George Douglas

Biography

George Douglas was an American actor. He was born as the younger brother of the actor Melvyn Douglas. Their mother was Lena Priscilla and their father Edouard Gregory Hesselberg, a concert pianist and composer. His father was a Jewish immigrant from Riga, Russian Empire. His mother, a native of Tennessee, was Protestant and a Mayflower descendant. His maternal grandfather, George Shackelford, was a general and American Civil War veteran. He was the granduncle of Illeana Douglas, also an actress.