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

Self (archive footage)

Dieu a choisi Paris

Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wilson

Steve Drexel

Mr. Robinson Crusoe

Larry Day

Reaching for the Moon

Douglas Fairbanks

Hollywood

The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad

Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro

The Mark of Zorro

(archive footage)

Yesterday and Today

Don Juan

The Private Life of Don Juan

The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate

The Black Pirate

Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

D'Artagnan

The Three Musketeers

Daniel Boone Brown

When the Clouds Roll By

Self (archive footage)

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

(archive footage)

Le Livre d'image

William Brooks

His Majesty, the American

D'Artagnan

The Iron Mask

Self (episode 47)

Our Mutual Girl

Dick Remington

Mr. Fix-It

Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V

The Mollycoddle

The Gaucho

The Gaucho

Teddy Rutherford

In Again, Out Again

Augy Holliday

Flirting with Fate

Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro

Don Q Son of Zorro

Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan

A Modern Musketeer

Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

Jeff Hillington

Wild and Woolly

Jimmie Conroy

The Matrimaniac

Pete Prindle

His Picture in the Papers

Charlie Jackson

The Nut

Steve O'Dare

Manhattan Madness

Cassius Lee

American Aristocracy

Reggie Van Deuzen

Reggie Mixes In

Self (archive footage)

I, Douglas Fairbanks

Self (archive footage)

Поцелуй Мэри Пикфорд

Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown

Reaching for the Moon

Self (archive footage)

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

Self (archive footage)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield

Double Trouble

Passin' Through

The Good Bad-Man

Lo Dorman

The Half-Breed

Jerry Martin

He Comes Up Smiling

Gerald

The Lamb

Petruccio

The Taming of the Shrew

Onze Filmsterren

Self (archive footage)

Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'

'Fancy Jim' Sherwood

The Man from Painted Post

Blaze Derringer

The Americano

Lt. Denton

Arizona

Self (archive footage)

The Golden Twenties

Sunny Wiggins

The Habit of Happiness

Billy Gaynor

Down to Earth

Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor

Self (archive footage)

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

Self (archive footage)

Anthony Quinn: An Original

Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1

Self (archive footage)

Days of Thrills and Laughter

Self

Mary Pickford une légende et une malédiction hollywoodiennes

Mary och Doug besöker Stockholm

All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan

Man on White Horse (uncredited)

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Archive footage

Одна из многих

Self (archive footage)

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

Self (uncredited)

Character Studies

Headin' South

Headin' South

The Young Fellow

Say! Young Fellow

George Travelwell

Bound in Morocco

Teddy Drake

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

Self (uncredited)

Show People

Himself(archive footage)

What Do Those Old Films Mean?

Self (archive footage)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Glorious Technicolor

Self (archive footage)

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Tramp and the Dictator

Self (archive footage)

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

(archive footage)

The House That Shadows Built

Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Big Parade of Comedy

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Propaganda : la fabrique du consentement

Self (archive footage)

La naissance de Charlot

Self

Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks

Cupid Angling

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Cinecittà Babilonia: sesso, droga e camicie nere

(archive footage)

30 Years of Fun

Self (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler

The Worlds of Mei Lanfang

Himself

Ali Baba Goes to Town

Joe / Texas soldier

Martyrs of the Alamo

The Great Chase

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

90

Gender

Male

Birthday

1883-05-22

Place of Birth

Denver, Colorado, United States

Also Known As

Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman