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Paul Douglas
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Paul Douglas
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1907-04-11,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

We're Not Married!

5.9

We're Not Married!
1952-07-11

6.677

Clash by Night
1952-05-30

Panic in the Streets

6.892

Panic in the Streets
1950-07-27

Saturday Night Swing Club

0

Saturday Night Swing Club
1938-07-30

The Gamma People

5.196

The Gamma People
1956-12-01

Executive Suite

7.071

Executive Suite
1954-04-30

The Mating Game

6.4

The Mating Game
1959-04-29

6.9

The Big Lift
1950-04-26

A Letter to Three Wives

7.199

A Letter to Three Wives
1949-01-20

Angels in the Outfield

7

Angels in the Outfield
1951-10-19

6.359

The 'Maggie'
1954-02-25

6.259

Green Fire
1954-12-29

7.26

Fourteen Hours
1951-04-01

7.556

Joe Macbeth
1955-10-18

The Solid Gold Cadillac

6.23

The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956-08-22

This Could Be the Night

6.071

This Could Be the Night
1957-05-14

It Happens Every Spring

6.5

It Happens Every Spring
1949-06-10

5.4

Beau James
1957-06-07

Never Wave at a WAC

4.967

Never Wave at a WAC
1953-01-28

Love That Brute

6.833

Love That Brute
1950-06-06

6.9

Forever Female
1953-11-28

The Leather Saint

8

The Leather Saint
1956-06-06

8.5

When in Rome
1952-05-11

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

0

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1958-10-10

Everybody Does It

8.5

Everybody Does It
1949-10-24

The Guy Who Came Back

6.2

The Guy Who Came Back
1951-08-16

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

7.667

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997-05-12

6.35

Fortunella
1958-03-14

You Can Change The World

6.4

You Can Change The World
1950-02-25

The Screen Director

7

The Screen Director
1951-03-12

Margin for Error

6.286

Margin for Error
1943-02-10

5.833

Rhubarb
1951-08-29

Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat

0

Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat
1954-02-20

Filming the Fleet

0

Filming the Fleet
1939-11-26

Conquering the Colorado

10

Conquering the Colorado
1939-09-01

The Man Who Stayed Alive

5

The Man Who Stayed Alive
1954-06-20

Calling Scotland Yard: The Man Who Stayed Alive

5

Calling Scotland Yard: The Man Who Stayed Alive
1954-07-30

8

Magic of Youth
1946-06-02

0

Born Yesterday
1956-10-28

The Colgate Comedy Hour

6.9

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950-09-10

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

8.667

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957-11-06

5.385

Studio One
1948-11-07

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.75

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

6.333

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-10-06

Lux Video Theatre

6.714

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Your Show of Shows

7.25

Your Show of Shows
1950-02-25

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

3.833

Climax!
1954-10-07

The 20th Century Fox Hour

6

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955-10-05

6

Hour Glass
1946-05-09

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

6.4

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

6.2

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

Playwrights '56

6.25

Playwrights '56
1955-10-04

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

Adventure Theater

9

Adventure Theater
1956-06-16

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

5.385

Studio One
1948-11-07

3.833

Climax!
1954-10-07

What's My Line?

7.034

What's My Line?
1950-02-02

6.222

Suspicion
1957-09-30