Paul Douglas

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul Douglas
Occupation	Movie Actor
Date Of Birth	Apr 11, 1907(1907-04-11)
Age	117
Date Of Death	May 29, 2006, Baghdad, Iraq
Birthplace	Philadelphia
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Aries

Paul Douglas Biography

Paul Douglas is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on April 11, 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Character actor who typically played large, boorish, characters in dozens of films. In 1951, he appeared in Angels in the Outfield, and in 1959, he played a role in The Mating Game.

He refused to play a role in the Clark Gable film, Any Number Can Play becace he and Gable had an earlier unresolved tiff over a woman.

Assigned to cover the Iraq war by CBS, correspondent Kimberly Dozier, Douglas, Brolan were embedded with the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division. Initially, the CBS crew was assigned to cover a story about what US troops were doing on “Memorial Day” for a holiday TV news report, but the team was diverted to the Karrada peninsula location where the 500-pound bomb was detonated as the team examined a checkpoint that had been bombed on the previous day. Paul Douglas and Brolan were outside of their vehicle with protective gear when the car bomb exploded and killed them both along with Captain James “Alex” Funkhouser and a translator named “Sam”. Dozier, who was walking behind the four killed, was critically injured in the attack. Six soldiers were also injured in the attack.

Paul Douglas was a based in London with CBS News had worked with the network since the early 1990s, about 17 years. Prior to working for CBS, he worked for ITV. He first worked as a sound man and then became a camera operator. His career as a news camera operator took him to other wars and conflicts besides Iraq, and he was in Sarajevo, Bosnia from at least 1993–1994 covering the Siege of Sarajevo, Rwanda, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Douglas had been assigned with Dan Rather when the CBS anchor reported from Afghanistan, Israel and Iraq.

He was married five times, and once married Virginia Field.

Paul Douglas Net Worth

Paul Douglas is one of the richest Movie Actor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paul Douglas 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was an aspiring actor in school, and for a brief while played professional football. He became a popular sportscaster and then became an actor on Broadway.

Despite having no reputation in Hollywood before he was a recognizable star, he was already unafraid to turn down movie parts that did not meet his standards.

On World Press Freedom Day 2007, which is held annually on third day of May, the city of Bayeux, France, officially dedicated a memorial for journalists who have been killed while reporting. The number of names of journalists on the memorial numbered 1,889 who had been killed since 1944, according to Reporters Without Borders. Bayeux was selected because its symbolic for its 7 June 1944 liberation by Allies during World War II due to its proximity to the invasion of Normandy.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Paul Douglas height 5′ 11″ Paul weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Paul Douglas Dating?

According to our records, Paul Douglas married to Jan Sterling (m. 1950–1959), Virginia Field (m. 1942–1946), Geraldine Higgins (m. 1940–1941). As of December 1, 2023, Paul Douglas’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Paul Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Paul Douglas celebrates birthday on April 11 of every year.

What did Paul Douglas invent?

He co-founded Digital Cyclone in 1998 which created weather applications and supplies content for wireless devices under the My-Cast brand name. Douglas sold Digital Cyclone to Garmin in 2007 for $45 million.

What happened to Paul Douglas the actor?

Douglas died of a heart attack (myocardial infarction) at his home in Hollywood, California, on September 11, 1959, at the age of 52.

Who is Paul Douglas?

A one-time professional footballer and radio sports commentator , Douglas began his acting career on the Broadway stage, earning rave reviews for his performance as tycoon Harry Brock in the original 1946 production of Garson Kanin’s “Born Yesterday.” He quickly made the transition to feature films in 1949, appearing as …

How tall is Paul Douglas?

5′ 11″

Who is chief meteorologist at WCCO?

Chris Shaffer was raised in Stillwater, Minnesota and left our great state for four years to attend the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where he earned degrees in Meteorology and Mass Communications.