Paul Douglas

Personal Info

Birthday

April 11, 1907

Day of Death

1959-09-11

(52 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Paul Douglas Fleischer

Paul Douglas

Biography

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.

Known For

Climax!

Studio One

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Suspicion

Lux Video Theatre

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

7 Days

Filmography

1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1959
The Mating Game
as Pop Larkin
1958
Fortunella
as Professore Golfiero Paganica
1957
Beau James
as Chris Nolan
This Could Be the Night
as Rocco
1956
The Gamma People
as Mike Wilson
The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Edward L. McKeever
The Leather Saint
as Gus MacAuliffe
1955
Joe Macbeth
as Joe MacBeth
1954
Green Fire
as Vic Leonard
Executive Suite
as Josiah Walter Dudley
The 'Maggie'
as Calvin B. Marshall, the American
Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat
as Commentator
1953
Forever Female
as Harry Phillips
Never Wave at a WAC
as Andrew McBain
1952
We're Not Married!
as Hector Woodruff
Clash by Night
as Jerry D'Amato
When in Rome
as Joe Brewster
1951
Angels in the Outfield
as Guffy McGovern
Rhubarb
as Man on Park Bench (uncredited)
The Guy Who Came Back
as Harry Joplin
Fourteen Hours
as Police Ofcr. Charlie Dunnigan
The Screen Director
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1950
Panic in the Streets
as Capt. Tom Warren
Love That Brute
as E.L. 'Big Ed' Hanley
The Big Lift
as MSgt. Henry "Hank" Kowalski
You Can Change The World
as Self
1949
Everybody Does It
as Leonard Borland aka Logan Bennett
It Happens Every Spring
as Monk Lanigan
A Letter to Three Wives
as Porter Hollingsway
1943
Margin for Error
as Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited)
1939
Filming the Fleet
as Self, Narrator
Conquering the Colorado
as Narrator
1938
Saturday Night Swing Club
as Master of Ceremonies