Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 22, 1883
Place of Birth:
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Douglas Fairbanks
Biography
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro. An astute businessman, Fairbanks was a founding member of United Artists. Fairbanks was also a founding member of The Motion Picture Academy and hosted the first Oscars Ceremony in 1929. With his marriage to Mary Pickford in 1920, the couple became Hollywood royalty with Fairbanks constantly referred to as "The King of Hollywood", a nickname later passed on to actor Clark Gable.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse | Self |
| 2018 | The Image Book | (archive footage) |
| 2018 | I, Douglas Fairbanks | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Propaganda: Engineering Consent | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Birth of the Tramp | Self (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) |
| 2005 | Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | The Tramp and the Dictator | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2000 | The Worlds of Mei Lanfang | |
| 1998 | Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life | Self (archive footage) |
| 1998 | Glorious Technicolor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1998 | Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists | Self (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Anthony Quinn: An Original | Self (archive footage) |
| 1989 | Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor | |
| 1988 | Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self (archive footage) |
| 1985 | What Do Those Old Films Mean? | Himself(archive footage) |
| 1969 | God Chose Paris | Self (archive footage) |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1963 | 30 Years of Fun | (archive footage) |
| 1962 | The Great Chase | |
| 1961 | The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | Self (archive footage) |
| 1961 | Days of Thrills and Laughter | Self (archive footage) |
| 1953 | Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) |
| 1950 | The Golden Twenties | Self (archive footage) |
| 1945 | Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary | Self (archive footage) |
| 1944 | Wilson | Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) | Self (archive footage) |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self (archive footage) |
| 1937 | Ali Baba Goes to Town | Himself |
| 1934 | The Private Life of Don Juan | Don Juan |
| 1932 | Mr. Robinson Crusoe | Steve Drexel |
| 1931 | The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) |
| 1931 | Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks | Self |
| 1930 | Reaching for the Moon | Larry Day |
| 1930 | Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1 | |
| 1929 | The Iron Mask | D'Artagnan |
| 1929 | The Taming of the Shrew | Petruccio |
| 1928 | Show People | Self (uncredited) |
| 1927 | The Gaucho | The Gaucho |
| 1927 | A Kiss from Mary Pickford | Self (archive footage) |
| 1927 | One of Many | Archive footage |
| 1927 | Character Studies | Self (uncredited) |
| 1926 | The Black Pirate | The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate |
| 1925 | Don Q Son of Zorro | Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1924 | The Thief of Bagdad | The Thief of Bagdad |
| 1924 | Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm | |
| 1923 | Hollywood | Douglas Fairbanks |
| 1922 | Robin Hood | Robin Hood |
| 1921 | The Three Musketeers | D'Artagnan |
| 1921 | The Nut | Charlie Jackson |
| 1920 | The Mark of Zorro | Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro |
| 1920 | The Mollycoddle | Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V |
| 1919 | When the Clouds Roll By | Daniel Boone Brown |
| 1919 | His Majesty, the American | William Brooks |
| 1919 | Our Film Stars | |
| 1919 | The Knickerbocker Buckaroo | Teddy Drake |
| 1918 | Mr. Fix-It | Dick Remington |
| 1918 | He Comes Up Smiling | Jerry Martin |
| 1918 | Arizona | Lt. Denton |
| 1918 | Headin' South | Headin' South |
| 1918 | Say! Young Fellow | The Young Fellow |
| 1918 | Bound in Morocco | George Travelwell |
| 1918 | Cupid Angling | |
| 1917 | In Again, Out Again | Teddy Rutherford |
| 1917 | A Modern Musketeer | Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan |
| 1917 | Wild and Woolly | Jeff Hillington |
| 1917 | Reaching for the Moon | Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown |
| 1917 | The Man from Painted Post | 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood |
| 1917 | Down to Earth | Billy Gaynor |
| 1917 | All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan | |
| 1916 | The Mystery of the Leaping Fish | Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks |
| 1916 | Flirting with Fate | Augy Holliday |
| 1916 | The Matrimaniac | Jimmie Conroy |
| 1916 | His Picture in the Papers | Pete Prindle |
| 1916 | Manhattan Madness | Steve O'Dare |
| 1916 | American Aristocracy | Cassius Lee |
| 1916 | Reggie Mixes In | Reggie Van Deuzen |
| 1916 | The Good Bad-Man | Passin' Through |
| 1916 | The Half-Breed | Lo Dorman |
| 1916 | The Americano | Blaze Derringer |
| 1916 | The Habit of Happiness | Sunny Wiggins |
| 1916 | Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | Man on White Horse (uncredited) |
| 1915 | Double Trouble | Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield |
| 1915 | The Lamb | Gerald |
| 1915 | Martyrs of the Alamo | Joe / Texas soldier |
| 1914 | Our Mutual Girl | Self (episode 47) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | American Experience | Self |
| 1983 | Unknown Chaplin | Self (archive footage) |
| 1959 | The Bruce Forsyth Show | |
| 1953 | The Oscars |