Biography
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr., (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best known for starring in such films as The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Gunga Din (1939) and The Corsican Brothers (1941). He was the son of actor Douglas Fairbanks and was once married to Joan Crawford.
Filmography
All 153
Movies 128
Self 58
TV Shows 25
Producer 4
Narrator 3
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
Movie
Self
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)
Movie
In Memory Of
Anna May Wong - Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend (2007)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero (2005)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
Movie
Self
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002)
Movie
Himself (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies (2001)
Movie
Self
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (1999)
Movie
Himself / Thanks
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
Movie
Self
The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996)
Movie
Self
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond (1990)
Movie
Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
Movie
Self
Night Of 100 Stars III (1990)
Movie
White
B.L. Stryker (1989)
TV Show
Self
Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988)
Movie
Self
Talking Pictures (1988)
TV Show
Self
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
Movie
Self - Host
Hollywood Uncensored (1987)
Movie
Eli Camperdown
Strong Medicine (1986)
Movie
Self
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)
Movie
Self - Host
The Compleat Gilbert & Sullivan (1984)
TV Show
Himself
The Mikado (1983)
Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Movie
Self / Narrator
La Belle Epoque (1983)
Movie
Himself
The Pirates Of Penzance (1982)
Movie
Himself
Trial By Jury (1982)
Movie
Himself
H.M.S. Pinafore (1982)
Movie
Himself
Ruddigore (1982)
Movie
Himself
The Gondoliers (1982)
Movie
Himself
The Yeomen of the Guard (1982)
Movie
Himself
Iolanthe (1982)
Movie
Himself
Princess Ida (1982)
Movie
Self - Host
Cox and Box (1982)
Movie
Himself
The Sorcerer (1982)
Movie
Self
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
Movie
Himself
Patience (1982)
Movie
Edward Charles Wanderley
Ghost Story (1981)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Starring Katharine Hepburn (1981)
Movie
The Almighty
From Raquel with Love (1980)
Movie
Self
Great Railway Journeys (1980)
TV Show
Malcolm Philpott
The Hostage Tower (1980)
Movie
Hollywood (1980)
TV Show
Red, White, and Zero (1979)
Movie
Narrator
The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock (1978)
Movie
Narrator
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness (1978)
Movie
Elliott Norman / Elliott Banning
The Love Boat (1977)
TV Show
6.85
Thanks
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Movie
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)
TV Show
Rex Willoughby
The Crooked Hearts (1972)
Movie
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1971)
TV Show
6
Self
Great Performances (1971)
TV Show
Self
The Pearl Bailey Show (1971)
TV Show
Millionaire
Red and Blue (1968)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV Show
Narrator
The Funniest Man in the World (1967)
Movie
Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
TV Show
5
Self - Panelist
The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1966)
TV Show
Mr. Otis
ABC Stage 67 (1966)
TV Show
Self
Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)
Movie
Self
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
TV Show
Dr. Robert Devlin
Dr. Kildare (1961)
TV Show
6
Route 66 (1960)
TV Show
Self – Host
The Big Party (1959)
TV Show
Producer
Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)
Movie
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
TV Show
Executive Producer
The Silken Affair (1956)
Movie
Self
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
TV Show
Self
Cinépanorama (1956)
TV Show
Producer
Police Dog (1955)
Movie
Himself - Host
The Awakening (1954)
Movie
The Genie (segment "The Genie")
The Genie (1953)
Movie
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents (1953)
TV Show
Donald 'Don' Drake
Mister Drake's Duck (1951)
Movie
Dr. John Marlowe
State Secret (1950)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
The Costume Designer (1950)
Movie
Casting
Night and the City (1950)
Movie
4.6
Your Show of Shows (1950)
TV Show
Self - Mystery Guest / Self - Panelist
What's My Line? (1950)
TV Show
The O'Flynn
The Fighting O'Flynn (1949)
Movie
Colonel Ladislas Karolyi Teglas / The Duke
That Lady in Ermine (1948)
Movie
Self / Self - Actor
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV Show
6
Charles II / Producer / Writer
The Exile (1947)
Movie
Sinbad
Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
Movie
6
Mario Franchi / Lucien Franchi
The Corsican Brothers (1941)
Movie
Bill O'Brien
Angels Over Broadway (1940)
Movie
Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
Movie
Jim Logan
Safari (1940)
Movie
Keith Brandon
Green Hell (1940)
Movie
David Gillespie
Rulers of the Sea (1939)
Movie
John Randolph
The Sun Never Sets (1939)
Movie
Sergeant Thomas Ballantine
Gunga Din (1939)
Movie
3.5
Self
Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
Movie
Richard Carleton
The Young in Heart (1938)
Movie
Chick Kirkland
Having Wonderful Time (1938)
Movie
Jim Trevor
The Rage of Paris (1938)
Movie
Dan Brewster
Joy of Living (1938)
Movie
Rupert of Hentzau
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Movie
Ricky Morgan
Jump for Glory (1937)
Movie
Tony Seymour
Accused (1936)
Movie
John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty
The Amateur Gentleman (1936)
Movie
Tony Woodward
Man of the Moment (1935)
Movie
Rodolphe
Mimi (1935)
Movie
Joe Martin
Success at Any Price (1934)
Movie
Grand Duke Peter
The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)
Movie
Lt. Jack 'Dig' Digby
Captured! (1933)
Movie
Joseph Sheridan
Morning Glory (1933)
Movie
Fred Blake
The Narrow Corner (1933)
Movie
Jimmy Dolan
The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)
Movie
Bill Keller
Parachute Jumper (1933)
Movie
Nikita Krasnoff
Scarlet Dawn (1932)
Movie
Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 (1932)
Movie
Jimmy Russell
Love Is a Racket (1932)
Movie
Fred Miller
The incomplete athlete (1932)
Movie
Scott 'Scotty' McClenahan
It's Tough to Be Famous (1932)
Movie
Chick Miller
Union Depot (1932)
Movie
Self - Golfer
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' (1931)
Movie
Larry O'Brien
I Like Your Nerve (1931)
Movie
Jack Ingleside
Chances (1931)
Movie
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
The Stolen Jools (1931)
Movie
6
Alain
The Aviator (1931)
Movie
Joe Massara
Little Caesar (1931)
Movie
3
Dick Rollins
One Night at Susie's (1930)
Movie
Henry
Outward Bound (1930)
Movie
Billy Bear
The Way of All Men (1930)
Movie
Norman Overbeck
Little Accident (1930)
Movie
Himself
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930)
Movie
Douglas Scott
The Dawn Patrol (1930)
Movie
Gil Hayden
Loose Ankles (1930)
Movie
Self - Newlywed
Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 (1930)
Movie
Jay Rountree
Party Girl (1930)
Movie
Ambrose in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
Show of Shows (1929)
Movie
Wyn Hayward
The Careless Age (1929)
Movie
Gil Jordan
Our Modern Maidens (1929)
Movie
Douglas Stratton
Fast Life (1929)
Movie
Marty Reid
The Forward Pass (1929)
Movie
Jeffry Merrick
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
Movie
6
Chris Miller
The Barker (1928)
Movie
Clem Rogers
The Power of the Press (1928)
Movie
Steve
The Toilers (1928)
Movie
David Starke
Modern Mothers (1928)
Movie
Vernon Keith
Dead Man's Curve (1928)
Movie
Farleigh Bright
A Texas Steer (1927)
Movie
Jerry Croker-Kelley
Women Love Diamonds (1927)
Movie
Jeff Sanford
Man Bait (1927)
Movie
Hal Terwilliger
Broken Hearts of Hollywood (1926)
Movie
Sonny Galloway
Padlocked (1926)
Movie
Triton
The American Venus (1926)
Movie
Richard Grosvenor
Stella Dallas (1925)
Movie
Chess Weymer
Wild Horse Mesa (1925)
Movie
Sandy
The Air Mail (1925)
Movie
Stephen Harlow Jr.
Stephen Steps Out (1923)
Movie
Newsboy
American Aristocracy (1916)
Movie
Self / Thomas Anthony Ballantine (archive footage)
On Location with Gunga Din
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.61
Based on 121 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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1932
1950
1933
2009
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Information
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1909-12-09
Deathday2000-05-07 (90 years old)
Place of birthNew York City, United States of America
Height
RelationshipsJoan Crawford (1929-06-03 - 1933-01-01)
SpouseMary Lee Epling
ChildrenMelissa Louise Fairbanks, Victoria Susan Fairbanks, Daphne Nancy Beth Fairbanks
FatherDouglas Fairbanks
MotherAnna Beth Sully
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also known asDouglas Elton Ulman Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr., Doug Fairbanks, Mr. Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks, Дуглас Фэрбенкс младший, Дуглас Фэрбенкс мл., Дуглас Фэрбенкс-мл.
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Legionnaire of Legion of Merit, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Silver Star, Legion of Honour, Order of the Southern Cross
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