“I’m a sonofabitch, plain and simple,” he admitted in his 1988 autobiography, “ The Ragman’s Son.”ĭouglas opened his little black book and ticked off some of the greatest names to grace the silver screen. In a titillating autobiography written when he was 71, Douglas admitted that he’d not only cheated on his first wife, Diana Dill - with whom he had two sons, including mega-star Michael Douglas - but he also messed around on his current wife, Anne Bydens, who gave him another two sons.īefore the marriages, and in between, the man born Issur Danielovitch to a poor Jewish family in Amsterdam, NY, was unquenchable. It would be another two decades before the man who still commands a standing ovation when he enters a room would finally admit to his infidelities. He didn’t have to answer to Cavett - or anyone, for that matter. “Have you found this true?”ĭouglas thumped in anger, “An actor is supposed to immerse himself in the role!”Īt the time, Douglas - who turns 100 years old on Friday - was the biggest star on the planet, with a range that blew away audiences, whether he was wielding a sword against the Romans as “Spartacus” or crying in anguish as Vincent van Gogh in “Lust for Life.” “(Alfred) Hitchcock said in an interview once that it’s very hard for the romance on screen not to carry over into the private lives of the actors,” Cavett said coyly. Kirk Douglas in “Spartacus” in 1960 Courtesy Everett Collection Was he fooling around with Faye Dunaway on the set of “The Arrangement”? What about Kim Novak?Ĭavett told him that ABC had compiled a film of all “the incredible number of women that have passed through your hands” - and he directed the actor to watch a series of clips of himself romancing co-stars Lana Turner in “The Bad and the Beautiful,” Jean Simmons in “Spartacus,” Ava Gardner in “Seven Days in May” - and, of course, Dunaway. They wanted to know if the very married hunk was bedding all those gorgeous Hollywood actresses. Renowned ladies’ man Kirk Douglas wasn’t prepared to dish on his sexual exploits during his appearance on the Dick Cavett show in 1971 to hawk his latest movie, “A Gunfight.”īut Cavett, a sly night-show host, knew viewers weren’t interested in Douglas’ new Western. 'The Young and the Restless' star dead at 92 'Back To School' and 'Friends' actor dead Jennifer Lawrence 'born to do hard R comedies': 'Sweet spot' on year in prison: 'You could just feel the evil in the air'
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