Paul Douglas (* 11. April 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; † 11. September 1959 in Hollywood, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Film- und Theaterschauspieler.

Douglas spielte lange Zeit an der Seite von Judy Holliday den Harry Brock im Broadway-Stück Born Yesterday von Garson Kanin, welches 1950 mit Broderick Crawford in der männlichen Hauptrolle unter dem deutschen Titel Die ist nicht von gestern verfilmt wurde. Nach mehr als 1000 Auftritten am Theater drehte er – abgesehen von einer frühen kleinen Rolle in Calling All Tars – 1949 seinen ersten Film A Letter to Three Wives. Bekannt wurde er dem deutschen Publikum durch seine Rolle als Sgt. Hank Kowalski im Film über die Berliner Luftbrücke Es begann mit einem Kuß neben Montgomery Clift. Gedreht wurde 1949/1950 an Originalschauplätzen in Berlin. In den 1950er-Jahren trat er in den Baseball-Filmen It Happens Every Spring und Angels in the Outfield sowie ein weiteres Mal zusammen mit Judy Holliday in The Solid Gold Cadillac auf. Darüber hinaus hatte er Rollen an der Seite von Grace Kelly in den Filmen Vierzehn Stunden und Grünes Feuer.

Paul Douglas Fleischer (Filadèlfia, Pennsilvània, 11 d’abril de 1907 - Hollywood, Los Angeles, 11 de setembre de 1959) va ser un actor nord-americà.

Né sous le nom de Paul Douglas Fleischer, a débuté sa carrière en tant qu'acteur de théâtre. Il fait ses débuts à Broadway en 1936 en tant qu'annonceur à la radio. En 1946, il remporte à la fois un Theater World Award et un Clarence Derwent Award pour son interprétation de Herry Brock dans Born Yesterday de Garson Kanin.

A commencé dans des films en 1949,Angels in the Outfield (1951) et It Happens Every Spring (1949).

Paul Douglas (April 11, 1907 – September 11, 1959) was an American actor.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Paul Douglas Fleischer, Douglas began his career as a stage actor. He made his Broadway debut in 1936 as the Radio Announcer in Doty Hobart and Tom McKnight's Double Dummy at the John Golden Theatre. In 1946 he won both a Theatre World Award and a Clarence Derwent Award for his portrayal of Herry Brock in Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday.

Douglas began appearing in films in 1949. He may be best-remembered for two baseball comedy movies, Angels in the Outfield (1951) and It Happens Every Spring (1949). He also played Richard Widmark's police partner in the thriller Panic in the Streets, frustrated newlywed Porter Hollingsway in A Letter to Three Wives, Sgt. Kowalski in The Big Lift, businessman Josiah Walter Dudley in Executive Suite and a con man turned monk in When in Rome. In 1950, Douglas was host of the 22nd annual Academy Awards. Douglas also worked on radio as the announcer for The Ed Wynn Show and he was the first host of NBC Radio's "Horn & Hardart Children's Hour!". In April 1959 Douglas appeared as Lucy Ricardo's television morning show boss in the "Lucy Wants a Career" episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.

Douglas was originally cast in the 1960 episode of The Twilight Zone called "The Mighty Casey", a role written for him by Rod Serling, based on his character in Angels in the Outfield, but Douglas died the same week after production of the episode had been completed. His role was taken over by Jack Warden, and most of the episode was refilmed several months later.

He was married five times, last to actress Jan Sterling from 1950 until his death. They had a son, Adams Douglas (1955–2003).

Paul Douglas died on September 11, 1959 of a heart attack in Hollywood, California at the age of 52. Film director Billy Wilder and co-writer I.A.L. ('Izzy') Diamond had just offered him the role of Jeff Sheldrake in the movie The Apartment that went to Fred MacMurray instead. Wilder later said: "I saw him and his wife, Jan Sterling, at a restaurant, and I realized he was perfect, and I asked him right there in the parking lot. About two days before we were to start, he had a heart attack and died. Iz and I were shattered."

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