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]
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Known For
Acting History
2021
The Real Charlie Chaplin as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
20091939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
2008Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies as Self (archive footage)
2005Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero as Self (archive footage)
2004On Location with Gunga Din as Self / Thomas Anthony Ballantine (archive footage)
2004Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self (archive footage)
2002Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star as Self (archive footage)
2001Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies as Self (archive footage)
2000Mary Pickford: A Life on Film as Self
1998Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists as Self
1996Joan Crawford: Always the Star as Self (archive footage)
1996The Battle Over Citizen Kane as Self
1991Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II as Self
1990Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond as Self
1990You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Self
1990Night of 100 Stars III as Self
1989B.L. Stryker as White
1988American Experience as Self
1988Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man as Self
1987Hollywood Uncensored as Self - Host
1987The Dame Edna Experience as Self
1986Strong Medicine as Eli Camperdown
1986Strong Medicine as Eli Camperdown
1985George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as Self
1984The Compleat Gilbert & Sullivan as Self - Host
1983The Mikado as Self
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983La Belle Epoque as Self / Narrator
1982Laurence Olivier: a life as Self
1982Yesteryear as Self
1982Trial by Jury as Self - Host
1982The Pirates of Penzance as Self - Host
1982The Gondoliers as Self - Host
1982H.M.S. Pinafore as Self - Host
1982Cox and Box as Self - Host
1982Iolanthe as Self - Host
1982Night of 100 Stars as Self
1981Ghost Story as Edward Charles Wanderley
1980From Raquel with Love as The Almighty
1980The Hostage Tower as Malcolm Philpott
1980Hollywood as Self
1978The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock as Narrator
1978The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness as Narrator
1978Kingdom Of Gifts as The Proud King
1977The Love Boat as Elliott Norman
1977The Love Boat as Elliott Banning
1974Dinah! as Self
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1972The Crooked Hearts as Rex Willoughby
1971Film '72 as Self
1971The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour as Self
1971Great Performances as Self
1971The Pearl Bailey Show as Self
1968Red and Blue as Millionaire
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1968The Legend of Robin Hood as King Richard
1968Red, White, and Zero as Millionaire
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self (uncredited)
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
1967The Funniest Man in the World as Narrator
1967Omnibus as Self - Narrator
1966The Canterville Ghost as Mr. Otis
1966ABC Stage 67 as Mr. Otis
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961Dr. Kildare as Dr. Robert Devlin
1960Route 66 as Charles Clayton
1959The Big Party as Self – Host
1958Chase a Crooked Shadow as Self - Epilogue (uncredited)
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1956The Ford Show as Self
1956The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show as Self
1956The Steve Allen Show as Self
1956Cinépanorama as Self
1954The Awakening as Self - Host
1953Three's Company as Narrator / Anthony
1953The Genie as The Genie
1953Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents as Self - Host
1951Mr. Drake's Duck as Donald 'Don' Drake
1950State Secret as Dr. John Marlowe
1950The Costume Designer as Self (archive footage)
1950The Bob Hope Show as Self
1950Your Show of Shows as Self
1950What's My Line? as Self
1950What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
1949The Fighting O'Flynn as The O'Flynn
1948That Lady in Ermine as Colonel Ladislas Karolyi Teglas / The Duke
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1947The Exile as Charles II
1947Sinbad the Sailor as Sinbad
1941The Corsican Brothers as Lucien Franchi / Mario Franchi
1940Angels Over Broadway as Bill O'Brien
1940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
1940Safari as Jim Logan
1940Green Hell as Keith Brandon
1939Rulers of the Sea as David 'Davie' Gillespie
1939The Sun Never Sets as John Randolph
1939Gunga Din as Thomas Anthony Ballantine
1938Hollywood Goes to Town as Self
1938The Young in Heart as Richard Carleton
1938Having Wonderful Time as Chick Kirkland
1938The Rage of Paris as Jim Trevor
1938Joy of Living as Daniel 'Dan' Brewster
1937The Prisoner of Zenda as Rupert of Hentzau
1937Jump for Glory as Ricky Morgan
1936Accused as Tony Seymour
1936The Amateur Gentleman as John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty
1935Man of the Moment as Tony Woodward
1935Mimi as Rodolphe
1934Success at Any Price as Joe Martin
1934The Rise of Catherine the Great as Grand Duke Peter
1933Captured! as Lieutenant Fred Digby
1933Morning Glory as Joseph Sheridan
1933The Narrow Corner as Fred Blake
1933The Life of Jimmy Dolan as Jimmy
1933Parachute Jumper as Bill Keller
1932Scarlet Dawn as Baron Nikita 'Nikki' Krasnoff
1932Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 as Self
1932Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 as Self
1932Love Is a Racket as James 'Jimmy' Russell
1932It's Tough to Be Famous as Scott 'Scotty' McClenahan
1932Union Depot as Charles 'Chick' Miller
1931How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' as Self - Golfer (uncredited)
1931I Like Your Nerve as Larry O'Brien
1931Chances as Jack Ingleside
1931The Stolen Jools as Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
1931The Aviator as Alain
1931Little Caesar as Joe Massara
1930One Night at Susie's as Dick Rollins
1930Outward Bound as Henry
1930The Way of All Men as Billy Bear
1930Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 as Self
1930Little Accident as Norman Overbeck
1930An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee as Self
1930The Dawn Patrol as Douglas 'Doug' Scott
1930Loose Ankles as Gil
1930Party Girl as Jay Rountree
1929The Show of Shows as Ambrose in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
1929The Forward Pass as Marty Reid
1929The Careless Age as Wyn
1929Our Modern Maidens as Gil Jordan
1929Fast Life as Douglas Stratton
1929The Jazz Age as Steve Maxwell
1928A Woman of Affairs as Jeffry Merrick
1928The Power of the Press as Clem Rogers
1928The Barker as Chris Miller
1928The Toilers as Steve
1928Modern Mothers as David Starke
1928The Garden of Eden as Busboy (uncredited)
1928Dead Man's Curve as Vernon Keith
1927A Texas Steer as Farleigh Bright
1927Is Zat So? as G. Clifton Blackburn
1927Women Love Diamonds as Jerry Croker-Kelley
1927Man Bait as Jeff Sanford
1926Broken Hearts of Hollywood as Hal Terwilliger
1926Padlocked as Sonny Galloway
1926The American Venus as Triton
1925Stella Dallas as Richard Grosvenor
1925Wild Horse Mesa as Chess Weymer
1925The Air Mail as Sandy
1923Stephen Steps Out as Stephen Harlow Jr.
1921The Three Musketeers as (uncredited)
1916American Aristocracy as Newsboy (uncredited)