Veteran filmmaker Kirk Douglas was honored for his long career at Sunday night's 2018 Golden Globe Award Ceremony
The 101-year-old took to the stage with daughter-in-law Catherine Zeta Jones, to present an award.
Catherine, the wife of Kirk's actor son Michael, paid tribute to her father-in-law's career.
Born Issur Danielovitch, Kirk grew up in Amsterdam, New York the son of impoverished Yiddish-speaking Russian immigrants.
After
developing an interest in acting in high school he won a scholarship to
the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.
A fellow classmate was Lauren Bacall, who
Douglas briefly dated, before marrying a third classmate - Diana Dill,
the mother of actor Michael and his brother Joel.
Kirk
served in the U.S. Navy throughout WWII. After being discharged for war
injuries he found work as a stage actor, before his friend Bacall
recommended him to director Hal Wallis, who cast Kirk in The Strange
Love of Martha Ivers, aged 30 in 1946.
Kirk Douglas went on to star in more than 90 movies and was a major box office star of the '50s and '60s.
His
most popular films include Champion (1949), which established his tough
guy image, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Gunfight at the O.K.
Corral (1957),Spartacus (1960), Lonely Are the Brave (1962), and Tough
Guys (1986).
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