Paul Douglas (actor)
| Paul Douglas | |
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in A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
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Paul Douglas Fleischer April 11, 1907 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | September 11, 1959 (aged 52) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | heart attack |
| Years active | 1936−1959 |
| Spouse(s) | 1) Elizabeth Farnum 2) Susie Wells 3) Gerri Higgins (1940–1941) 4) Virginia Field (1942−46) 5) Jan Sterling (1950–59) |
| Children | Johnnie Douglas (b. 1942) Margaret Field Douglas (b. 1945) Celia Douglas (b. 1954) Adams Douglas (1955-2003) |
Paul Douglas (April 11, 1907 − September 11, 1959) was an American actor.
Douglas was born Paul Douglas Fleischer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Margaret (Douglas) and William Paul Fleischer. He attended Yale University and participated in dramatics as a student there.
Douglas worked originally as an announcer for CBS radio station WCAU in that Philadelphia, relocating to network headquarters in New York in 1934. Douglas co-hosted CBS's popular swing music program, The Saturday Night Swing Club, from 1936 to 1939.
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 Harry Brock in Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday.
Douglas began appearing in films in 1949. He may be best remembered for two baseball comedy movies, It Happens Every Spring (1949) and Angels in the Outfield (1951). He also played Richard Widmark's police partner in the 1950 thriller Panic in the Streets, frustrated newlywed Porter Hollingsway in A Letter to Three Wives (1949), Sgt. Kowalski in The Big Lift (1950), businessman Josiah Walter Dudley in Executive Suite (1954) and a con man turned monk in When in Rome (1952). Douglas was host of the 22nd annual Academy Awards in March 1950. Continuing in radio, he was the announcer for The Ed Wynn Show, and the first host of NBC Radio's The Horn & Hardart Children's Hour. In April 1959 Douglas appeared on The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show as Lucy Ricardo's television morning show co-host in the episode "Lucy Wants a Career".
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