Douglas Fairbanks
May 22, 1883 (141 years old) in 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.
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Credits
- 2023 · Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse as Self
- 2018 · The Image Book as (archive footage)
- 2018 · I, Douglas Fairbanks as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Propaganda: Engineering Consent as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2017 · Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2013 · Birth of the Tramp as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush' as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · The Tramp and the Dictator as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2000 · The Worlds of Mei Lanfang as
- 1998 · Glorious Technicolor as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1998 · Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1998 · Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Anthony Quinn: An Original as Self (archive footage)
- 1989 · Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor as
- 1988 · American Experience as Self
- 1988 · Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man as Self (archive footage)
- 1985 · What Do Those Old Films Mean? as Himself(archive footage)
- 1983 · Unknown Chaplin as Self (archive footage)
- 1969 · God Chose Paris as Self (archive footage)
- 1964 · The Big Parade of Comedy as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1963 · 30 Years of Fun as (archive footage)
- 1961 · The Legend of Rudolph Valentino as Self (archive footage)
- 1961 · Days of Thrills and Laughter as Self (archive footage)
- 1959 · The Bruce Forsyth Show as
- 1953 · Yesterday and Today as (archive footage)
- 1953 · The Oscars as
- 1950 · The Golden Twenties as Self (archive footage)
- 1945 · Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary as Self (archive footage)
- 1944 · Wilson as Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1942 · Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) as Self (archive footage)
- 1940 · Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage)
- 1937 · Ali Baba Goes to Town as Himself
- 1934 · The Private Life of Don Juan as Don Juan
- 1932 · Mr. Robinson Crusoe as Steve Drexel
- 1931 · Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks as Self
- 1931 · The House That Shadows Built as (archive footage)
- 1930 · Reaching for the Moon as Larry Day
- 1930 · Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1 as
- 1929 · The Taming of the Shrew as Petruccio
- 1929 · The Iron Mask as D'Artagnan
- 1928 · Show People as Self (uncredited)
- 1927 · The Gaucho as The Gaucho
- 1927 · Character Studies as Self (uncredited)
- 1927 · One of Many as Archive footage
- 1927 · A Kiss from Mary Pickford as Self (archive footage)
- 1926 · The Black Pirate as The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate
- 1925 · Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- 1925 · Don Q Son of Zorro as Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro
- 1924 · The Thief of Bagdad as The Thief of Bagdad
- 1924 · Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm as
- 1923 · Hollywood as Douglas Fairbanks
- 1922 · Robin Hood as Robin Hood
- 1921 · The Three Musketeers as D'Artagnan
- 1921 · The Nut as Charlie Jackson
- 1920 · The Mark of Zorro as Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
- 1920 · The Mollycoddle as Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V
- 1919 · When the Clouds Roll By as Daniel Boone Brown
- 1919 · Our Film Stars as
- 1919 · His Majesty, the American as William Brooks
- 1919 · The Knickerbocker Buckaroo as Teddy Drake
- 1918 · Arizona as Lt. Denton
- 1918 · He Comes Up Smiling as Jerry Martin
- 1918 · Bound in Morocco as George Travelwell
- 1918 · Cupid Angling as
- 1918 · Say! Young Fellow as The Young Fellow
- 1918 · Mr. Fix-It as Dick Remington
- 1918 · Headin' South as Headin' South
- 1917 · A Modern Musketeer as Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan
- 1917 · Reaching for the Moon as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
- 1917 · All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan as
- 1917 · The Man from Painted Post as 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood
- 1917 · Down to Earth as Billy Gaynor
- 1917 · Wild and Woolly as Jeff Hillington
- 1917 · In Again, Out Again as Teddy Rutherford
- 1916 · The Americano as Blaze Derringer
- 1916 · The Matrimaniac as Jimmie Conroy
- 1916 · American Aristocracy as Cassius Lee
- 1916 · Manhattan Madness as Steve O'Dare
- 1916 · Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Man on White Horse (uncredited)
- 1916 · The Half-Breed as Lo Dorman
- 1916 · The Mystery of the Leaping Fish as Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
- 1916 · Reggie Mixes In as Reggie Van Deuzen
- 1916 · The Good Bad-Man as Passin' Through
- 1916 · The Habit of Happiness as Sunny Wiggins
- 1916 · His Picture in the Papers as Pete Prindle
- 1916 · Flirting with Fate as Augy Holliday
- 1915 · Double Trouble as Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield
- 1915 · Martyrs of the Alamo as Joe / Texas soldier
- 1915 · The Lamb as Gerald
- 1914 · Our Mutual Girl as Self (episode 47)