

The Leather Saint

The Leather Saint‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

When in Rome

When in Rome‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Everybody Does It

Everybody Does It‌
star7.8
calendar 1949

The Guy Who Came Back

The Guy Who Came Back‌
star3.0
calendar 1951

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line‌
star7.0
calendar 1997

Fortunella

Fortunella‌
star5.8
calendar 1958

You Can Change The World

You Can Change The World‌
star5.8
calendar 1950

The Screen Director

The Screen Director‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

Margin for Error

Margin for Error‌
star5.7
calendar 1943

Rhubarb

Rhubarb‌
star5.5
calendar 1951

Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat

Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Tv Credits

Blue Water High

Blue Water High‌
star7.1
calendar 2005

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour‌
star7.0
calendar 1950

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour‌
star8.8
calendar 1957

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse‌
star4.3
calendar 1958

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Your Show of Shows

Your Show of Shows‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour‌
star4.2
calendar 1955

Hour Glass

Hour Glass‌
star4.0
calendar 1946

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show‌
star4.0
calendar 1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Playwrights '56

Playwrights '56‌
star6.0
calendar 1955

The Oscars

The Oscars‌
star7.0
calendar 1953

Adventure Theater

Adventure Theater‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

7 Days

7 Days‌
star7.0
calendar 2009

What's My Line?

What's My Line?‌
star6.6
calendar 1950

Suspicion

Suspicion‌
star5.9
calendar 1957