Paul Douglas

Hollywood Stars : Paul Douglas Fleischer

Born Name: Paul Douglas Fleischer Birthday: 1907-04-11 (Year-Month-Day) Website: Spouse(s): Virginia Field (1942–46) Jan Sterling (1950–59) Children: Medium:

Paul Douglas (actor), 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 McKnights 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 Kanins 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 Widmarks 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 Radios Horn & Hardart Childrens Hour!. In April 1959 Douglas appeared as Lucy Ricardos 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.[edit] FilmographyCalling All Tars (1935) (uncredited)A Letter to Three Wives (1949)It Happens Every Spring (1949)Everybody Does It (1949)The Big Lift (1950)Love That Brute (1950)Panic in the Streets (1950)Fourteen Hours (1951)The Guy Who Came Back (1951)Rhubarb (1951) (uncredited)Angels in the Outfield (1951)Never Wave at a WAC (1952)When in Rome (1952)Clash by Night (1952)Were Not Married! (1952)Forever Female (1953)The Maggie (1954)The Final Twist (1954)Present for a Bride (1954)Javanese Dagger (1954)Executive Suite (1954)Green Fire (1954)Joe MacBeth (1955)The Leather Saint (1956)The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)The Gamma People (1956)This Could Be the Night (1957)Beau James (1957)Fortunella (film) (1958)The Mating Game (1959)[edit] References[edit] External linksBiography portalWikimedia Commons has media related to: Paul Douglas (actor)Paul Douglas at the Internet Movie DatabasePaul Douglas at the Internet Broadway DatabasePaul Douglas at Find a Gravev В· d В· eHosts of the Academy Awards ceremoniesBob Hope (1941) В· None (1942) В· Bob Hope (1943) В· Jack Benny (1944) В· Bob Hope / John Cromwell (1945) В· Bob Hope / James Stewart (1946) В· Jack Benny (1947) В· None (1948) В· Robert Montgomery (1949) В· Paul Douglas (1950) В· Fred Astaire (1951) В· Danny Kaye (1952) В· Bob Hope / Conrad Nagel (1953) В· Donald OConnor / Fredric March (1954) В· Bob Hope / Thelma Ritter (1955) В· Jerry Lewis / Claudette Colbert / Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1956) В· Jerry Lewis / Celeste Holm (1957) В· Bob Hope / David Niven / James Stewart / Jack Lemmon / Rosalind Russell (1958) В· Bob Hope / David Niven / Tony Randall / Mort Sahl / Laurence Olivier / Jerry Lewis (1959) В· Bob Hope (1960)Complete List В· (1929–1940) В· (1941–1960) В· (1961–1980) В· (1981–2000) В· (2001-present)PersondataNameDouglas, PaulAlternative namesFleischer, Paul DouglasShort descriptionDate of birthApril 11, 1907Place of birthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.Date of deathSeptember 11, 1959Place of deathHollywood, California, U.S.Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas_(actor)Categories: 1907 births | 1959 deaths | Actors from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | American film actors | American television actors | Clarence Derwent Award winners | Deaths from myocardial infarction | People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | People from the Greater Los Angeles Area | Theatre World Award winnersHidden categories: Articles with hCardsPersonal 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