Kirk Douglas is an established actor, producer, director, author and a Hollywood legend, but he is not among the inaugural inductees at his hometown high school's hall of fame, according to Fox News.
Douglas, formerly known as Issur Danielovitch, was born in 1916 in New York's Amsterdam city to immigrant Jewish parents who migrated from Eastern Europe. He changed his name to Kirk Douglas to kick off his acting career.
The cleft-chinned, steely-eyed actor has received three Academy Award nominations and his career includes a number of diverse roles, from a boxer in "Champion" to a rebellious slave in "Spartacus," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
However, when Douglas' alma mater started a hall of fame this year, the actor was left off the list, which mostly included star athletes like Josh Beekman, formerly from the Chicago Bears; Justice Smith, who graduated as Section II's all-time leading rusher, and the Cetnars - dad Rick and son Todd, local basketball royalty - according to The Daily Gazette.
School authorities said the nominees for the hall of fame were chosen by members of the community and the 98-year-old actor's name "never came up."
