Paul Douglas Filmography

Paul Douglas was an American actor, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as Paul Douglas Fleischer. Douglas began his career as a stage actor. 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 Herry Brock in Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday. Douglas began appearing in films in 1949. He may be best remembered for two baseball comedy movies, Angels in the Outfield and It Happens Every Spring . 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 , Sgt. Kowalski in The Big Lift , businessman Josiah Walter Dudley in Executive Suite and a con man turned monk in When in Rome . Douglas was host of the 22nd annual Academy Awards in March 1950. He also worked on radio as the announcer for The Ed Wynn Show, and he was the first host of NBC Radio's The Horn & Hardart Children's Hour.
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