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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 22, 1883
Died
December 12, 1939
Place of Birth
Denver, Colorado, United States
Also Known As
- Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman
- The King of Hollywood
- Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
Douglas Fairbanks
0.3 Popularity
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
7.0
Self
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023
6.3
(archive footage)
The Image Book
2018
8.5
Self (archive footage)
I, Douglas Fairbanks
2018
7.0
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
2018
6.5
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
7.1
Self (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp
2013
5.0
Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
4.3
Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005
5.0
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
Credits
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
as Self
2023
7.0
The Image Book
as (archive footage)
2018
6.3
I, Douglas Fairbanks
as Self (archive footage)
2018
8.5
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2018
7.0
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
6.5
Birth of the Tramp
as Self (archive footage)
2013
7.1
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2008
5.0
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2007
4.3
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
as Self (archive footage)
2005
6.0
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
as Self (archive footage)
2003
5.0
The Tramp and the Dictator
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
7.0
The Many Faces of Zorro
as Self (archive footage)
2000
3.7
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000
0.0
Glorious Technicolor
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
6.9
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
as Self (archive footage)
1998
0.0
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self (archive footage)
1998
0.0
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
1990
6.7
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989
2.0
American Experience
as Self
1988
6.9
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)
1988
7.0
What Do Those Old Films Mean?
as Himself(archive footage)
1985
6.0
Unknown Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
1983
8.2
God Chose Paris
as Self (archive footage)
1969
0.0
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
6.3
30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage)
1963
3.0
The Great Chase
1962
6.2
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
1961
0.0
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
1961
5.5
The Bruce Forsyth Show
1959
0.0
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
1953
0.0
The Oscars
1953
7.0
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
1950
0.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)
1945
0.0
Wilson
as Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
5.5
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
1942
0.0
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1940
6.5
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Himself
1937
5.9
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Don Juan
1934
5.9
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
as Steve Drexel
1932
6.1
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks
as Self
1931
0.0
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
1931
7.0
Reaching for the Moon
as Larry Day
1930
5.4
🎬
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
1930
0.0
The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruccio
1929
5.4
The Iron Mask
as D'Artagnan
1929
6.7
Show People
as Self (uncredited)
1928
7.1
The Gaucho
as The Gaucho
1927
6.1
Character Studies
as Self (uncredited)
1927
6.0
One of Many
as Archive footage
1927
0.0
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
as Self (archive footage)
1927
4.7
The Black Pirate
as The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate
1926
6.7
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
7.3
Don Q Son of Zorro
as Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro
1925
6.6
The Thief of Bagdad
as The Thief of Bagdad
1924
7.3
🎬
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1924
0.0
Hollywood
as Douglas Fairbanks
1923
8.5
Robin Hood
as Robin Hood
1922
6.4
The Three Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
1921
6.4
The Nut
as Charlie Jackson
1921
5.9
The Mark of Zorro
as Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
1920
7.1
The Mollycoddle
as Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V
1920
5.6
When the Clouds Roll By
as Daniel Boone Brown
1919
6.8
Our Film Stars
1919
6.0
His Majesty, the American
as William Brooks
1919
5.8
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
as Teddy Drake
1919
6.0
Arizona
as Lt. Denton
1918
0.0
He Comes Up Smiling
as Jerry Martin
1918
5.5
Bound in Morocco
as George Travelwell
1918
0.0
Cupid Angling
1918
0.0
Say! Young Fellow
as The Young Fellow
1918
0.0
Mr. Fix-It
as Dick Remington
1918
6.0
Headin' South
as Headin' South
1918
0.0
A Modern Musketeer
as Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan
1917
5.2
Reaching for the Moon
as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
1917
5.8
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917
0.0
The Man from Painted Post
as 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood
1917
4.8
Down to Earth
as Billy Gaynor
1917
6.0
Wild and Woolly
as Jeff Hillington
1917
6.3
In Again, Out Again
as Teddy Rutherford
1917
0.0
The Americano
as Blaze Derringer
1916
5.8
The Matrimaniac
as Jimmie Conroy
1916
6.5
American Aristocracy
as Cassius Lee
1916
4.8
Manhattan Madness
as Steve O'Dare
1916
5.5
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Man on White Horse (uncredited)
1916
7.1
The Half-Breed
as Lo Dorman
1916
6.6
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
as Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
1916
5.8
Reggie Mixes In
as Reggie Van Deuzen
1916
5.8
The Good Bad-Man
as Passin' Through
1916
6.3
The Habit of Happiness
as Sunny Wiggins
1916
5.4
His Picture in the Papers
as Pete Prindle
1916
4.6
Flirting with Fate
as Augy Holliday
1916
5.8
Double Trouble
as Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield
1915
5.7
Martyrs of the Alamo
as Joe / Texas soldier
1915
5.2
The Lamb
as Gerald
1915
0.0
Our Mutual Girl
as Self (episode 47)
1914
0.0