December 8, 2024 - Douglas found success on the small screen as well, reaping Emmy bids for "Amos" (Best Movie/Mini Actor in 1986), "Tales from the Crypt" (Best Drama Actor in 1992) and "Touched by an Angel" (Best Drama Guest Actor in 2000).

October 7, 2025 - Critics Consensus: Melodrama at its most confident, The Bad and the Beautiful is an ode to moviemaking that offers unblinking insight into the ugly egos that have shaped Hollywood history.

February 7, 2020 - During Hollywood’s Golden Age, it was practically a requirement to star in a western to be certified as a movie star. Kirk Douglas actually starred in several of them, including Howard Hawks’ The Big Sky and the romantic Along the Great Divide to name a few, before appearing as the iconic, real-life gunfighter Doc Holliday in director John Sturges’ iconic masterpiece.

February 6, 2020 - Douglas plays a movie producer who shafts all his colleagues – writer Dick Powell, star Lana Turner, others – as he bullies his way to the top of the Hollywood pile. Fascinating structure. Great insights on the business. A favourite of Martin Scorsese. Kirk Douglas as Vincent Van Gogh in Vincente Minnelli’s 1956 film Lust for Life

November 1, 2025 - His popular films include Out of the Past (1947), Champion (1949), Ace in the Hole (1951), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Lust for Life (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), Gunfight ...

February 26, 2020 - Nominated for 6 Oscars in 1952, The Bad And The Beautiful features Kirk Douglas as a film producer desperate to make a new movie, but finding that everyone around him hates him because he manipulated people or hurt his connections on his climb ...

February 6, 2020 - One of the few remaining survivors of Hollywood's Golden Age, Kirk Douglas was best known for films including Spartacus, Ace In The Hole and Champion.

February 6, 2020 - We remember the most memorable film roles of Kirk Douglas' career, including 'Spartacus,' 'Champion,' '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,' and more.

February 6, 2020 - Known for: Ace in the Hole, The Final Countdown, Spartacus

February 5, 2020 - "You know, it’s tough to make a movie about movies… We’re all too close to it. But The Bad and the Beautiful was very good. And Lana Turner, I think, did her best job; she was very good.

3 weeks ago - In 1996, after suffering a severe stroke at age 79 which impaired his ability to speak, Douglas still wanted to make movies. He underwent years of voice therapy and made Diamonds in 1999, in which he played an old professional boxer who was recovering from a stroke. It co-starred his longtime friend from his early acting years, Lauren Bacall. In 2003, Michael and Joel Douglas produced It Runs in the Family, which along with Kirk starred various family members, including Michael, Michael's son Cameron, and his wife from 50 years earlier, Diana Dill, playing his wife.

February 6, 2020 - “What they’re basically trying to do is just sort of feed red meat to the base,” he insists on MS NOW · The Trump administration calls out the outlet alongside The Boston Globe and The Independent

February 6, 2020 - He was nominated for an Oscar for best actor in 1959 for his role as boxer Midge Kelly in Champion. Image: Kirk Douglas (right) in a sword fight scene from Spartacus with Tony Curtis

A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.DirectorRichard QuineStarsKirk DouglasKim NovakErnie Kovacs ... A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that depicts Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.DirectorMario CameriniStarsKirk DouglasSilvana ManganoAnthony Quinn

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December 9, 2015 - From Ace in the Hole to Spartacus: a selection of the finest films featuring Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas.

Answer (1 of 29): Champion (1949) Douglas received his first Oscar nomination for his role as a boxer in this black and white film noir drama. "I didn't think I was so tough until I did Champion, then I was a tough guy," Douglas Told. Ace in the Hole (1951) THR's initial review called this con...

February 6, 2020 - Other early films include Young Man with a Horn (1950), Ace in the Hole (1951), and Detective Story (1951), for which he received a Golden Globe® nomination as Best Actor in a Drama. He received a second Oscar nomination for his dramatic role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), opposite Lana Turner, and his third nomination for portraying Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956), which landed him a second Golden Globe® nomination. His IMDb page shows 95 acting credits from 1946-2008. This page will rank 71 Kirk Douglas movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.