
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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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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