Douglas Fairbanks
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1883-05-22
Day of Death
1939-12-12 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Denver, Colorado, United States
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
Acting
(2023)
(2018)
The Image Book
as (archive footage)
(2018)
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(2018)
I, Douglas Fairbanks
as Self (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)
(1998)
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1998)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self (archive footage)
(1998)
Glorious Technicolor
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1990)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
(1989)
(1988)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)
(1985)
What Do Those Old Films Mean?
as Himself(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)
(1961)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
(1961)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
(1953)
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
(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)
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
(1931)
(1930)
Reaching for the Moon
as Larry Day
(1930)
(1929)
The Iron Mask
as D'Artagnan
(1929)
The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruccio
(1928)
Show People
as Self (uncredited)
(1927)
The Gaucho
as The Gaucho
(1927)
One of Many
as Archive footage
(1927)
Character Studies
as Self (uncredited)
(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)
(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)
His Majesty, the American
as William Brooks
(1919)
(1919)
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
as Teddy Drake
(1918)
Mr. Fix-It
as Dick Remington
(1918)
Headin' South
as Headin' South
(1918)
He Comes Up Smiling
as Jerry Martin
(1918)
Arizona
as Lt. Denton
(1918)
Say! Young Fellow
as The Young Fellow
(1918)
(1918)
Bound in Morocco
as George Travelwell
(1917)
Wild and Woolly
as Jeff Hillington
(1917)
In Again, Out Again
as Teddy Rutherford
(1917)
A Modern Musketeer
as Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan
(1917)
Down to Earth
as Billy Gaynor
(1917)
The Man from Painted Post
as 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood
(1917)
Reaching for the Moon
as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
(1917)
(1916)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Man on White Horse (uncredited)
(1916)
The Half-Breed
as Lo Dorman
(1916)
The Good Bad-Man
as Passin' Through
(1916)
His Picture in the Papers
as Pete Prindle
(1916)
American Aristocracy
as Cassius Lee
(1916)
The Habit of Happiness
as Sunny Wiggins
(1916)
Flirting with Fate
as Augy Holliday
(1916)
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
as Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
(1916)
The Americano
as Blaze Derringer
(1916)
The Matrimaniac
as Jimmie Conroy
(1916)
Manhattan Madness
as Steve O'Dare
(1916)
Reggie Mixes In
as Reggie Van Deuzen
(1915)
Martyrs of the Alamo
as Joe / Texas soldier
(1915)
Double Trouble
as Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield
(1915)
The Lamb
as Gerald
(1914)
Our Mutual Girl
as Self (episode 47)
Crew
(1961)
The Thief of Baghdad
Dialogue
(1932)
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
Story, Producer
(1931)
(1930)
Reaching for the Moon
Producer
(1929)
The Iron Mask
Producer
(1927)
The Gaucho
Story
(1926)
The Black Pirate
Producer, Story
(1925)
Don Q Son of Zorro
Producer
(1924)
The Thief of Bagdad
Story, Producer
(1922)
Robin Hood
Producer, Story
(1921)
The Three Musketeers
Producer
(1921)
The Nut
Writer, Producer
(1920)
The Mark of Zorro
Scenario Writer, Writer
(1919)
His Majesty, the American
Scenario Writer
(1919)
When the Clouds Roll By
Producer, Story
(1919)
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Producer, Story
(1918)
Arizona
Writer, Director
(1918)
Say! Young Fellow
Producer
(1918)
Bound in Morocco
Producer
(1918)
Headin' South
Producer
(1918)
Mr. Fix-It
Producer
(1917)
Down to Earth
Story
(1917)
The Man from Painted Post
Scenario Writer
(1917)
Reaching for the Moon
Producer
(1917)
A Modern Musketeer
Producer
(1917)
Wild and Woolly
Producer
(1916)
The Good Bad-Man
Writer, Producer