Douglas Fairbanks

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Known For

Acting

Born

1883-05-22

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.

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Acting History

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