Actor Kirk Douglas dies at 103!

[sharkman]

Legendary actor Kirk Douglas passed away in Hollywood at the age of 103!

https://people.com/movies/kirk-douglas-dead/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51394855

 

[Meta not Meta]

Favourite five K D films:

1. Spartacus
2. Ace in the Hole
3. Lonely are the Brave
4. Paths of Glory
5. Champion

Helped break the Hollywood blacklist of the 50s, a true champion!

 

[No_Church_InThe_Wild]

Great actor and a great man ,,, they certainly don’t make them like they used to , a true Hollywood legend
Godspeed Mr Douglas

 

[Bbw hunter]

Totally agree Church...and yes Meta both Spartacus and Paths of Glory are great films. Two Kubrick classics.

 

[hungry101]

1. Spartacus
2. The Vikings
3. In Harms Way
4. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
5. Gunfight at the OK Corral

RIP to the iconic actor.

I want to see Paths to Glory. It has to be the first anti-war film. Maybe All Quiet on the Western Front is but this would be close.

 

[Doc Holliday]

In random order here are my top ten Kirk Douglas movies:

-Spartacus
-Gunfight at the OK Coral
-Paths of Glory
-Champion
-Lonely are the Brave
-Tough Guys
-20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
-In Harm's Way
-Lust for Life
-The Final Countdown

There are still many Kirk Douglas movies that i've yet to see and may one day rank among his best movies.

 

[C.B. Brown]

Never realized he was that old,Thats a blessing to live that long as long as your quality of live is good
the final countdown was 1 of my favourite moveis
His son Michael 75 yrs old is a great actor in my opinion.

 

[Meta not Meta]

He was never better than in the little-known, incredibly-cynical, way-ahead-of-its-time, "Ace in the Hole," where he played a ruthless, disgraced newspaper reporter trying to get back to the big time in NYC.

It was the film Billy Wilder made after "Sunset Boulevard," but even darker ....

https://youtu.be/0l5h8k9N9pI

 

[Doc Holliday]

I had never heard of 'Ace in the Hole' until now so i'll keep an eye out for it. A couple of pretty good Kirk Douglas movies that weren't mentioned could have made my list: "Last Train from Gun Hill" and "Detective Story". I also liked the Australian-made "The Man from Snowy River" when it first came out more than three decades ago.

 

[sharkman]

Kirk was a great actor and a great man! And his son Michael - a chip off the old block - in my opinion, is the best actor of our generation!