Douglas Fairbanks

Actor

Born May 22, 1883 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.

Filmography

Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse

Self

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

Self (archive footage)

The Image Book

(archive footage)

I, Douglas Fairbanks

Self (archive footage)

Propaganda: Engineering Consent

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Birth of the Tramp

Self (archive footage)

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

Self (archive footage)

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Self (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler

Self (archive footage)

Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush

Self (archive footage)

The Tramp and the Dictator

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Many Faces of Zorro

Self (archive footage)

The Worlds of Mei Lanfang

Glorious Technicolor

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

Self (archive footage)

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

Self (archive footage)

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Self (archive footage)

Anthony Quinn: An Original

Self (archive footage)

Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor

American Experience

Self

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

Self (archive footage)

Unknown Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

God Chose Paris

Self (archive footage)

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 (archive footage)

The Thief of Baghdad

Days of Thrills and Laughter

Self (archive footage)

The Bruce Forsyth Show

Yesterday and Today

(archive footage)

The Oscars

The Golden Twenties

Self (archive footage)

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

Self (archive footage)

Wilson

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

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Self (archive footage)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Self (archive footage)

Ali Baba Goes to Town

Himself

The Private Life of Don Juan

Don Juan

Mr. Robinson Crusoe

Steve Drexel

Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks

Self

The House That Shadows Built

(archive footage)

Reaching for the Moon

Larry Day

The Taming of the Shrew

Petruccio

The Iron Mask

D'Artagnan

Show People

Self (uncredited)

The Gaucho

Character Studies

Self (uncredited)

One of Many

Self (archive footage)

A Kiss from Mary Pickford

Self (archive footage)

The Black Pirate

The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Don Q Son of Zorro

Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro

The Thief of Bagdad

Hollywood

Douglas Fairbanks

Robin Hood

The Three Musketeers

D'Artagnan

The Nut

Charlie Jackson

The Mark of Zorro

Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro

The Mollycoddle

Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V

When the Clouds Roll By

Daniel Boone Brown

His Majesty, the American

William Brooks

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

Teddy Drake

Arizona

Lt. Denton

He Comes Up Smiling

Jerry Martin

Bound in Morocco

George Travelwell

Cupid Angling

Say! Young Fellow

The Young Fellow

Mr. Fix-It

Dick Remington

Headin' South

A Modern Musketeer

Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan

Reaching for the Moon

Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown

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

The Man from Painted Post

'Fancy Jim' Sherwood

Down to Earth

Billy Gaynor

Wild and Woolly

Jeff Hillington

In Again, Out Again

Teddy Rutherford

The Americano

Blaze Derringer

The Matrimaniac

Jimmie Conroy

American Aristocracy

Cassius Lee

Manhattan Madness

Steve O'Dare

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Man on White Horse (uncredited)

The Half-Breed

Lo Dorman

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks

Reggie Mixes In

Reggie Van Deuzen

The Good Bad-Man

Passin' Through

The Habit of Happiness

Sunny Wiggins

His Picture in the Papers

Pete Prindle

Flirting with Fate

Augy Holliday

Double Trouble

Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield

Martyrs of the Alamo

Joe / Texas soldier

The Lamb

Gerald

Our Mutual Girl

Self (episode 47)