Acting
Douglas Fairbanks
EN, FR, IT, PT cinema · 94 credits
Born
22 May 1883
Died
12 December 1939 (aged 56)
Birthplace
Denver, Colorado, United States
Also known as Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman · The King of Hollywood · Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
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
Filmography
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as Self (archive footage)
The Image Book
as (archive footage)
I, Douglas Fairbanks
as Self (archive footage)
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp
as Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
as Self (archive footage)
The Tramp and the Dictator
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Many Faces of Zorro
as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
as Self (archive footage)
Glorious Technicolor
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)
God Chose Paris
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
The Thief of Baghdad
Dialogue
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)
Wilson
as Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Himself
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Don Juan
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
as Steve Drexel, Story, Producer
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
as Self, Director
Reaching for the Moon
as Larry Day, Producer
The Iron Mask
as D'Artagnan, Producer, Writer
The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruccio
Show People
as Self (uncredited)
The Gaucho
as The Gaucho, Writer
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
as Self (archive footage)
One of Many
as Self (archive footage)
Character Studies
as Self (uncredited)
The Black Pirate
as The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate, Story, Producer
Don Q Son of Zorro
as Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro, Producer
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Thief of Bagdad
as The Thief of Bagdad, Story, Producer
Hollywood
as Douglas Fairbanks
Robin Hood
as Robin Hood, Producer, Story
The Three Musketeers
as D'Artagnan, Producer
The Nut
as Charlie Jackson, Writer, Producer
The Mark of Zorro
as Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro, Scenario Writer, Writer
The Mollycoddle
as Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V
When the Clouds Roll By
as Daniel Boone Brown, Story, Producer
His Majesty, the American
as William Brooks, Scenario Writer
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
as Teddy Drake, Producer, Story
Mr. Fix-It
as Dick Remington, Producer
He Comes Up Smiling
as Jerry Martin, Producer
Arizona
as Lt. Denton, Director, Writer
Headin' South
as Headin' South, Producer
Say! Young Fellow
as The Young Fellow, Producer
Bound in Morocco
as George Travelwell, Producer
In Again, Out Again
as Teddy Rutherford, Producer
A Modern Musketeer
as Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan, Producer
Wild and Woolly
as Jeff Hillington, Producer
Reaching for the Moon
as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown, Producer
The Man from Painted Post
as 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood, Scenario Writer
Down to Earth
as Billy Gaynor, Story
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
as Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
Flirting with Fate
as Augy Holliday
His Picture in the Papers
as Pete Prindle
The Matrimaniac
as Jimmie Conroy
American Aristocracy
as Cassius Lee
Manhattan Madness
as Steve O'Dare
Reggie Mixes In
as Reggie Van Deuzen
The Good Bad-Man
as Passin' Through, Writer, Producer
The Half-Breed
as Lo Dorman
The Americano
as Blaze Derringer
The Habit of Happiness
as Sunny Wiggins
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Man on White Horse (uncredited)
Double Trouble
as Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield
The Lamb
as Gerald
Martyrs of the Alamo
as Joe / Texas soldier
Our Mutual Girl
as Self (episode 47)