Douglas Fairbanks
Born
May 22, 1883
Died
December 12, 1939 (56 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Denver, Colorado, United States
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
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Self
2023
The Image Book
(archive footage)
2018
I, Douglas Fairbanks
Self (archive footage)
2018
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2018
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
Birth of the Tramp
Self (archive footage)
2013
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Self (archive footage)
2008
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2007
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Self (archive footage)
2005
Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Tramp and the Dictator
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000
Glorious Technicolor
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Self (archive footage)
1998
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self (archive footage)
1998
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
1990
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989
American Experience
Self · (1 episode)
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self (archive footage)
1988
What Do Those Old Films Mean?
Himself(archive footage)
1985
Unknown Chaplin
Self (archive footage) · (4 episodes)
1983
God Chose Paris
Self (archive footage)
1969
The Big Parade of Comedy
Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
30 Years of Fun
(archive footage)
1963
The Great Chase
1962
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
1961
The Bruce Forsyth Show
(1 episode)
1959
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
1953
The Oscars
(0 episode)
1953
The Golden Twenties
Self (archive footage)
1950
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
1945
Wilson
Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
1942
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1940
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Himself
1937
The Private Life of Don Juan
Don Juan
1934
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
Steve Drexel
1932
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks
Self
1931
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
1931
Reaching for the Moon
Larry Day
1930
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
1930
The Taming of the Shrew
Petruccio
1929
The Iron Mask
D'Artagnan
1929
Show People
Self (uncredited)
1928
The Gaucho
The Gaucho
1927
Character Studies
Self (uncredited)
1927
One of Many
Archive footage
1927
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
Self (archive footage)
1927
The Black Pirate
The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate
1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
Don Q Son of Zorro
Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro
1925
The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad
1924
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1924
Hollywood
Douglas Fairbanks
1923
Robin Hood
Robin Hood
1922
The Three Musketeers
D'Artagnan
1921
The Nut
Charlie Jackson
1921
The Mark of Zorro
Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
1920
The Mollycoddle
Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V
1920
When the Clouds Roll By
Daniel Boone Brown
1919
Our Film Stars
1919
His Majesty, the American
William Brooks
1919
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Teddy Drake
1919
Arizona
Lt. Denton
1918
He Comes Up Smiling
Jerry Martin
1918
Bound in Morocco
George Travelwell
1918
Cupid Angling
1918
Say! Young Fellow
The Young Fellow
1918
Mr. Fix-It
Dick Remington
1918
Headin' South
Headin' South
1918
A Modern Musketeer
Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan
1917
Reaching for the Moon
Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
1917
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917
The Man from Painted Post
'Fancy Jim' Sherwood
1917
Down to Earth
Billy Gaynor
1917
Wild and Woolly
Jeff Hillington
1917
In Again, Out Again
Teddy Rutherford
1917
The Americano
Blaze Derringer
1916
The Matrimaniac
Jimmie Conroy
1916
American Aristocracy
Cassius Lee
1916
Manhattan Madness
Steve O'Dare
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Man on White Horse (uncredited)
1916
The Half-Breed
Lo Dorman
1916
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
1916
Reggie Mixes In
Reggie Van Deuzen
1916
The Good Bad-Man
Passin' Through
1916
The Habit of Happiness
Sunny Wiggins
1916
His Picture in the Papers
Pete Prindle
1916
Flirting with Fate
Augy Holliday
1916
Double Trouble
Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield
1915
Martyrs of the Alamo
Joe / Texas soldier
1915
The Lamb
Gerald
1915
Our Mutual Girl
Self (episode 47)
1914