12/09/1916
Amsterdam, New York, USA:
Kirk Douglas (nato Issur Danielovitch; 9 dicembre 1916 – 5 febbraio 2020) è stato un attore, produttore, regista e autore americano. Cresciuto come Izzy Demsky e cambiò legalmente il suo nome in Kirk Douglas prima di entrare nella Marina degli Stati Uniti durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Durante la sua carriera, Douglas apparve in più di 90 film ed era noto per il suo stile di recitazione esplosivo. Divenne una star internazionale per il suo ruolo da protagonista come eroe pugilato senza scrupoli in Champion (1949), che gli valse la sua prima nomination all'Oscar come miglior attore. Altri primi film includono Young Man with a Horn (1950), Ace in the Hole (1951) e Detective Story (1951), film per il quale ricevette una nomination al Golden Globe come Miglior Attore in un Dramma. Ricevette una seconda nomination all'Oscar per il suo ruolo in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) e la terza per aver interpretato Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956), che gli valse una seconda nomination ai Golden Globe. Nel 1955, Douglas fondò la Bryna Productions, che produsse film vari come Paths of Glory (1957) e Spartacus (1960). Ha interpretato i ruoli principali in entrambi i film. Douglas è stato lodato per aver contribuito a rompere la lista nera di Hollywood facendo scrivere Spartacus da Dalton Trumbo con un credito ufficiale sullo schermo. Nel 1963 Douglas fu protagonista della pièce di Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, una storia che acquistò e poi diede a suo figlio Michael Douglas, che la trasformò in un film vincitore di un Oscar. Come attore e filantropo, Douglas ricevette un Oscar per la carriera e la Medaglia Presidenziale della Libertà. Come autore, scrisse dieci romanzi e memorie. È al numero 17 nella lista dell'American Film Institute delle più grandi leggende maschili del cinema hollywoodiano classico.
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My Life As Roger Moore (2026) as Self (Archive film material) |
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From Roger Moore with Love (2024) as Self (archive footage) |
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Morceaux de Cannes (2021) as Self (archive footage) |
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Kubrick by Kubrick (2020) as Self (archive footage) |
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Charlie Chaplin, le génie de la liberté (2020) as Self (archive footage) |
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Vincent van Gogh Superstar (2019) as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage) |
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Mike Wallace Is Here (2019) as (archive footage) |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Shocking Truth (2018) as Self |
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Kirk Douglas, l'indompté (2017) as Self - Actor |
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If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast (2017) as Self |
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I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas (2015) as Self - Interviewee |
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Johnny Cash: American Rebel (2015) as Self (archive photo) |
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Hollywood au pied du terril (2014) as Self |
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Discovering: Robert Mitchum (2014) as Self (archive footage) |
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Stanley Kubrick in Focus (2012) as Self |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim (2012) as (archive footage) |
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) as Self – Interviewee |
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Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget (2009) as Self |
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Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France (2009) as |
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Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2009) as Self |
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Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices (2008) as Self |
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Meurtres à l'Empire State Building (2008) as Jim Kovalski |
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Trumbo (2007) as Self - Interviewee |
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A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005) as Self |
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Illusion (2004) as Donald Baines |
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The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway (2003) as |
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It Runs in the Family (2003) as Mitchell Gromberg |
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Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir (2001) as Self |
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FBI contre Hollywood (2001) as Self |
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Diamonds (1999) as Harry Agensky |
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Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection (1999) as General Kalthrob |
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Completely Cuckoo (1997) as Self |
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Universal Story (1996) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Lies Boys Tell (1994) as Ed Reese |
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Greedy (1994) as Uncle Joe |
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A Century of Cinema (1994) as Self |
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The Secret (1992) as Grandpa Mike Dunmore |
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Two-Fisted Tales (1992) as General Calthrop |
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Bienvenido a Veraz (1991) as Quentin |
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Oscar (1991) as Eduardo Provolone |
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Movie Tough Guys (1991) as Self (archive footage) |
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Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea (1990) as Ned Land (archive footage) |
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The Racing Experience (1988) as Self |
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Inherit the Wind (1988) as Matthew Harrison Brady |
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All-Time Movie Greats (1988) as Self (archive footage) |
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Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick (1986) as Self |
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Tough Guys (1986) as Archie Long |
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Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986) as Self |
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Amos (1985) as Amos Lasher |
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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985) as Self (archive footage) |
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A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape (1984) as Narrator |
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Draw! (1984) as Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland |
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Salute to Lady Liberty (1984) as |
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James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983) as Self |
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Eddie Macon's Run (1983) as Carl 'Buster' Marzack |
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Remembrance Of Love (1982) as Joe Rabin |
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) as (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage) |
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The Man from Snowy River (1982) as Harrison / Spur |
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Let Poland Be Poland (1982) as Self |
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Home Movies (1980) as Dr. Tuttle |
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Saturn 3 (1980) as Major Adam |
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The Final Countdown (1980) as Capt. Matthew Yelland |
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The Villain (1979) as Cactus Jack |
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The Fury (1978) as Peter Sandza |
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Holocaust 2000 (1977) as Robert Caine |
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Victory at Entebbe (1976) as Herschel Vilnofsky |
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Once Is Not Enough (1975) as Mike Wayne |
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Posse (1975) as Howard Nightingale |
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Mousey (1974) as George Anderson |
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Scalawag (1973) as Peg |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973) as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde |
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Un uomo da rispettare (1972) as Steve Wallace |
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Kirk Douglas (1972) as Himself |
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J'ai tout donné (1972) as Self |
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The Special London Bridge Special (1972) as The Indian Fighter |
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Catch Me a Spy (1971) as Andrej |
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A Gunfight (1971) as Will Tenneray |
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The Light at the Edge of the World (1971) as Will Denton |
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There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) as Paris Pitman, Jr. |
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The Arrangement (1969) as Eddie Anderson |
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The Brotherhood (1968) as Frank Ginetta |
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A Lovely Way to Die (1968) as Jameson Schuyler |
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Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968) as Self |
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The War Wagon (1967) as Lomax |
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The Way West (1967) as Sen. William J. Tadlock |
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Kirk Douglas (1966) as Self |
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Paris brûle-t-il? (1966) as General Patton |
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Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) as Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus |
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The Heroes of Telemark (1965) as Dr. Rolf Pedersen |
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In Harm's Way (1965) as Commander Paul Eddington, Jr. |
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The Making of A Movie (1965) as Self |
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Seven Days in May (1964) as Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey |
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For Love or Money (1963) as Deke Gentry |
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The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) as George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson |
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The Hook (1963) as Sgt. P.J. Briscoe |
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Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) as Jack Andrus |
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Lonely are the Brave (1962) as John W. "Jack" Burns |
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Town Without Pity (1961) as Major Garrett |
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The Last Sunset (1961) as Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley |
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Spartacus (1960) as Spartacus |
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Strangers When We Meet (1960) as Larry Coe |
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The Devil's Disciple (1959) as Richard Dudgeon |
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Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) as Marshal Matt Morgan |
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The Vikings (1958) as Einar |
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Paths of Glory (1957) as Col. Dax |
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Van Gogh: Darkness into Light (1957) as Self |
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) as Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday |
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Top Secret Affair (1957) as Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin |
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Lust for Life (1956) as Vincent van Gogh |
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Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From? (1956) as Self |
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The Indian Fighter (1955) as Johnny Hawks |
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Man Without a Star (1955) as Dempsey Rae |
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The Racers (1955) as Gino Borgesa |
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) as Ned Land |
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Operation Undersea (1954) as Self |
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The Disneyland Story (1954) as Self |
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Ulisse (1954) as Ulysses |
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Un acte d'amour (1953) as Robert Teller |
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The Juggler (1953) as Hans Muller |
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The Story of Three Loves (1953) as Pierre Narval |
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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) as Jonathan Shields |
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The Big Sky (1952) as Jim Deakins |
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The Big Trees (1952) as Jim Fallon |
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Detective Story (1951) as Det. James McLeod |
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Ace in the Hole (1951) as Charles Tatum |
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Along the Great Divide (1951) as Marshal Len Merrick |
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The Glass Menagerie (1950) as Jim O'Connor |
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Young Man with a Horn (1950) as Rick Martin |
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Champion (1949) as Midge Kelly |
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A Letter to Three Wives (1949) as George Phipps |
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The Walls of Jericho (1948) as Tucker Wedge |
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My Dear Secretary (1948) as Owen Waterbury |
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I Walk Alone (1947) as Noll "Dink" Turner |
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Out of the Past (1947) as Whit Sterling |
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Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) as Peter Niles |
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) as Walter O'Neil |
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Monsters of the Deep () as Himself |
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Amos (1985) Executive Producer |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) Executive Producer |
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Posse (1975) Director |
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Posse (1975) Producer |
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Scalawag (1973) Director |
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Scalawag (1973) Writer |
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A Gunfight (1971) Executive Producer |
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The Light at the Edge of the World (1971) Producer |
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Summertree (1971) Producer |
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The Brotherhood (1968) Producer |
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Grand Prix (1966) Executive Producer |
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Seconds (1966) Co-Executive Producer |
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Seven Days in May (1964) Co-Executive Producer |
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The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) Executive Producer |
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Lonely are the Brave (1962) Executive Producer |
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The Last Sunset (1961) Executive Producer |
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Spartacus (1960) Executive Producer |
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Strangers When We Meet (1960) Executive Producer |
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The Vikings (1958) Executive Producer |
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Ride Out for Revenge (1957) Executive Producer |
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Paths of Glory (1957) Producer |
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Lizzie (1957) Executive Producer |
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The Indian Fighter (1955) Executive Producer |