What is Kirk Douglas?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Kirk Douglas | image = Studio publicity Kirk Douglas.jpg | caption = Douglas in 1963 | birthname = Issur Danielovitch Demsky | other_names = {{hlist|Isador Demsky|Izzy Demsky}} | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|movie director|movie producer|philanthropist}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1916|12|9}} | birth_place = [[Amsterdam (city), New York|Amsterdam]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|02|05|1916|12|09}} | death_place = [[Beverly Hills]], [[California]], U.S | height = 5ft 9in (1.75 m) | othername = Issur Danielovitch | notable_works = '''Michael Kelly'''<br />in ''[[Champion (1949 movie)|Champion]]''<br />'''Jonathan Shields''' in ''[[The Bad and the Beautiful]]''<br />'''[[Vincent van Gogh]]'''<br />in ''[[Lust for Life (movie)|Lust for Life]]''<br /> '''[[Spartacus]]'''<br />in ''[[Spartacus (movie)|Spartacus]] '' | awards = '''Academy Honorary Award'''<br />1996 Lifetime Achievement<br />'''Honorary César'''<br />1980 Lifetime Achievement <br /> '''Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama'''<br />1957 ''[[Lust for Life (movie)|Lust for Life]]''<br />'''Cecil B. DeMille Award'''<br />1968 Lifetime Achievement | spouse = [[Diana Dill]] (1943-1951, [[divorce]]d)<br />[[Anne Buydens]] (1954-2021) | children = {{hlist|[[Michael Douglas|Michael]]|[[Joel Douglas|Joel]]|[[Peter Douglas|Peter]]|[[Eric Douglas|Eric]]}} | parents = Herschel Demsky<br>Bryna Sanglel | signature = KirkDouglas.png | module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes | allegiance = {{USA}} | branch = [[File:Flag of the United States Army.svg|25px]] [[United States Army]] | serviceyears = 1941&ndash;1945 | rank = [[File:US-O3 insignia.svg|21px]] [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]] | unit = [[File:USA - Army Medical Specialist Corps.png|25px]] [[Army M