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Paul Douglas

Paul Douglas

Actor

Born April 11, 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died September 11, 1959

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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."

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Forever Female - Trailer

Clash by Night - Original Theatrical Trailer

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Fourteen Hours Original Trailer

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The 80th Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 80th Annual Academy Awards TV Special2008Self

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire Poster

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire Documentary1991Self

The Mating Game Poster

The Mating Game Feature Film1959Pop Larkin

Fortunella Poster

Fortunella Feature Film1958Professor Golfiero Paganica

George Jessel Show Poster

George Jessel Show TV Series1958Self

Beau James Poster

Beau James Feature Film1957Chris Nolan

Goodyear Theatre Poster

Goodyear Theatre TV Series1957Harvey Otis

Suspicion Poster

Suspicion TV Series1957Vince Polito

The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour Poster

The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour TV Series1957Self

This Could Be the Night Poster

This Could Be the Night Feature Film1957Rocco

Adventure Theater Poster

Adventure Theater TV Series1956Self - Host

Born Yesterday TV Movie1956Harry Brock

Playhouse 90 Poster

Playhouse 90 TV Series1956David Ringler

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show Poster

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV Series1956Self

The Gamma People Poster

The Gamma People Feature Film1956Mike Wilson

The Leather Saint Poster

The Leather Saint Feature Film1956Gus MacAuliffe

The Solid Gold Cadillac Poster

The Solid Gold Cadillac Feature Film1956Edward L. McKeever

Zane Grey Theatre Poster

Zane Grey Theatre TV Series1956Sheriff Jonas Sutton

Alfred Hitchcock Presents Poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Series1955Bill Fleming

Damon Runyon Theater Poster

Damon Runyon Theater TV Series1955'Numbers' Dorson

Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre Poster

Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre TV Series1955Captain Langsdorff

Joe MacBeth Poster

Joe MacBeth Feature Film1955Joe MacBeth

Playwrights '56 Poster

Playwrights '56 TV Series1955Gen. Marcus Scott

Star Stage Poster

Star Stage TV Series1955Harry Manning

The 20th Century-Fox Hour Poster

The 20th Century-Fox Hour TV Series1955Jim Hefferan

Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat Poster

Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat Short Film1954Commentator

Calling Scotland Yard: The Missing Passenger Poster

Calling Scotland Yard: The Missing Passenger Short Film1954Commentator

Calling Scotland Yard: The Sable Scarf Short Film1954Commentator

Climax! TV Series1954Dr. Merle Gardner

Executive Suite Poster

Executive Suite Feature Film1954Josiah Walter Dudley

Green Fire Poster

Green Fire Feature Film1954Vic Leonard

High and Dry Poster

High and Dry Feature Film1954Calvin B. Marshall - the American

Present for a Bride Poster

Present for a Bride Short Film1954Self

Shower of Stars Poster

Shower of Stars TV Series1954Self

The 26th Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 26th Annual Academy Awards TV Special1954Self - in Oldsmobile promotion segments

The Elgin Hour Poster

The Elgin Hour TV Series1954Zeke

The Final Twist Short Film1954Self

The Javanese Dagger Poster

The Javanese Dagger Short Film1954Self

The Martha Raye Show Poster

The Martha Raye Show TV Series1954Self

Forever Female Poster

Forever Female Feature Film1953E. Harry Phillips

Medallion Theatre Poster

Medallion Theatre TV Series19531 episode, 1954

Never Wave at a WAC Poster

Never Wave at a WAC Feature Film1953Andrew McBain

Person to Person Poster

Person to Person TV Series1953Self

The Plymouth Playhouse Poster

The Plymouth Playhouse TV Series1953Husband

The United States Steel Hour Poster

The United States Steel Hour TV Series19531 episode, 1954

24th Annual Academy Awards Poster

24th Annual Academy Awards TV Movie1952Self - Announcer

Clash by Night Poster

Clash by Night Feature Film1952Jerry D'Amato

Omnibus TV Series1952Harry

The Ford Television Theatre Poster

The Ford Television Theatre TV Series19521 episode, 1954

The U.S. Royal Showcase Poster

The U.S. Royal Showcase TV Series1952Self

We're Not Married! Poster

We're Not Married! Feature Film1952Hector C. Woodruff

When in Rome Poster

When in Rome Feature Film1952Joe Brewster

Angels in the Outfield Poster

Angels in the Outfield Feature Film1951Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern

Fourteen Hours Poster

Fourteen Hours Feature Film1951Police Officer Charlie Dunnigan

Hollywood Opening Night TV Series19511 episode, 1953

Rhubarb Feature Film1951Man on park bench

Schlitz Playhouse Poster

Schlitz Playhouse TV Series1951Frank Parisi

The Guy Who Came Back Poster

The Guy Who Came Back Feature Film1951Harry Joplin

The Name's the Same Poster

The Name's the Same TV Series1951Self

The Screen Director Short Film1951Self

22nd Annual Academy Awards Feature Film1950Hosted by

All Star Revue Poster

All Star Revue TV Series1950Self

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Poster

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre TV Series1950Lt. Cmdr. Phillip Francis Queeg

Love That Brute Poster

Love That Brute Feature Film1950E.L. 'Big Ed' Hanley

Lux Video Theatre Poster

Lux Video Theatre TV Series1950Rick Blaine

Panic in the Streets Poster

Panic in the Streets Feature Film1950Capt. Tom Warren

The Arthur Murray Party Poster

The Arthur Murray Party TV Series1950Self - Actor

The Big Lift Poster

The Big Lift Feature Film1950Hank Kowalski

The Colgate Comedy Hour Poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour TV Series1950Self - Actor

What's My Line? Poster

What's My Line? TV Series1950Self - Mystery Guest

You Can Change the World Poster

You Can Change the World Documentary1950Self

Your Show of Shows Poster

Your Show of Shows TV Series1950Self - Guest Performer

A Letter to Three Wives Poster

A Letter to Three Wives Feature Film1949Porter Hollingsway

Everybody Does It Poster

Everybody Does It Feature Film1949Leonard Borland aka Logan Bennett

It Happens Every Spring Poster

It Happens Every Spring Feature Film1949Monk Lanigan

Studio One Poster

Studio One TV Series1948Captain McCaffrey

The Ed Sullivan Show Poster

The Ed Sullivan Show TV Series1948Self

The Milton Berle Show Poster

The Milton Berle Show TV Series1948Self - Actor

Behind the Footlights Documentary1946Self

Hour Glass TV Series1946Self - Actor

Pins and Cushions Documentary1946Self - Narrator

Magic of Youth Short Film1945Self

Soldiers of the Sky Poster

Soldiers of the Sky Short Film1941Narrator

Conquering the Colorado Poster

Conquering the Colorado Documentary1939Narrator

Filming the Fleet Documentary1939Self

Saturday Night Swing Club Short Film1938Master of Ceremonies

What the World Makes Documentary1938Self

It's Work Documentary1937Self

Calling All Tars Poster

Calling All Tars Short Film1936Semaphore Signalman

Check Your Cash Short Film1936Paul

Colorful Occupations Documentary1936Self

Camera Hunting Short Film1935Self

P's and Cues Short Film1935Narrator

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