Douglas Fairbanks
Known for Acting · 96 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 (92)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as Man on White Horse (uncredited)
Show People
1928
as Self (uncredited)
Wilson
1944
as Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Thief of Bagdad
1924
as The Thief of Bagdad
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
as Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
The Iron Mask
1929
as D'Artagnan
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
The Image Book
2018
as (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Robin Hood
1922
as Robin Hood
The Mark of Zorro
1920
as Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
as Himself
The Gaucho
1927
as The Gaucho
The Black Pirate
1926
as The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate
Hollywood
1923
as Douglas Fairbanks
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
as Self (archive footage)
Reaching for the Moon
1930
as Larry Day
30 Years of Fun
1963
as (archive footage)
American Aristocracy
1916
as Cassius Lee
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
as Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Golden Twenties
1950
as Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Wild and Woolly
1917
as Jeff Hillington
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
1930
The Half-Breed
1916
as Lo Dorman
Manhattan Madness
1916
as Steve O'Dare
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998
as Self (archive footage)
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934
as Don Juan
The Man from Painted Post
1917
as 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
1916
as Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
Character Studies
1927
as Self (uncredited)
The Nut
1921
as Charlie Jackson
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
as Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Zorro
2000
as Self (archive footage)
The Matrimaniac
1916
as Jimmie Conroy
God Chose Paris
1969
as Self (archive footage)
The Good Bad-Man
1916
as Passin' Through
The Three Musketeers
1921
as D'Artagnan
The Habit of Happiness
1916
as Sunny Wiggins
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Chase
1962
In Again, Out Again
1917
as Teddy Rutherford
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
as Self (archive footage)
His Majesty, the American
1919
as William Brooks
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
1931
as Self
Double Trouble
1915
as Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield
The Taming of the Shrew
1929
as Petruccio
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989
Mr. Fix-It
1918
as Dick Remington
The Mollycoddle
1920
as Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V
The Americano
1916
as Blaze Derringer
His Picture in the Papers
1916
as Pete Prindle
Reaching for the Moon
1917
as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
1932
as Steve Drexel
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023
as Self
Say! Young Fellow
1918
as The Young Fellow
Flirting with Fate
1916
as Augy Holliday
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
2018
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Lamb
1915
as Gerald
One of Many
1927
as Self (archive footage)
When the Clouds Roll By
1919
as Daniel Boone Brown
Martyrs of the Alamo
1915
as Joe / Texas soldier
Headin' South
1918
as Headin' South
A Modern Musketeer
1917
as Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
Arizona
1918
as Lt. Denton
Reggie Mixes In
1916
as Reggie Van Deuzen
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000
Glorious Technicolor
1998
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bound in Morocco
1918
as George Travelwell
What Do Those Old Films Mean?
1985
as Himself(archive footage)
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
1927
as Self (archive footage)
Down to Earth
1917
as Billy Gaynor
Cupid Angling
1918
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919
as Teddy Drake
He Comes Up Smiling
1918
as Jerry Martin
I, Douglas Fairbanks
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Our Mutual Girl
1914
as Self (episode 47)
Our Film Stars
1919
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1924
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 96 credits spanning from 1914 to 2023, Douglas Fairbanks has appeared in 92 films and 4 TV shows.
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Most Popular Douglas Fairbanks Movies
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) — as Man on White Horse (uncredited)
- Show People (1928) — as Self (uncredited)
- Wilson (1944) — as Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1924) — as The Thief of Bagdad
- Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988) — as Self (archive footage)
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