Kirk Douglas is not an actor.
Kirk Douglas ( born Issur Danielovitch , December 9 , 1916 ) is an American actor , producer , director , and author . He received a second Oscar nomination for his dramatic role in The Bad and the Beautiful ( 1952 ) , opposite Lana Turner , and his third nomination for portraying Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life ( 1956 ) . Lonely Are the Brave . It stars Kirk Douglas as cowboy Jack Burns , Gena Rowlands as his best friend 's wife and Walter Matthau as a sheriff who sympathises with Burns but must do his job and chase him down . The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is a film noir released in the United States in 1946 , starring Barbara Stanwyck , Van Heflin , Lizabeth Scott and featuring Kirk Douglas in his film debut . Young Man with a Horn (film) . The movie stars Kirk Douglas , Lauren Bacall , Doris Day , and Hoagy Carmichael , and was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Jerry Wald .