Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas
Gender	‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Male ♂ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎
Status
Birth	December 9, 1916
Death	February 5, 2020 (aged 103)
Nationality	American
Claim to fame	Actor, producer, director, philantropist, writer
Character	Chester Lampwick
First appearance	"The Day the Violence Died"

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor, producer, director, philanthropist and writer. He appeared as Chester Lampwick in the episode "The Day the Violence Died". In a long career, he appeared in numerous films. His most famous films include Champion (1949), The Glass Menagerie (1950), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), playing Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956), Colonel Dax from Paths of Glory (1957), the title role from Spartacus (1960) and The Man from Snowy River (1982). He was considered for the role of Russ Cargill before Albert Brooks was cast.

Trivia

• Kirk Douglas was one of the only two centenarians to have guest starred in The Simpsons, the other being Bob Hope, who died in 2003 at the age of 100.

Appearances

• Episode – "The Day the Violence Died"

External links

• Kirk Douglas at Wikipedia
• Kirk Douglas at the Internet Movie Database