Douglas Fairbanks
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 22, 1883
- Died
- December 12, 1939 (aged 56)
- Birthplace
- Denver, Colorado, United States
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
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Filmography
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Movie · as Self
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Image Book
Movie · as (archive footage)
I, Douglas Fairbanks
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Tramp and the Dictator
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
Movie
The Many Faces of Zorro
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Glorious Technicolor
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
Movie
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
American Experience
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Unknown Chaplin
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 3 eps
Hollywood
TV · as Self (archive footage), Self (archive footage, uncredited) · 1 ep
God Chose Paris
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie · as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
30 Years of Fun
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Great Chase
Movie
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Bruce Forsyth Show
TV · 1 ep
Los ojos del siglo (Volumen I)
Movie · as Él mismo (material de archivo)
Yesterday and Today
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Oscars
TV
The Golden Twenties
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Wilson
Movie · as Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Movie · as Himself
The Private Life of Don Juan
Movie · as Don Juan
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
Movie · as Steve Drexel
The House That Shadows Built
Movie · as (archive footage)
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
Movie · as Self
Reaching for the Moon
Movie · as Larry Day
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
Movie
The Iron Mask
Movie · as D'Artagnan
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie · as Petruccio
Show People
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
The Gaucho
Movie · as The Gaucho
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
One of Many
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Character Studies
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
The Black Pirate
Movie · as The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate
Don Q Son of Zorro
Movie · as Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Movie · as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Thief of Bagdad
Movie · as The Thief of Bagdad
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
Movie
Hollywood
Movie · as Douglas Fairbanks
Robin Hood
Movie · as Robin Hood
The Three Musketeers
Movie · as D'Artagnan
The Nut
Movie · as Charlie Jackson
The Mark of Zorro
Movie · as Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
The Mollycoddle
Movie · as Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V
When the Clouds Roll By
Movie · as Daniel Boone Brown
His Majesty, the American
Movie · as William Brooks
Our Film Stars
Movie
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Movie · as Teddy Drake
Mr. Fix-It
Movie · as Dick Remington
He Comes Up Smiling
Movie · as Jerry Martin
Arizona
Movie · as Lt. Denton
Headin' South
Movie · as Headin' South
Say! Young Fellow
Movie · as The Young Fellow
Bound in Morocco
Movie · as George Travelwell
Cupid Angling
Movie
In Again, Out Again
Movie · as Teddy Rutherford
A Modern Musketeer
Movie · as Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan
Wild and Woolly
Movie · as Jeff Hillington
Reaching for the Moon
Movie · as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
The Man from Painted Post
Movie · as 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood
Down to Earth
Movie · as Billy Gaynor
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
Movie
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
Movie · as Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
Flirting with Fate
Movie · as Augy Holliday
His Picture in the Papers
Movie · as Pete Prindle
The Matrimaniac
Movie · as Jimmie Conroy
American Aristocracy
Movie · as Cassius Lee
Manhattan Madness
Movie · as Steve O'Dare
Reggie Mixes In
Movie · as Reggie Van Deuzen
The Good Bad-Man
Movie · as Passin' Through
The Half-Breed
Movie · as Lo Dorman
The Americano
Movie · as Blaze Derringer
The Habit of Happiness
Movie · as Sunny Wiggins
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Movie · as Man on White Horse (uncredited)
Double Trouble
Movie · as Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield
The Lamb
Movie · as Gerald
Martyrs of the Alamo
Movie · as Joe / Texas soldier
Our Mutual Girl
Movie · as Self (episode 47)