Douglas Fairbanks
Birthday
1883/05/22
Day of death
1939/12/12 (56 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Denver, Colorado, United States
Also know as
Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman, The King of Hollywood, Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
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 Hollywo...Read more
Acting
(1969) God Chose Paris
as Self (archive footage)
(1944) Wilson
as Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1932) Mr. Robinson Crusoe
as Steve Drexel
(1930) Reaching for the Moon
as Larry Day
(1923) Hollywood
as Douglas Fairbanks
(1924) The Thief of Bagdad
as The Thief of Bagdad
(1920) The Mark of Zorro
as Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
(1953) Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
(1934) The Private Life of Don Juan
as Don Juan
(1926) The Black Pirate
as The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate
(1916) The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
as Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
(1922) Robin Hood
as Robin Hood
(1919) When the Clouds Roll By
as Daniel Boone Brown
(1921) The Three Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
(1961) The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
(2018) The Image Book
as (archive footage)
(1919) His Majesty, the American
as William Brooks
(1929) The Iron Mask
as D'Artagnan
(1914) Our Mutual Girl
as Self (episode 47)
(1918) Mr. Fix-It
as Dick Remington
(1920) The Mollycoddle
as Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V
(1927) The Gaucho
as The Gaucho
(1917) In Again, Out Again
as Teddy Rutherford
(1916) Flirting with Fate
as Augy Holliday
(1925) Don Q Son of Zorro
as Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro
(1917) A Modern Musketeer
as Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan
(1998) Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1917) Wild and Woolly
as Jeff Hillington
(1916) The Matrimaniac
as Jimmie Conroy
(1916) His Picture in the Papers
as Pete Prindle
(1921) The Nut
as Charlie Jackson
(1916) Manhattan Madness
as Steve O'Dare
(1916) American Aristocracy
as Cassius Lee
(1916) Reggie Mixes In
as Reggie Van Deuzen
(2018) I, Douglas Fairbanks
as Self (archive footage)
(1927) A Kiss from Mary Pickford
as Self (archive footage)
(1917) Reaching for the Moon
as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
(1942) Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
(1945) Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)
(1916) The Good Bad-Man
as Passin' Through
(1915) Double Trouble
as Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield
(1916) The Half-Breed
as Lo Dorman
(1918) He Comes Up Smiling
as Jerry Martin
(1915) The Lamb
as Gerald
(1929) The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruccio
(1919) Our Film Stars
as ---
(2003) Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
as Self (archive footage)
(1917) The Man from Painted Post
as 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood
(1916) The Americano
as Blaze Derringer
(1918) Arizona
as Lt. Denton
(1950) The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
(1916) The Habit of Happiness
as Sunny Wiggins
(1917) Down to Earth
as Billy Gaynor
(1989) Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
as ---
(1988) Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)
(1990) Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
(1930) Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
as ---
(1961) Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
(2023) Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
as Self
(1924) Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
as ---
(1917) All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
as ---
(1916) Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Man on White Horse (uncredited)
(1927) One of Many
as Archive footage
(2008) Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
(1927) Character Studies
as Self (uncredited)
(1918) Headin' South
as Headin' South
(1918) Say! Young Fellow
as The Young Fellow
(1918) Bound in Morocco
as George Travelwell
(1919) The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
as Teddy Drake
(1928) Show People
as Self (uncredited)
(1985) What Do Those Old Films Mean?
as Himself(archive footage)
(1940) Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
(1925) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
(1998) Glorious Technicolor
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1998) Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self (archive footage)
(2002) The Tramp and the Dictator
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1931) The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
(2007) Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(1964) The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2018) Propaganda: Engineering Consent
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(2013) Birth of the Tramp
as Self (archive footage)
(1931) Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks
as Self
(1918) Cupid Angling
as ---
(2017) Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(1963) 30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage)
(2005) Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
as Self (archive footage)
(2000) The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
as ---
(1937) Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Himself
(1915) Martyrs of the Alamo
as Joe / Texas soldier
(1962) The Great Chase
as ---
(2000) The Many Faces of Zorro
as Archive Footage
(1953) The Oscars
as ---
(1959) The Bruce Forsyth Show
as ---
(1983) Unknown Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
(1988) American Experience
as Self