Kirk Douglas, a three-time Best Actor Oscar nominee and the headliner of more than 80 films, has died at 103.
Kirk Douglas, the ferocious, cleft-chinned leading man and one of the last of Hollywood’s Golden Age matinee idols, died Wednesday, his son, actor Michael Douglas announced. The Spartacus star was 103.
After the war, Lauren Bacall, an old friend of Douglas's from acting school, helped get him a Hollywood screen test. Douglas’s run as a big-screen leading man waned in the 1970s and 1980s. Working in TV, he earned two Emmy nominations, but as at the Oscars, never won. “We actors are in business,” Douglas once said. “So, you've got to stick your neck out. If you can’t take it, get out and be an insurance salesman.”
Off screen, Douglas was every bit as tenacious as he was on. He often spoke of how it was difficult to relate to his four sons. He said he was especially distant from his eldest, Michael, who would grow up to be every bit the star that the elder Douglas was. It took years, if not decades, but the father-and-son relationship mellowed, if not warmed.
“That was the biggest disappointment in my life,” Douglas told Larry King in 2005. “And also the biggest triumph.” “You have to make the effort,” Douglas told the San Francisco Chronicle in 2007. “If I didn’t make the effort to talk slowly and distinctly, no one would understand me. It’s difficult because your thoughts are so far ahead of your speech. It’s a constant battle.”
Indonesia Berita Terbaru, Indonesia Berita utama
Similar News:Anda juga dapat membaca berita serupa dengan ini yang kami kumpulkan dari sumber berita lain.
Kirk Douglas, Hollywood Icon and Spartacus Star, Dies at 103BREAKING: Kirk Douglas, Hollywood icon and Spartacus star, dies at 103
Baca lebih lajut »
Actor Kirk Douglas Dead at 103Kirk Douglas has died at the age of 103.
Baca lebih lajut »
Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas dies at 103Kirk Douglas 'acted like a star when he was a nobody,' producer Stanley Kramer once remarked. 'He came at you,…
Baca lebih lajut »
Kirk Douglas, Legendary ‘Spartacus’ Star, Dies at 103Kirk Douglas, the dimple-chinned “Spartacus” star with the larger-than-life persona, died Wednesday. He was 103. He was the father of actor Michael Douglas and paterfamilias of a Hollyw…
Baca lebih lajut »
Kirk Douglas Dead at 103Three-time Academy Award nominee and winner of a lifetime achievement Oscar was slowed by a stroke in 1995 but continued acting and carried on as a philanthropist with his wife Anne Douglas
Baca lebih lajut »
Kirk Douglas, longtime influential movie star, dies at 103LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kirk Douglas, the muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in 'Spartacus,' 'Lust for Life' and dozens of other films and helped fatally weaken the Hollywood blacklist,...
Baca lebih lajut »