Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 9, 1909
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Biography
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best-known for starring in such films as The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Gunga Din (1939), and The Corsican Brothers (1941). The son of Douglas Fairbanks and stepson of Mary Pickford, his first marriage was to actress Joan Crawford.
In 1969, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Best Dressed List.
The moving image collection of Douglas Fairbanks Jr., held at the Academy Film Archive, includes over 90 reels of home movies.
[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Real Charlie Chaplin | |
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies | Self (archive footage) |
| 2005 | Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero | Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | On Location with Gunga Din | Self / Thomas Anthony Ballantine (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Mary Pickford: A Life on Film | Self |
| 1998 | Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists | Self |
| 1996 | The Battle Over Citizen Kane | Self |
| 1996 | Joan Crawford: Always the Star | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II | Self |
| 1990 | You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self |
| 1990 | Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond | Self |
| 1988 | Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self |
| 1987 | Hollywood Uncensored | Self - Host |
| 1986 | Strong Medicine | Eli Camperdown |
| 1985 | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1983 | La Belle Epoque | Self / Narrator |
| 1983 | The Mikado | Self |
| 1982 | The Pirates Of Penzance | Self - Host |
| 1982 | Trial By Jury | Self - Host |
| 1982 | Cox and Box | Self - Host |
| 1982 | H.M.S. Pinafore | Self - Host |
| 1982 | The Gondoliers | Self - Host |
| 1982 | Iolanthe | Self - Host |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1982 | Laurence Olivier: a life | Self |
| 1981 | Ghost Story | Edward Charles Wanderley |
| 1980 | The Hostage Tower | Malcolm Philpott |
| 1980 | From Raquel with Love | The Almighty |
| 1979 | Red, White, and Zero | Millionaire |
| 1978 | Kingdom Of Gifts | The Proud King |
| 1978 | The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness | Narrator |
| 1978 | The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock | Narrator |
| 1972 | The Crooked Hearts | Rex Willoughby |
| 1968 | Red and Blue | Millionaire |
| 1967 | The Funniest Man in the World | Narrator |
| 1966 | The Canterville Ghost | Mr. Otis |
| 1958 | Chase a Crooked Shadow | Self - Epilogue (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Awakening | Self - Host |
| 1953 | Three's Company | Narrator / Anthony |
| 1953 | The Genie | The Genie |
| 1951 | Mr. Drake's Duck | Donald 'Don' Drake |
| 1950 | State Secret | Dr. John Marlowe |
| 1950 | The Costume Designer | Self (archive footage) |
| 1949 | The Fighting O'Flynn | The O'Flynn |
| 1948 | That Lady in Ermine | Colonel Ladislas Karolyi Teglas / The Duke |
| 1947 | Sinbad the Sailor | Sinbad |
| 1947 | The Exile | Charles II |
| 1941 | The Corsican Brothers | Lucien Franchi / Mario Franchi |
| 1940 | Angels Over Broadway | Bill O'Brien |
| 1940 | Green Hell | Keith Brandon |
| 1940 | Safari | Jim Logan |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self |
| 1939 | Gunga Din | Thomas Anthony Ballantine |
| 1939 | Rulers of the Sea | David 'Davie' Gillespie |
| 1939 | The Sun Never Sets | John Randolph |
| 1938 | The Rage of Paris | Jim Trevor |
| 1938 | The Young in Heart | Richard Carleton |
| 1938 | Joy of Living | Daniel 'Dan' Brewster |
| 1938 | Having Wonderful Time | Chick Kirkland |
| 1938 | Hollywood Goes to Town | Self |
| 1937 | The Prisoner of Zenda | Rupert of Hentzau |
| 1937 | When Thief Meets Thief | Ricky Morgan |
| 1936 | Accused | Tony Seymour |
| 1936 | The Amateur Gentleman | John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty |
| 1935 | Man of the Moment | Tony Woodward |
| 1935 | Mimi | Rodolphe |
| 1934 | The Rise of Catherine the Great | Grand Duke Peter |
| 1934 | Success at Any Price | Joe Martin |
| 1933 | Morning Glory | Joseph Sheridan |
| 1933 | Parachute Jumper | Bill Keller |
| 1933 | Captured! | Lieutenant Fred Digby |
| 1933 | The Life of Jimmy Dolan | Jimmy |
| 1933 | The Narrow Corner | Fred Blake |
| 1932 | Love Is a Racket | James 'Jimmy' Russell |
| 1932 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 | Self |
| 1932 | Union Depot | Charles 'Chick' Miller |
| 1932 | Scarlet Dawn | Baron Nikita 'Nikki' Krasnoff |
| 1932 | It's Tough to Be Famous | Scott 'Scotty' McClenahan |
| 1932 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 | Self |
| 1931 | Little Caesar | Joe Massara |
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. |
| 1931 | I Like Your Nerve | Larry O'Brien |
| 1931 | Chances | Jack Ingleside |
| 1931 | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' | Self - Golfer (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Aviator | Alain |
| 1930 | The Dawn Patrol | Douglas 'Doug' Scott |
| 1930 | Outward Bound | Henry |
| 1930 | Loose Ankles | Gil |
| 1930 | Party Girl | Jay Rountree |
| 1930 | One Night at Susie's | Dick Rollins |
| 1930 | An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Self |
| 1930 | The Way of All Men | Billy Bear |
| 1930 | Little Accident | Norman Overbeck |
| 1930 | Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 | Self |
| 1929 | Our Modern Maidens | Gil Jordan |
| 1929 | The Show of Shows | Ambrose in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited) |
| 1929 | The Forward Pass | Marty Reid |
| 1929 | Fast Life | Douglas Stratton |
| 1929 | The Careless Age | Wyn |
| 1928 | A Woman of Affairs | Jeffry Merrick |
| 1928 | The Barker | Chris Miller |
| 1928 | The Power of the Press | Clem Rogers |
| 1928 | The Garden of Eden | Busboy (uncredited) |
| 1928 | The Toilers | Steve |
| 1928 | Dead Man's Curve | Vernon Keith |
| 1927 | Is Zat So? | G. Clifton Blackburn |
| 1927 | A Texas Steer | Farleigh Bright |
| 1927 | Man Bait | Jeff Sanford |
| 1927 | Women Love Diamonds | Jerry Croker-Kelley |
| 1926 | The American Venus | Triton |
| 1926 | Broken Hearts of Hollywood | Hal Terwilliger |
| 1926 | Padlocked | Sonny Galloway |
| 1925 | Stella Dallas | Richard Grosvenor |
| 1925 | The Air Mail | Sandy |
| 1925 | Wild Horse Mesa | Chess Weymer |
| 1923 | Stephen Steps Out | Stephen Harlow Jr. |
| 1916 | American Aristocracy | Newsboy (uncredited) |