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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 9, 1909
Died
May 7, 2000
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Douglas Elton Ulman Fairbanks Jr.
- Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr.
- Doug Fairbanks
- Douglas Fairbanks
- Douglas Fairbanks Jnr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
0.5 Popularity
Biography
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best-known for starring in such films as The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Gunga Din (1939), and The Corsican Brothers (1941). The son of Douglas Fairbanks and stepson of Mary Pickford, his first marriage was to actress Joan Crawford. In 1969, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Best Dressed List. The moving image collection of Douglas Fairbanks Jr., held at the Academy Film Archive, includes over 90 reels of home movies. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Known For
7.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
7.5
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
5.0
Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
6.5
Self (archive footage)
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
2005
🎬
0.0
Self / Thomas Anthony Ballantine (archive footage)
On Location with Gunga Din
2004
🎬
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
8.0
Self (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
0.0
Self
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
0.0
Self
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
Credits
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2009
7.5
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2008
5.0
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
as Self (archive footage)
2005
6.5
🎬
On Location with Gunga Din
as Self / Thomas Anthony Ballantine (archive footage)
2004
0.0
🎬
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
2004
7.0
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self (archive footage)
2002
6.7
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2001
8.0
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
as Self
2000
0.0
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self
1998
0.0
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
1996
7.5
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
as Self
1996
7.3
🎬
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
as Self
1991
0.0
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
as Self
1990
10.0
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self
1990
0.0
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
4.0
B.L. Stryker
as White
1989
6.0
American Experience
as Self
1988
6.9
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self
1988
7.0
Hollywood Uncensored
as Self - Host
1987
5.1
The Dame Edna Experience
as Self
1987
4.0
Strong Medicine
as Eli Camperdown
1986
0.0
Strong Medicine
as Eli Camperdown
1986
7.0
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self
1985
5.6
🎬
The Compleat Gilbert & Sullivan
as Self - Host
1984
0.0
The Mikado
as Self
1983
3.8
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
La Belle Epoque
as Self / Narrator
1983
0.0
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self
1982
10.0
Yesteryear
as Self
1982
0.0
The Gondoliers
as Self - Host
1982
0.0
H.M.S. Pinafore
as Self - Host
1982
9.0
The Pirates of Penzance
as Self - Host
1982
9.0
Iolanthe
as Self - Host
1982
0.0
Cox and Box
as Self - Host
1982
5.5
Trial by Jury
as Self - Host
1982
0.0
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Ghost Story
as Edward Charles Wanderley
1981
6.0
From Raquel with Love
as The Almighty
1980
0.0
The Hostage Tower
as Malcolm Philpott
1980
4.2
Hollywood
as Self
1980
8.3
The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock
as Narrator
1978
0.0
🎬
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
as Narrator
1978
0.0
🎬
Kingdom Of Gifts
as The Proud King
1978
0.0
The Love Boat
as Elliott Norman
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Elliott Banning
1977
6.3
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
The Crooked Hearts
as Rex Willoughby
1972
7.8
🎬
Film '72
as Self
1971
4.7
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
as Self
1971
6.5
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
🎬
The Pearl Bailey Show
as Self
1971
0.0
Red and Blue
as Millionaire
1968
6.0
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Legend of Robin Hood
as King Richard
1968
0.0
Red, White, and Zero
as Millionaire
1968
5.0
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
🎬
The Funniest Man in the World
as Narrator
1967
0.0
Omnibus
as Self - Narrator
1967
7.2
🎬
The Canterville Ghost
as Mr. Otis
1966
0.0
ABC Stage 67
as Mr. Otis
1966
6.2
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Robert Devlin
1961
5.5
Route 66
as Charles Clayton
1960
6.3
🎬
The Big Party
as Self – Host
1959
0.0
Chase a Crooked Shadow
as Self - Epilogue (uncredited)
1958
7.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
🎬
The Ford Show
as Self
1956
7.3
🎬
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
as Self
1956
0.0
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956
5.6
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
The Awakening
as Self - Host
1954
6.5
🎬
Three's Company
as Narrator / Anthony
1953
0.0
🎬
The Genie
as The Genie
1953
0.0
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents
as Self - Host
1953
6.0
Mr. Drake's Duck
as Donald 'Don' Drake
1951
5.0
State Secret
as Dr. John Marlowe
1950
6.7
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
1950
0.0
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
Your Show of Shows
as Self
1950
6.3
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
6.9
The Fighting O'Flynn
as The O'Flynn
1949
6.0
That Lady in Ermine
as Colonel Ladislas Karolyi Teglas / The Duke
1948
5.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
The Exile
as Charles II
1947
6.1
Sinbad the Sailor
as Sinbad
1947
5.9
The Corsican Brothers
as Lucien Franchi / Mario Franchi
1941
6.9
Angels Over Broadway
as Bill O'Brien
1940
5.8
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
1940
6.5
Safari
as Jim Logan
1940
4.0
Green Hell
as Keith Brandon
1940
3.9
Rulers of the Sea
as David 'Davie' Gillespie
1939
6.5
The Sun Never Sets
as John Randolph
1939
4.8
Gunga Din
as Thomas Anthony Ballantine
1939
6.5
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
1938
7.0
The Young in Heart
as Richard Carleton
1938
6.5
Having Wonderful Time
as Chick Kirkland
1938
4.6
The Rage of Paris
as Jim Trevor
1938
5.8
Joy of Living
as Daniel 'Dan' Brewster
1938
5.7
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Rupert of Hentzau
1937
7.5
Jump for Glory
as Ricky Morgan
1937
5.0
Accused
as Tony Seymour
1936
0.0
The Amateur Gentleman
as John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty
1936
4.0
Man of the Moment
as Tony Woodward
1935
5.0
Mimi
as Rodolphe
1935
5.2
Success at Any Price
as Joe Martin
1934
3.8
The Rise of Catherine the Great
as Grand Duke Peter
1934
5.5
Captured!
as Lieutenant Fred Digby
1933
5.2
Morning Glory
as Joseph Sheridan
1933
6.1
The Narrow Corner
as Fred Blake
1933
5.5
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Jimmy
1933
6.0
Parachute Jumper
as Bill Keller
1933
5.9
Scarlet Dawn
as Baron Nikita 'Nikki' Krasnoff
1932
6.5
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
as Self
1932
0.0
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
as Self
1932
4.0
Love Is a Racket
as James 'Jimmy' Russell
1932
5.3
It's Tough to Be Famous
as Scott 'Scotty' McClenahan
1932
5.7
Union Depot
as Charles 'Chick' Miller
1932
5.8
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
as Self - Golfer (uncredited)
1931
6.0
I Like Your Nerve
as Larry O'Brien
1931
5.7
Chances
as Jack Ingleside
1931
7.0
The Stolen Jools
as Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
1931
5.6
The Aviator
as Alain
1931
9.0
Little Caesar
as Joe Massara
1931
6.9
One Night at Susie's
as Dick Rollins
1930
5.3
Outward Bound
as Henry
1930
5.9
The Way of All Men
as Billy Bear
1930
4.0
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
as Self
1930
0.0
Little Accident
as Norman Overbeck
1930
0.0
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Self
1930
3.4
The Dawn Patrol
as Douglas 'Doug' Scott
1930
6.7
Loose Ankles
as Gil
1930
3.8
Party Girl
as Jay Rountree
1930
3.3
The Show of Shows
as Ambrose in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
1929
5.5
The Forward Pass
as Marty Reid
1929
0.0
The Careless Age
as Wyn
1929
0.0
Our Modern Maidens
as Gil Jordan
1929
5.5
Fast Life
as Douglas Stratton
1929
0.0
The Jazz Age
as Steve Maxwell
1929
0.0
A Woman of Affairs
as Jeffry Merrick
1928
6.4
The Power of the Press
as Clem Rogers
1928
6.2
The Barker
as Chris Miller
1928
7.0
The Toilers
as Steve
1928
0.0
Modern Mothers
as David Starke
1928
0.0
The Garden of Eden
as Busboy (uncredited)
1928
5.6
Dead Man's Curve
as Vernon Keith
1928
0.0
A Texas Steer
as Farleigh Bright
1927
0.0
Is Zat So?
as G. Clifton Blackburn
1927
0.0
Women Love Diamonds
as Jerry Croker-Kelley
1927
0.0
Man Bait
as Jeff Sanford
1927
0.0
Broken Hearts of Hollywood
as Hal Terwilliger
1926
6.5
Padlocked
as Sonny Galloway
1926
6.0
The American Venus
as Triton
1926
0.0
Stella Dallas
as Richard Grosvenor
1925
7.0
Wild Horse Mesa
as Chess Weymer
1925
7.0
The Air Mail
as Sandy
1925
0.0
Stephen Steps Out
as Stephen Harlow Jr.
1923
0.0
The Three Musketeers
as (uncredited)
1921
6.4
American Aristocracy
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1916
4.8