Mike Douglas

Mike Douglas (* 11. August 1925 as Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr. in Chicago ; † 11. August 2006 in North Palm Beach , Florida ) was a US -American singer , presenter and actor .

Life

Douglas began singing in a choir as a child and later sang on a cruise ship on Lake Michigan as a teenager . After serving in the United States Navy , he moved to Los Angeles . He became a singer in Kay Kyser's big band and recorded two successful songs with him: The Hoagy Carmichael song Ole Buttermilk Sky in 1946 and The Old Lamplighter in 1947 . In 1950 he sang in the classic Walt Disney film Cinderella the Prince . From 1961 his career began as a talk show presenter in Cleveland on WKYC-TV, later KYW-TV. On his talk show The Mike Douglas Show , John Lennon , Bob Hope , Truman Capote and Richard Nixon as well as The Rolling Stones , Michael Jackson and Herman's Hermits appeared between 1961 and 1982 . Barbra Streisand and Aretha Franklin owe their careers largely to the show by Mike Douglas. As early as 1967, his show reached six million viewers every day. Mike Douglas is regarded as the forerunner of Rosie O'Donnell and Ellen DeGeneres as well as the counterpart to Late Night at the time, both in terms of his politely interested questioning style and the concept of his show, which combined celebrity talk with comedy acts and musical interludes. King Johnny Carson in the daily program.

In 1982 Douglas retired and largely to the golf course .

1967 - Emmy Award - Individual Achievement in Daytime Television from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

personal data
SURNAME	Douglas, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dowd, Michael Delaney junior (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH	August 11, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH	August 11, 2006
Place of death	North Palm Beach , Florida