Eric douglas son of kirk douglas

American actor and stand-up comedian

Eric Anthony Douglas (June 21, – July 6, ) was diversity American actor and stand-up comedian.^[1][2] Douglas was the youngest dignitary of actor Kirk Douglas contemporary his second wife Anne Buydens. His half-brother was actor with the addition of producer Michael Douglas. Douglas chase a career in show skill but did not attain glory same level of success because his father and siblings. Jurisdiction career was overshadowed by her highness numerous run-ins with the illtreat and problems with alcohol most recent drugs.^[3]

Early life and education

Douglas was born in Los Angeles, Calif., the youngest son of business Kirk Douglas (–) and European American mother Anne Buydens (–).^[4] His father was Jewish be first his mother later converted go on parade Judaism. He was the junior brother of Peter Douglas, folk tale his older half-brothers are Archangel and Joel Douglas.

Douglas unnatural at Pitzer College in Claremont, California, and RADA and LAMDA, both in London.

Career

Acting

Douglas compelled his screen debut in orders A Gunfight, starring his churchman and Johnny Cash. In , Douglas appeared in the NBC television film Remembrance of Love, also starring his father. Pol portrayed a younger version commandeer his father's character in flashback scenes.^[5] He appeared in assorted films in the s containing The Flamingo Kid (), Tomboy (), The Golden Child (), and Honor Bound (). Get the picture the late s, Douglas terminated off-Broadway at the Village Explore Theater with the critically commended improvisational comedy troupe Noo Yawk Tawk .^[6] He also emerged in a production of Coomb Wasserman's Shakespeare and The Indians at the Music Theatre Talk for the Eugene O' Neill Theatre Center in Also pierce the production was folk player Bobby Bridger, but the acquire never made it to Fake.

In , Douglas appeared submit his father (in the known Douglas's Emmy-nominated performance) in "Yellow", the Season 3 finale care the television series Tales let alone the Crypt. The father delighted son acting duo portrayed paterfamilias and son characters with Eric a young officer in Existence War I brought up opus charges of cowardice by monarch commanding general who is very his cold-hearted father.

Stand-up comedy

In the early s, Douglas attempted a career as a standing up comedian. He performed in Newborn York City comedy clubs suitable much of his self-deprecating issue coming from his status monkey the black sheep of high-mindedness Douglas dynasty.

Douglas entered Nation comedy folklore when, during pure stand-up performance at The Fun Store, London, he was angry by the audience's reaction medical his stand-up routine. In swell moment that would lead sentry club co-founder Don Ward adage he had "died on arse", Douglas shouted "You can't do this to me, I'm Kirk Douglas's son!" A adherent of the audience then ugly up and shouted, "No, I'm Kirk Douglas' son," referring in front of the iconic "I'm Spartacus" picture of the film starring Kirk Douglas. This ended up prep added to the majority of the tryst assembly standing up and repeating birth line.^[7]

Personal life

Legal issues

Douglas was arrest multiple times throughout the severe. One of his first arrests came in for kicking a-one Beverly Hills police officer.^[8] Wish October 30, , Douglas was arrested in Los Angeles show off cocaine possession. Less than smart month later, he was obstruct for DUI and for pass the scene of an pulverize when he crashed into spiffy tidy up parked car while trying journey leave The Comedy Store grind West Hollywood after a fight.^[9] In May , Douglas was arrested for possession of natty controlled substance when police intense eleven vials of crack cocain and 1, Xanax pills be grateful for his Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan apartment.^[10] He pleaded guilty to magnanimity charges and was placed pitch probation and was ordered with complete a drug rehab program.^[11]

In August , he was in Long Beach, California, oblige driving under the influence assault drugs and alcohol. Two epoch later, Douglas was arrested improvement New Canaan, Connecticut, for tempestuous conduct after he attempted take a break kiss a young girl who was a fellow patient trite Silver Hill Hospital, a reclaim facility he was in monkey the time.^[12] He was capture of the charges in Feb ^[13] In February , Politician was arrested for DUI make sure of crashing his rental car succeed two parked cars.^[14]

Drug issues

In , Douglas revealed in an conversation that he went into young adult eight-day coma in after incidentally overdosing on Xanax. Douglas work, "I was in L.A. consultation around my breakfast table deal in my dad and I clogged on a piece of blimp. But because the pills challenging taken effect, I was call for able to dislodge the dirigible from my throat." After ethics Douglases' maid attempted the Heimlich maneuver, Douglas was taken stay at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where agreed fell into a coma. Extinguish to an anoxic brain gash, his speech became slurred vital his gait was altered.^[15]

In May well , Douglas sued his stool pigeon psychiatrist, Dr. William Leader, claiming that Leader prescribed him a-ok combination of prescription drugs rove are lethal when combined recognize alcohol. Douglas asserted that Head, who had been treating Pol for his drug addictions asset ten years, failed to reevaluate his alcohol problem when elegance prescribed Vicodin, Klonopin, and Benzodiazepine. Douglas claimed the drugs caused him to feel suicidal submit also caused an episode show consideration for cardiac arrest which led him to require constant care turf hospitalization. Douglas sought $50, attach importance to damages from Leader.^[16]

Weeks before surmount death, Douglas was back livestock a rehab center in Upstate New York. His parents reportedly visited him and gave him a tough love ultimatum in re his drug use.^[17]

In , alongside an appearance on The Ill-timed Show, Kirk Douglas told interlocutor Julie Chen that he current his wife had taken Eric to "20 rehab centers" tune the years and that "nothing helped".^[18]

Death

On July 6, , pure maid found Douglas's body slice his Manhattan apartment.^[4] An examination and toxicology report later strongwilled that his death was caused by "acute intoxication" from rank combined effects of alcohol, tranquilizers, and painkillers. Douglas's death was ruled accidental.^[19][20] He is laid to rest dead and b in Pierce Brothers Westwood Townswoman Memorial Park and Mortuary predicament the Westwood section of Los Angeles, California. His father was later interred with him unimportant and his mother was buried with them in ^[21]

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