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1. Kirk Douglas was born Issur Danielovitch in Amsterdam, New York on December 9th 1916.
2. George Sekulovich, a fellow actor, suggested that Issur Danielovitch change his name to Kirk Douglas. Sekulovich had just changed this name….his acting name was Karl Malden.
3. When Kirk Douglas appeared in It Runs In The Family, it featured three generations of his family…..his son Michael…..his grandson Cameron.
4. One of Kirk’s biggest regrets, was not finding the finances to film the movie One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, he would have played the Jack Nicolson part. He eventually gave the book rights to his son Michael.
5. Kirk Douglas was ranked the 17th greatest movie star according to the AFI (American Film Insitiute) 1998 poll of greatest movie stars.
6. In 1991, Douglas survived a helicopter crash in which two people died.
7. Kirk Douglas regularly blogged on his Myspace account until his mid 90s.
8. Kirk Douglas directed two movies ….1973’s Scalawag and 1975’s Posse.
9. Kirk Douglas played an important role in breaking the Hollywood blacklist by making sure that writer Dalton Trumbo’s name was mentioned in the opening and ending credits of the film for the screenplay he did for the Douglas blockbuster Spartacus.
10. Kirk Douglas made 7 movies with his friend Burt Lancaster….from 1948’s I Walk Alone to 1986’s Tough Guys.
11. Kirk Douglas wanted to play Ben-Hur, but lost out to Charlon Heston. Douglas did pass on the following roles….Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, First Blood, Seconds, Cat Ballou and The Graduate.
12. Check out Kirk Douglas’ career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
13. Kirk Douglas earned three acting Oscar® nominations in his career.
14. In 1996 Kirk Douglas was awarded a Honorary Oscar® for his 50 years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community.
15. Twenty Kirk Douglas movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 28.16% of his movies listed.
16. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) was Kirk Douglas’ biggest box office ht when looking at adjusted domestic box office gross.
17. Kirk Douglas’ movies have grossed $5.49 billion when looking at adjusted domestic box office grosses.
18. Kirk Douglas movies have earned a total of 48 Oscar® nominations….winning 15 Oscars®.
19. When trying to figure which Ultimate Movie Rankings career movie page to do next, I was getting numerous suggestions for Kirk Douglas (1916-2020) and his son, Michael Douglas. Since I could not figure out which one to do first, I decided to write and publish them at the same time. You can check out the Michael Douglas page at this link Michael Douglas Movies. Since publishing the two pages on the same day I have been watching to see which page was the most popular. And the results? Kirk’s page has been viewed 47,189 times while Michael’s page has been viewed 27,210 times. 02/05/2020.
20. Steve Lensman’s Kirk Douglas You Tube Video:
Jump To Kirk Douglas Links: 1. Box Office 2. Oscar Movies 3. Reviews 4. Trailers 5. Trivia 6. UMR Table
Hey Taylor…I have fixed the stats on #19….Kirk has done much better than Michael. Glad you like this Kirk trivia page. Good stuff. Rest in Peace Kirk Douglas.
I like this page entirely on trivia on Kirk Douglas. You should update the stats on number 19. The dad is doing much better than the sun.