Michael Douglas accolades for his role, including Golden Globe, Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Apart from his career in the film industry, Douglas has received notice for his humanitarian and political activism, as well as media attention for his marriage to Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones. Douglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the first child of actors Kirk Douglas (born 1916) and Diana Dill (1923–2015). His parents met at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. His father is Jewish, and was born Issur Danielovitch. Michael's paternal grandparents were emigrants from Chavusy (now in Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire).
Robert Ellis (actor, born 1933) Arts and Sciences awarded him a special certificate for his acting and dancing role as Buster Tyme in the movie "April Showers", which starred Ann Sothern and Jack Carson. He portrayed Ralph Grainger, a college friend of Ronnie Burns, on the final two seasons of "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show". He died of kidney failure at the age of 40 in Los Angeles. At the time of his death, he was a producer of educational films. Robert Ellis (actor, born 1933) Robert Ellis (September 24, 1933 – November 23, 1973) was an American child actor in the 1940s