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.
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Filmography
all 100
Movies 96
self 37
TV Shows 4
Writer 1
(film archive footage)
The Image Book (2018)
Movie
Self
I, Douglas Fairbanks (2018)
Movie
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Propaganda: Engineering Consent (2018)
Movie
Self as Robin Hood
Robin Hood - En vert et contre tous (2017)
Movie
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts (2017)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp (2013)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler (2005)
Movie
Earl of Huntingdon / Robin Hood
Robin Hood: The First Outlaw Hero (2004)
Movie
Self
Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush' (2003)
Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Tramp and the Dictator (2002)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang (2000)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
The Many Faces of Zorro (2000)
Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Glorious Technicolor (1998)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life (1998)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original (1990)
Movie
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor (1989)
Movie
Self
American Experience (1988)
TV
3.5
Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
Movie
Self (in Paris, 1920)
What Do Those Old Films Mean? (1985)
Movie
Self
Unknown Chaplin (1983)
TV
6
ArchiveFootage
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
TV
Self
The Age of Ballyhoo (1973)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
God Chose Paris (1969)
Movie
(archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
Movie
30 Years of Fun (1963)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
The Great Chase (1962)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)
Movie
Writer
The Thief of Baghdad (1961)
Movie
Self
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
Movie
The Bruce Forsyth Show (1959)
TV
(archive footage)
Yesterday and Today (1953)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Golden Twenties (1950)
Movie
D'Artagnan
Movies Are Adventure (1948)
Movie
Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary (1945)
Movie
Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wilson (1944)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
Movie
Himself
Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
Movie
Don Juan
The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
Movie
Steve Drexel
Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)
Movie
6
Self
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks (1931)
Movie
(archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built (1931)
Movie
Larry Day
Reaching for the Moon (1930)
Movie
(episode "Welches ist ihr Typ")
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1 (1930)
Movie
Petruchio
The Taming of the Shrew (1929)
Movie
D'Artagnan
The Iron Mask (1929)
Movie
Himself (uncredited)
Show People (1928)
Movie
The Gaucho
The Gaucho (1927)
Movie
Self
Character Studies (1927)
Movie
Self
One From Many (1927)
Movie
Self
A Kiss from Mary Pickford (1927)
Movie
The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate
The Black Pirate (1926)
Movie
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Movie
6
Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro - His Father
Don Q Son of Zorro (1925)
Movie
The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Movie
3
Douglas Fairbanks
Hollywood (1923)
Movie
The Earl of Huntingdon / Afterwards Robin Hood
Robin Hood (1922)
Movie
D'Artagnan
The Three Musketeers (1921)
Movie
Charlie Jackson
The Nut (1921)
Movie
Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
The Mark of Zorro (1920)
Movie
Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshall V
The Mollycoddle (1920)
Movie
Daniel Boone Brown
When the Clouds Roll By (1919)
Movie
Our Film Stars (1919)
Movie
William Brooks
His Majesty, the American (1919)
Movie
Teddy Drake
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919)
Movie
Lt. Denton
Arizona (1918)
Movie
Jerry Martin
He Comes Up Smiling (1918)
Movie
George Travelwell
Bound in Morocco (1918)
Movie
Cupid Angling (1918)
Movie
The Young Fellow
Say! Young Fellow (1918)
Movie
Dick Remington
Mr. Fix-It (1918)
Movie
Headin' South
Headin' South (1918)
Movie
Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan
A Modern Musketeer (1917)
Movie
Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
Reaching for the Moon (1917)
Movie
Actor
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan (1917)
Movie
'Fancy Jim' Sherwood
The Man from Painted Post (1917)
Movie
Billy Gaynor
Down to Earth (1917)
Movie
Jeff Hillington
Wild and Woolly (1917)
Movie
Teddy Rutherford
In Again, Out Again (1917)
Movie
Blaze Derringer
The Americano (1916)
Movie
Jimmie Conroy
The Matrimaniac (1916)
Movie
Cassius Lee
American Aristocracy (1916)
Movie
Steve O'Dare
Manhattan Madness (1916)
Movie
Man on White Horse (uncredited)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
Movie
6
Lo Dorman (Sleeping Water)
The Half-Breed (1916)
Movie
Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
Movie
Reginald (Reggie) Van Deuzen
Reggie Mixes In (1916)
Movie
Passin' Through
The Good Bad Man (1916)
Movie
Sunny Wiggins
The Habit of Happiness (1916)
Movie
Pete Prindle
His Picture in the Papers (1916)
Movie
Augy Holliday
Flirting with Fate (1916)
Movie
Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield
Double Trouble (1915)
Movie
Joe / Texas soldier
Martyrs of the Alamo (1915)
Movie
Gerald - The Son of the Idle Rich
The Lamb (1915)
Movie
Self (episode 47)
Our Mutual Girl (1914)
Movie
Self in Film Clip
Little Miss Dolittle
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1883-05-23
Deathday1939-12-12 (56 years old)
Birth NameDouglas Elton Thomas Ullman
Birth PlaceDenver, United States of America
Height170-centimeter
RelationshipsMary Pickford (1920-03-28 - 1936-01-10), Anna Beth Sully (1907-12-11 - 1919-01-01), Sylvia Ashley (1936-03-07 - 1939-12-12)
ChildrenDouglas Fairbanks
FatherHezekiah Charles Ullman
MotherElla Adelaide Marsh
SiblingsJohn Fairbanks
RelativesLinda Carroll, Paul Hervey Fox
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesDenver, United States of America
Also Known AsDouglas Elton Thomas Ullman, The King of Hollywood, Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Academy Honorary Award
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