I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted.

Jekyll and Mr. He won a Golden Globe award for his role. Douglas made his Broadway debut in 1949 in the Anton Chekhov play Three Sisters produced by Katharine Cornell.

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He is one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood's "golden age". His popular films include Out of the Past (1947) Champion (1949) Ace in the Hole (1951) The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) Lust for Life (1956) Paths of Glory (1957) Gunfight at the O. 17 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time making him the highest-ranked living person on the list.