Michael Keaton intends to use a hybrid of his stage name and his birth name, which he sidelined in the 1970s because there was already a Michael Douglas in SAG.

Michael Keaton, better known for his role in the 1988 cult classic “Beetlejuice,” recently told People that he plans to combine his stage name and real name for future projects.

Michael Keaton reveals plans to start using combo of birth and professional name. The actor was born Michael Douglas but chose Keaton to go by in show business. 2:48. By Carson Blackwelder.

Keaton could not use his real name when he was getting his Screen Actors Guild card in the late 1970s because there already was a Michael Douglas in Hollywood (and a very well known one, at that).

The world may know him as Michael Keaton, but for many in the Kennedy and Robinson areas in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, they know him as Michael Douglas. KDKA-AM Radio Pittsburgh.