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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. He may be best-remembered for two baseball comedy movies, Angels in the Outfield (1951) and It Happens Every Spring (1949). He also played Richard Widmark's police partner in the thriller Panic in the Streets, frustrated newlywed Porter Hollingsway in A Letter to Three Wives, Sgt. Kowalski in The Big Lift, businessman Josiah Walter Dudley in Executive Suite and a con man turned monk in When in Rome. In 1950, Douglas was host of the 22nd annual Academy Awards. Douglas also worked on radio as the announcer for The Ed Wynn Show and he was the first host of NBC Radio's "Horn & Hardart Children's Hour!". In April 1959 Douglas appeared as Lucy Ricardo's television morning show boss in the "Lucy Wants a Career" episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.
Douglas was originally cast in the 1960 episode of The Twilight Zone called "The Mighty Casey", a role written for him by Rod Serling, based on his character in Angels in the Outfield, but Douglas died the same week after production of the episode had been completed. His role was taken over by Jack Warden, and most of the episode was refilmed several months later.
He was married five times, last to actress Jan Sterling from 1950 until his death. They had a son, Adams Douglas (1955–2003).
Paul Douglas died on September 11, 1959 of a heart attack in Hollywood, California at the age of 52. Film director Billy Wilder and co-writer I.A.L. ('Izzy') Diamond had just offered him the role of Jeff Sheldrake in the movie The Apartment that went to Fred MacMurray instead. Wilder later said: "I saw him and his wife, Jan Sterling, at a restaurant, and I realized he was perfect, and I asked him right there in the parking lot. About two days before we were to start, he had a heart attack and died. Iz and I were shattered."
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11 July 1952
A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later five couples learn they have never been legally married.
27 July 1950
A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time bomb threatening the entire city, a grisly manhunt through the seamy underworld of the New Orleans Waterfront is underway.
01 December 1956
An American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children into mutated henchmen.
07 June 1957
The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s.
18 October 1955
A gangster's wife drives him to kill as she pushes him to the top.
30 April 1954
When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him.
29 April 1959
Tax collector Lorenzo Charlton comes to the Larkins' farm to ask why Pop Larkins hasn't paid his back taxes.
25 February 1954
The poor, elderly—and the wily, when it comes to parting those who can afford it from their money—Scottish skipper of a broken-down old 'puffer' boat tricks an American tycoon into paying him to transport his personal cargo.
28 January 1953
A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel.
10 June 1949
A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.
11 May 1952
An American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest.
14 May 1957
To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub.
29 August 1951
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.
16 August 1951
Former football star Harry Joplin is down on his luck, both in his career and in his married life. He seems convinced of his own unworthiness, but a chance to play in a charity football game helps him see his life in a new light.
12 May 1997
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl.
10 February 1943
When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer by the mayor of New York City, Finkelstein turns in his badge, convinced he has to quit the service because the man is a Nazi.
12 March 1951
A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for production, meeting with the writer and producer, approving wardrobe and set design, rehearsing scenes with the actors and camera crew, shooting the scenes, watching dailies, working with the editor and composer, and attending the first preview.
28 November 1953
An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.
30 May 1952
An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.
01 April 1951
A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of a building with the intention of committing suicide.
20 February 1954
Because of his luxurious fur coat, a hammy actor becomes involved with crooks. His coat resembles the one that a gang's fence wears, and he is continually finding stolen jewelry in his coat pockets.
26 April 1950
The Berlin Air Lift from the point of view of two Air Force NCOs who navigate romance in a bombed out post WW2 Germany.
06 June 1950
The story of a crude gangster hopelessly falling for a sweet young city government employee.
19 October 1951
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
30 July 1938
Leith Stevens leads his orchestra in a nice assortment of standards in a variety of musical styles, including Dixieland and swing.
20 January 1949
A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she does not say which one.
10 October 1958
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
24 October 1949
Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more.
06 June 1956
Episcopalian minister Gil Allen keeps up his college days interest in boxing by working out at a gym run by his friend, Tom Kelley but declines offers to fight in an actual staged bout, until he realizes he could use the prize money to purchase equipment for local polio victims.
25 February 1950
Comedian Jack Benny has his butler, Rochester, call several of his celebrity friends over to the house.
29 December 1954
In Colombia, mining engineer Rian Mitchell discovers Carrero, the lost emerald mine of the Conquistadors, but has to contend with notorious local bandit El Moro's gang and with coffee planter Catherine Knowland's love.
14 March 1958
A poor girl is convinced she is the daughter of a prince.
22 August 1956
Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York.
26 November 1939
This black & white educational film is about the United States Navy showing off its skills on the high seas during a mock war-games session.
01 September 1939
The story of the conquest of the Colorado River by 'Buzz' Holmstron, an Oregon filling station attendant, who was the first man ever to navigate the river alone in a boat.
