Happy Birthday: Kirk Douglas (100 years old today!)

Kirk Douglas

Born: December 9, 1916 in Amsterdam, New York, USA

Married to: Anne Douglas (29 May 1954 – present) (2 children)
Diana Douglas (2 November 1943 – 23 February 1951) (divorced) (2 children)

[on John Wayne] John Wayne was a star because he always played John Wayne. Frankly, he wasn’t an excellent actor, but good heavens, what a star! It wasn’t John Wayne who served the roles; the roles served John Wayne.

[on Linda Darnell] Linda Darnell is the most unspoilt star on the screen — and also the most beautiful.

[on Doris Day] That face she shows the world — smiling, only talking good, happy, tuned into God — as far as I’m concerned, that’s just a mask. I haven’t a clue as to what’s underneath. Doris is just about the remotest person I know.

I’ve always believed virtue is not photogenic, and I think I’ve always been attracted to a part, uh, I’d rather play the *evil* character, most of the time, than the nice fella. And I think it really *bothered* my mother, because she would tell people, “You know, my son’s not like that, he’s really a nice boy!”

Out of the Past 1947 dir. Jacques Tourneur Starring Robert Mitchum Douglas

The Bad and the Beautiful 1952 dir. Vincente Minnelli Cast Lana Turner Kirk Douglas

Gunfight at the OK Corral 1957 dir. John Sturges Cast Burt Lancaster Kirk Douglas

Last Train from Gun Hill 1959 dir. John Sturges Cast Kirk Douglas Anthony Quinn Spartacus 1960 dir. Stanley Kubrick Cast Kirk Douglas Laurence Olivier Seven Days in May 1964 dir. John Frankenheimer starring Burt Lancaster Douglas Saturn 3 1980 dir Stanley Donen Starring Farrah Fawcett Douglas

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