Douglas Fairbanks
- Acting
- May 22, 1883 · Denver, Colorado, United States
- December 12, 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Charmed Lives: A Family Romance · Self
- Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse · Self
- Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty · Self
- The Image Book · (archive footage)
- I, Douglas Fairbanks · Self
- Propaganda: Engineering Consent · Self
- Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts · Self
- Birth of the Tramp · Self
- Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies · Self
- Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema · Self
- Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler · Self
- Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush · Self
- The Tramp and the Dictator · Self
- The Many Faces of Zorro · Self
- The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
- Glorious Technicolor · Self
- Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life · Self
- Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists · Self
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies · Self
- Anthony Quinn: An Original · Self
- Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
- American Experience · Self
- Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man · Self
- Unknown Chaplin · Self
- Hollywood · Self
- God Chose Paris · Self
- The Big Parade of Comedy · Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 30 Years of Fun · (archive footage)
- The Great Chase
- The Legend of Rudolph Valentino · Self
- The Thief of Baghdad · Dialogue
- Days of Thrills and Laughter · Self
- The Bruce Forsyth Show
- Yesterday and Today · (archive footage)
- The Oscars
- The Golden Twenties · Self
- Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary · Self
- Wilson · Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) · Self
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards · Self
- Ali Baba Goes to Town · Self
- The Private Life of Don Juan · Don Juan
- Mr. Robinson Crusoe · Steve Drexel, Story
- Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks · Self, Director
- The House That Shadows Built · (archive footage)
- Reaching for the Moon · Larry Day, Producer
- Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
- The Taming of the Shrew · Petruccio
- The Iron Mask · D'Artagnan, Producer
- Show People · Self
- The Gaucho · The Gaucho, Writer
- Character Studies · Self
- One of Many · Self
- A Kiss from Mary Pickford · Self
- The Black Pirate · The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate, Story
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ · Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- Don Q Son of Zorro · Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro, Producer
- The Thief of Bagdad · The Thief of Bagdad, Story
- Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
- Hollywood · Douglas Fairbanks
- Robin Hood · Robin Hood, Producer
- The Three Musketeers · D'Artagnan, Producer
- The Nut · Charlie Jackson, Writer
- The Mark of Zorro · Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro, Scenario Writer
- The Mollycoddle · Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V
- When the Clouds Roll By · Daniel Boone Brown, Story
- Our Film Stars
- His Majesty, the American · William Brooks, Scenario Writer
- The Knickerbocker Buckaroo · Teddy Drake, Producer
- Arizona · Lt. Denton, Director
- He Comes Up Smiling · Jerry Martin, Producer
- Bound in Morocco · George Travelwell, Producer
- Cupid Angling
- Say! Young Fellow · The Young Fellow, Producer
- Mr. Fix-It · Dick Remington, Producer
- Headin' South · Headin' South, Producer
- A Modern Musketeer · Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan, Producer
- Reaching for the Moon · Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown, Producer
- All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
- The Man from Painted Post · 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood, Scenario Writer