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Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks

Born on May 22nd, 1883

Denver, Colorado, United States

Died on December 12th, 1939

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.

Filmography

Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse

2023

Self

The Image Book

2018

(archive footage)

I, Douglas Fairbanks

2018

Self (archive footage)

Propaganda: Engineering Consent

2018

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

2017

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Birth of the Tramp

2013

Self (archive footage)

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

2008

Self (archive footage)

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007

Self (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler

2005

Self (archive footage)

Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'

2003

Self (archive footage)

The Tramp and the Dictator

2002

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Worlds of Mei Lanfang

2000

Character TBA

Glorious Technicolor

1998

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

1998

Self (archive footage)

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

1998

Self (archive footage)

Anthony Quinn: An Original

1990

Self (archive footage)

Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor

1989

Character TBA

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1988

Self (archive footage)

What Do Those Old Films Mean?

1985

Himself(archive footage)

God Chose Paris

1969

Self (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)

30 Years of Fun

1963

(archive footage)

The Great Chase

1962

Character TBA

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

1961

Self (archive footage)

Days of Thrills and Laughter

1961

Self (archive footage)

Yesterday and Today

1953

(archive footage)

The Golden Twenties

1950

Self (archive footage)

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

1945

Self (archive footage)

Wilson

1944

Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942

Self (archive footage)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

Self (archive footage)

Ali Baba Goes to Town

1937

Himself

The Private Life of Don Juan

1934

Don Juan

Mr. Robinson Crusoe

1932

Steve Drexel

Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks

1931

Self

The House That Shadows Built

1931

(archive footage)

Reaching for the Moon

1930

Larry Day

Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1

1930

Character TBA

The Taming of the Shrew

1929

Petruccio

The Iron Mask

1929

D'Artagnan

Show People

1928

Self (uncredited)

The Gaucho

1927

The Gaucho

Character Studies

1927

Self (uncredited)

One of Many

1927

Archive footage

A Kiss from Mary Pickford

1927

Self (archive footage)

The Black Pirate

1926

The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Don Q Son of Zorro

1925

Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro

The Thief of Bagdad

1924

The Thief of Bagdad

Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm

1924

Character TBA

Hollywood

1923

Douglas Fairbanks

Robin Hood

1922

Robin Hood

The Three Musketeers

1921

D'Artagnan

The Nut

1921

Charlie Jackson

The Mark of Zorro

1920

Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro

The Mollycoddle

1920

Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V

When the Clouds Roll By

1919

Daniel Boone Brown

Our Film Stars

1919

Character TBA

His Majesty, the American

1919

William Brooks

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

1919

Teddy Drake

Arizona

1918

Lt. Denton

He Comes Up Smiling

1918

Jerry Martin

Bound in Morocco

1918

George Travelwell

Cupid Angling

1918

Character TBA

Say! Young Fellow

1918

The Young Fellow

Mr. Fix-It

1918

Dick Remington

Headin' South

1918

Headin' South

A Modern Musketeer

1917

Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan

Reaching for the Moon

1917

Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown

All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan

1917

Character TBA

The Man from Painted Post

1917

'Fancy Jim' Sherwood

Down to Earth

1917

Billy Gaynor

Wild and Woolly

1917

Jeff Hillington

In Again, Out Again

1917

Teddy Rutherford

The Americano

1916

Blaze Derringer

The Matrimaniac

1916

Jimmie Conroy

American Aristocracy

1916

Cassius Lee

Manhattan Madness

1916

Steve O'Dare

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1916

Man on White Horse (uncredited)

The Half-Breed

1916

Lo Dorman

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

1916

Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks

Reggie Mixes In

1916

Reggie Van Deuzen

The Good Bad-Man

1916

Passin' Through

The Habit of Happiness

1916

Sunny Wiggins

His Picture in the Papers

1916

Pete Prindle

Flirting with Fate

1916

Augy Holliday

Double Trouble

1915

Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield

Martyrs of the Alamo

1915

Joe / Texas soldier

The Lamb

1915

Gerald

Our Mutual Girl

1914

Self (episode 47)