Kirk Douglas, the dimple-chinned screen icon known for films such as “Spartacus” and “Champion” and helping end the Hollywood blacklist, has died. He was 103.
Kirk Douglas, born in 1916 as Issur Danielovitch, is acclaimed as one of the greatest actors in cinema history. Garnering three Academy Award nominations and one Golden Globe award, Douglas’ film career spanned over 60 years. (Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times)
Famous trumpeter Harry James, left, shows Douglas how to play for the movie cameras. The toot-tutoring is in preparation for Douglas’ role as a great trumpet player in the 1950 film “Young Man With a Horn.” (Associated Press)
Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner dance in a scene from Vincente Minnelli’s 1952 film “The Bad and the Beautiful.” Douglas received his second Academy Award nomination for his performance in the film. (Associated Press)
Douglas teamed up again with director Vincente Minnelli to play artist Vincent Van Gogh in the 1956 movie “Lust for Life,” which earned him his third and last Academy Award nomination for lead actor.
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Kirk Douglas with sons Michael, 14, left, and Joel, 12, in 1959. Douglas took time off from filming “Spartacus” for this photo. (Universal Pictures)
The Douglas family is photographed at home when Anne is named Times Woman of the Year in 1969. From left, son Peter, 14, Kirk, Anne and son Eric, 11.
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Kirk Douglas, center, is joined by his four sons backstage at the Majestic Theater in New York on April 7, 1987. From left are Peter, Joel, Kirk, Michael and Eric.
(Ed Bailey / Associated Press)
Kirk and Anne Douglas congratulate Center Theatre Group founding artistic director Gordon Davidson during the organizaiton’s 25th anniversary ball.
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Douglas walks down the Promenade de la Croisette to the Palais for the opening of the 33rd Cannes Film Festival in 1980.
(George Rose / Los Angeles Times)
Douglas receives the Life Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild on March 7, 1999.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Eric, Kirk and Anne Douglas stand outside the Russian Tea Room in New York, attending Michael’s wedding to Catherine Zeta-Jones.
(Darla Khazei / Associated Press)
Douglas, right, and his son Michael share laughs backstage before their rehearsal at the Kodak Theatre for the 75th Academy Awards.
(Anacleto Rapping / Los Angeles Times)
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Kirk and Anne Douglas in 2004 at Greystone Mansion, where they renewed their vows after 50 years of marriage.
(Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Douglas takes a bite out of a turkey leg held by L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as both men volunteer at the Los Angeles Mission’s Thanksgiving dinner on skid row.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Kirk Douglas has a conversation with his younger self as he performs his one–man show, “Before I Forget,” at his namesake theater in Culver City on March 3, 2009.
(Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Douglas, left, hams it up with Omar Sharif Jr. the during the 83rd Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 27, 2011. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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Anne and Kirk Douglas pose for a portrait in Beverly Hills on Dec. 5, 2014. Douglas and his wife donated $15 million toward a Motion Picture & Television Fund campus in Woodland Hills to help build a care center for Hollywood industry members suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. (Matt Sayles / Invision/AP)
