Douglas Fairbanks
Known for Acting · 97 credits
- Born
- 1883-05-22
- Died
- 1939-12-12
- Place of birth
- Denver, Colorado, United States
- Also known as
- Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman · The King of Hollywood · Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
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
TV Shows (4)
Movies (93)
Robin Hood
1922
as Robin Hood
Show People
1928
as Self (uncredited)
Glorious Technicolor
1998
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cupid Angling
1918
Manhattan Madness
1916
as Steve O'Dare
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
1927
as Self (archive footage)
Headin' South
1918
as Headin' South
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
1931
as Self
Character Studies
1927
as Self (uncredited)
Down to Earth
1917
as Billy Gaynor
The Mollycoddle
1920
as Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V
God Chose Paris
1969
as Self (archive footage)
The Black Pirate
1926
as The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as Man on White Horse (uncredited)
The Image Book
2018
as (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
as Himself
Our Film Stars
1919
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
The Thief of Bagdad
1924
as The Thief of Bagdad
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1924
One of Many
1927
as Self (archive footage)
His Majesty, the American
1919
as William Brooks
The Nut
1921
as Charlie Jackson
Wild and Woolly
1917
as Jeff Hillington
The Gaucho
1927
as The Gaucho
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
1932
as Steve Drexel
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028
as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Mark of Zorro
1920
as Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934
as Don Juan
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
1921
as D'Artagnan
Martyrs of the Alamo
1915
as Joe / Texas soldier
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
The Half-Breed
1916
as Lo Dorman
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
as Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
He Comes Up Smiling
1918
as Jerry Martin
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919
as Teddy Drake
Our Mutual Girl
1914
as Self (episode 47)
The Iron Mask
1929
as D'Artagnan
The Taming of the Shrew
1929
as Petruccio
The Good Bad-Man
1916
as Passin' Through
30 Years of Fun
1963
as (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
Wilson
1944
as Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
In Again, Out Again
1917
as Teddy Rutherford
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989
Mr. Fix-It
1918
as Dick Remington
When the Clouds Roll By
1919
as Daniel Boone Brown
The Many Faces of Zorro
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
as Self (archive footage)
Bound in Morocco
1918
as George Travelwell
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
as Self (archive footage)
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
1916
as Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
American Aristocracy
1916
as Cassius Lee
Reaching for the Moon
1930
as Larry Day
The Golden Twenties
1950
as Self (archive footage)
Reaching for the Moon
1917
as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
The Great Chase
1962
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
Arizona
1918
as Lt. Denton
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
2018
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood
1923
as Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023
as Self
The Habit of Happiness
1916
as Sunny Wiggins
The Lamb
1915
as Gerald
The Matrimaniac
1916
as Jimmie Conroy
Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
Flirting with Fate
1916
as Augy Holliday
A Modern Musketeer
1917
as Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
1930
His Picture in the Papers
1916
as Pete Prindle
I, Douglas Fairbanks
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Say! Young Fellow
1918
as The Young Fellow
Double Trouble
1915
as Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Americano
1916
as Blaze Derringer
The Man from Painted Post
1917
as 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood
Reggie Mixes In
1916
as Reggie Van Deuzen
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000
About Douglas Fairbanks
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… With 97 credits spanning from 1914 to 2028, Douglas Fairbanks has appeared in 93 films and 4 TV shows.
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Most Popular Douglas Fairbanks Movies
- Robin Hood (1922) — as Robin Hood
- Show People (1928) — as Self (uncredited)
- Glorious Technicolor (1998) — as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Cupid Angling (1918)
- Manhattan Madness (1916) — as Steve O'Dare
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