Paul Douglas Net Worth
Paul Douglas is an award-winning TV meteorologist who has successfully turned weather data into business opportunities. He has developed and sold various weather related startups as well as investing in other firms.
Online sources estimate Paul Douglas Net Worth at $75 Million before His Death. His wealth was amassed through his primary profession of movie acting.
Early Life and Education
Paul Douglas was born to an upper-class family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Attracted to acting, he performed in several Broadway productions.
Douglas went on to appear in over 50 movies, such as Richard Widmark’s police partner in Panic in the Streets; frustrated newlywed Porter Hollingsway from A Letter to Three Wives and Sergeant Kowalski in The Big Lift; as well as portraying an arsonist-turned monk from When in Rome.
Douglas and Dorothy Wolff were prominent social reformers and philanthropists, donating significant sums of money to numerous charitable causes. Together they raised four children. Douglas graduated from Bowdoin College in 1913 and Columbia University two years later with both degrees in economics (MA and PhD respectively). After retiring he served as meteorologist at WCCO-TV Minneapolis until his death.
Professional Career
Douglas made his Broadway acting debut as Harry Brock in Garson Kanin’s 1946 hit comedy Born Yesterday, winning Theatre World and Clarence Derwent acting awards in the process.
He was also a radio announcer for Ed Wynn and first host of NBC Radio’s Horn and Hardart Children’s Hour; plus was regularly featured as a guest star on CBS television show Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.
Today, he works as a Certified Retirement Plans Specialist helping affluent families and C-level executives reach their holistic wealth management and legacy goals. Additionally, he provides daily print and online weather services for Star Tribune in Minneapolis/St Paul and teams up with Jordana Green for talk radio format broadcasting every weekday afternoon from 3-6 pm on WCCO-Radio in Twin Cities.
Achievement and Honors
Paul Douglas is an esteemed meteorologist, author, and entrepreneur with more than three decades of experience working in his field. He teaches broadcast meteorology at Saint Cloud State University as well as founding several businesses such as Broadcast Weather and NoozMe.
He is an outspoken proponent of climate change and regularly speaks about it publicly. Additionally, he has published two books: Prairie Skies: The Minnesota Weather Book and Restless Skies.
He is married to Laurie and they share two sons named Brett and Walt. As his personal life remains private, no information on his family is publicly available. They reside in the suburbs of Minneapolis with Laurie; he holds the Eagle Scout badge and regularly instructs boys scouts from nearby packs on how to achieve weather merit badge.
Personal Life
Paul Douglas used his charismatic persona and large frame to become an unlikely mid-aged film star of the 1950s. Additionally, his stage performance as Harry Brock in Garson Kanin’s original 1946 production of Born Yesterday earned rave reviews from critics.
Douglas was busy throughout his thirties working both radio and television; hosting the 22nd Academy Awards ceremony, serving as announcer on The Ed Wynn Show and hosting NBC Radio’s Horn & Hardart Children’s Hour, among many other radio and TV projects. Additionally, movies like Clash by Night (1952), Executive Suite (1954) and Born Yesterday on television reprised these roles – as did Mary Martin as well.
Net Worth
Paul Douglas has amassed an estimated net worth of $10 Million through his successful career in entertainment and entrepreneurship. One such business he established was EarthWatch Communication, providing weather graphics to over 300 television stations across the U.S. and 20 other countries; another, Digital Cyclone provides personalized weather forecasting to consumers over the Web, email or mobile phones.
Douglas was born April 11, 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA and became one of Hollywood’s premier movie actors, known for portraying large and boorish roles across several movies. These included Richard Widmark’s police partner in Panic in the Streets (1950), frustrated newlywed Porter Hollingsway in It Happens Every Spring (1951) and Sgt. Kowalski from The Big Lift as well as businessman-turned monk Porter Hollingsway from When in Rome (1958).
