Douglas Fairbanks
Acting1883Denver, Colorado, United States
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
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Man on White Horse (uncredited)
The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Image Book
(archive footage)
The Mark of Zorro
Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
The Black Pirate
The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate
Robin Hood
Robin Hood
Show People
Self (uncredited)
Acting History
2018
The Image Book
as (archive footage)
I, Douglas Fairbanks
as Self (archive footage)
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2013
Birth of the Tramp
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
as Self (archive footage)
American Experience
TVas Self• 1 eps
2003
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
as Self (archive footage)
2002
The Tramp and the Dictator
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
The Many Faces of Zorro
as Self (archive footage)
1998
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)
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)
1985
What Do Those Old Films Mean?
as Himself(archive footage)
1983
Unknown Chaplin
TVas Self (archive footage)• 4 eps
1969
God Chose Paris
as Self (archive footage)
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
1963
30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage)
1962
1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
The Thief of Baghdad
Dialogue
1950
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
1945
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)
1944
Wilson
as Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1937
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Himself
1934
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Don Juan
1932
1931
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
1930
Reaching for the Moon
as Larry Day
Reaching for the Moon
Producer
1929
1928
Show People
as Self (uncredited)
1927
The Gaucho
as The Gaucho
Character Studies
as Self (uncredited)
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
as Self (archive footage)
One of Many
as Self (archive footage)
The Gaucho
Writer
1926
The Black Pirate
as The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate
The Black Pirate
Producer
The Black Pirate
Story
1925
Don Q Son of Zorro
as Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Don Q Son of Zorro
Producer
1924
1923
Hollywood
as Douglas Fairbanks
1922
1921
The Three Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
The Nut
as Charlie Jackson
The Three Musketeers
Producer
The Nut
Writer
The Nut
Producer
1920
The Mark of Zorro
as Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
The Mollycoddle
as Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V
The Mark of Zorro
Scenario Writer
The Mark of Zorro
Writer
1919
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
as Teddy Drake
When the Clouds Roll By
as Daniel Boone Brown
His Majesty, the American
as William Brooks
When the Clouds Roll By
Producer
His Majesty, the American
Scenario Writer
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Producer
1918
Headin' South
as Headin' South
Mr. Fix-It
as Dick Remington
He Comes Up Smiling
as Jerry Martin
Arizona
as Lt. Denton
Say! Young Fellow
as The Young Fellow
Bound in Morocco
as George Travelwell
Headin' South
Producer
Mr. Fix-It
Producer
Arizona
Writer
Arizona
Director
Say! Young Fellow
Producer
Bound in Morocco
Producer
1917
Reaching for the Moon
as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
A Modern Musketeer
as Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan
In Again, Out Again
as Teddy Rutherford
Wild and Woolly
as Jeff Hillington
The Man from Painted Post
as 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood
Down to Earth
as Billy Gaynor
Reaching for the Moon
Producer
A Modern Musketeer
Producer
Wild and Woolly
Producer
In Again, Out Again
Producer
The Man from Painted Post
Scenario Writer
Down to Earth
Story
1916
American Aristocracy
as Cassius Lee
His Picture in the Papers
as Pete Prindle
Passing Through
as Passin' Through
Reggie Mixes In
as Reggie Van Deuzen
The Americano
as Blaze Derringer
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
as Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
Flirting with Fate
as Augy Holliday
The Matrimaniac
as Jimmie Conroy
Manhattan Madness
as Steve O'Dare
The Half-Breed
as Lo Dorman
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Man on White Horse (uncredited)
The Habit of Happiness
as Sunny Wiggins
Passing Through
Writer
Passing Through
Producer
1915
The Lamb
as Gerald
Double Trouble
as Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield
Martyrs of the Alamo
as Joe / Texas soldier