Paul Douglas
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
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
The Mating Game
as Pop Larkin
The Mating Game
as Pop Larkin
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Fortunella
as Professore Golfiero Paganica
Fortunella
as Professore Golfiero Paganica
Beau James
as Chris Nolan
Beau James
as Chris Nolan
This Could Be the Night
as Rocco
This Could Be the Night
as Rocco
The Gamma People
as Mike Wilson
The Gamma People
as Mike Wilson
Born Yesterday
as Harry Brock
Born Yesterday
as Harry Brock
The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Edward L. McKeever
The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Edward L. McKeever
The Leather Saint
as Gus MacAuliffe
The Leather Saint
as Gus MacAuliffe
Joe Macbeth
as Joe MacBeth
Joe Macbeth
as Joe MacBeth
Green Fire
as Vic Leonard
Green Fire
as Vic Leonard
Calling Scotland Yard: The Man Who Stayed Alive
as Host
Calling Scotland Yard: The Man Who Stayed Alive
as Host
The Man Who Stayed Alive
as Self - Host
The Man Who Stayed Alive
as Self - Host
Executive Suite
as Josiah Walter Dudley
Executive Suite
as Josiah Walter Dudley
The 'Maggie'
as Calvin B. Marshall, the American
The 'Maggie'
as Calvin B. Marshall, the American
Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat
as Commentator
Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat
as Commentator
Forever Female
as Harry Phillips
Forever Female
as Harry Phillips
Never Wave at a WAC
as Andrew McBain
Never Wave at a WAC
as Andrew McBain
We're Not Married!
as Hector Woodruff
We're Not Married!
as Hector Woodruff
Clash by Night
as Jerry D'Amato
Clash by Night
as Jerry D'Amato
When in Rome
as Joe Brewster
When in Rome
as Joe Brewster
Angels in the Outfield
as Guffy McGovern
Angels in the Outfield
as Guffy McGovern
Rhubarb
as Man on Park Bench (uncredited)
Rhubarb
as Man on Park Bench (uncredited)
The Guy Who Came Back
as Harry Joplin
The Guy Who Came Back
as Harry Joplin
Fourteen Hours
as Police Ofcr. Charlie Dunnigan
Fourteen Hours
as Police Ofcr. Charlie Dunnigan
The Screen Director
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Screen Director
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Panic in the Streets
as Capt. Tom Warren
Panic in the Streets
as Capt. Tom Warren
Love That Brute
as E.L. 'Big Ed' Hanley
Love That Brute
as E.L. 'Big Ed' Hanley
The Big Lift
as MSgt. Henry "Hank" Kowalski
The Big Lift
as MSgt. Henry "Hank" Kowalski
You Can Change The World
as Self
You Can Change The World
as Self
Everybody Does It
as Leonard Borland aka Logan Bennett
Everybody Does It
as Leonard Borland aka Logan Bennett
It Happens Every Spring
as Monk Lanigan
It Happens Every Spring
as Monk Lanigan
A Letter to Three Wives
as Porter Hollingsway
A Letter to Three Wives
as Porter Hollingsway
Magic of Youth
as Narrator
Magic of Youth
as Narrator
Margin for Error
as Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited)
Margin for Error
as Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited)
Filming the Fleet
as Self, Narrator
Filming the Fleet
as Self, Narrator
Conquering the Colorado
as Narrator
Conquering the Colorado
as Narrator
Saturday Night Swing Club
as Master of Ceremonies
Saturday Night Swing Club
as Master of Ceremonies