Kirk Douglas through the years
Born in New York on Dec. 9, 1916, Kirk Douglas, pictured above in 1945, kicked off his acting career in the 1940s.
Douglas counted his first credits for films likeThe Strange Love of Martha Ivers,Out of the Past, andI Walk Alone, picking up his first Academy Award nomination soon after for 1949’sChampion.
In the decades since, the actor earned additional Oscar and Golden Globe honors forThe Bad and the Beautiful,Lust for Life, andAmos, continued his Hollywood dynasty with sons Michael, Joel, Eric, and Peter Douglas, and appeared in dozens of onscreen projects.
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Kirk Douglas in 1945
Kirk Douglas in 1946
Kirk Douglas in 1948
Kirk Douglas With Michael Douglas in 1948
Kirk Douglas inChampionin 1949
Kirk Douglas in 1950
Kirk Douglas in the 1950s
Kirk Douglas With Joel Douglas and Michael Douglas in 1955
Kirk Douglas With Joel Douglas and Michael Douglas at Idlewild Airport on December 15, 1955
Kirk Douglas inLust For Lifein 1956
Kirk Douglas with Anne Buydens at the Premiere ofLust for Lifein Los Angeles on 1956
Kirk Douglas inSpartacusin 1960
Kirk Douglas With Anne Buydens at a Party in Los Angeles in 1961
Kirk Douglas With Anne Buydens in 1962
Kirk Douglas in 1963
Kirk Douglas FilmingCast a Giant ShadowWith Michael Douglas in Rome in 1965
Kirk Douglas in 1970
Kirk Douglas With Dean Martin onThe Dean Martin Showon September 7, 1973
Kirk Douglas With Michael Douglas onThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carsonon May 26, 1975
Kirk Douglas inArthur Hailey’s The Moneychangerson December 4, 1976
Kirk Douglas at Academy Awards Rehearsals on April 12, 1978
Kirk Douglas With Michael Douglas at the Welcome to L.A. Party for Julio Iglesias in Beverly Hills on March 9, 1983
Kirk Douglas With Burt Lancaster in 1986
Kirk Douglas in 1990
Kirk Douglas With Jay Leno onThe Tonight Show with Jay Lenoon June 24, 1994
Kirk Douglas With Robin Williams and Steven Spielberg at the 1994 ShoWest in Las Vegas on September 7, 1994
Kirk Douglas at the 68th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 25, 1996
Kirk Douglas With Michael Douglas and Jack Nicholson at Michael Douglas' Footprint Ceremony at Mann’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on September 10, 1997
Kirk Douglas With Lauren Bacall forDiamondsin Deauville, France on September 7, 1999
Kirk Douglas With Diana Douglas, Michael Douglas, and Cameron Douglas at theIt Runs In the FamilyNew York Premiere on April 13, 2003
Kirk Douglas With Michael Douglas, Anne Buydens, and Catherine Zeta-Jones at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award: A Tribute to Michael Douglas on June 11, 2009
Kirk Douglas at the Theatre Artist Dinner in Los Angeles on September 14, 2011
Kirk Douglas With Michael Douglas at SBIFF’s 2011 Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence In Film Honoring Michael Douglas on October 13, 2011
Robert De Niro and Kirk Douglas attend the 7th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival where De Niro was honored with the Kirk Douglas Award For Excellence In Film on Dec. 8, 2012
Kirk Douglas and wife Anne arrive at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 24, 2013
Kirk Douglas presents at the Anti-Defamation League Centennial Entertainment Industry Awards Dinner Honoring Jeffrey Katzenberg on May 8, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Kirk Douglas and his wife Anne Douglas attend the 25th anniversary of The Anne Douglas Center at Los Angeles Mission on May 4, 2017
Kirk Douglas on stage during the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 7, 2018
Kirk Douglas at son Michael’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremonly on Nov. 6, 2018
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