Kirk Douglas, synonymous with the golden age of cinema, has died aged 103.
Fellow Hollywood stars have paid tribute, with Kirk’s son Michael saying he leaves “a legacy in film that will endure for generations to come”.
Here are a selection of pictures from his career:
Kirk Douglas’s first foray into cinema came in 1946 when he secured a role in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers. Here, he and his wife Anne Buydens are pictured arriving in London in 1957 for a costume fitting for The Vikings (PA)
Douglas was also a keen philanthropist and is pictured here with actor Burt Lancaster rehearsing their song and dance act in preparation for Night of 100 Stars at the London Palladium in 1958 (PA)
Douglas wrote an autobiography, detailing the hardships that he and his six sisters had during their uprbringing in Amsterdam, New York (PA)
The couple had two children, television and film producer Peter and stand-up comedian Eric, who died in 2004 aged 46 (PA)
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