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Douglas Fairbanks

Screenwriter / Film Director / Film Producer / Writer / Businessperson / Stunt Performer / Actor | * 05/23/1883 († 56, 12/12/1939) | Denver, Colorado (United States of America (USA))
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor and filmmaker, best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films. One of the biggest stars of the silent era, Fairbanks was referred to as "The King of Hollywood",. He was also a founding member of United Artists as well as the Motion Picture Academy and hosted the 1st Academy Awards in 1929. Born in Denver, Colorado, Fairbanks started acting from an early age and established himself as an accomplished stage actor on Broadway by the late 1900s. He made his film debut in 1915 and quickly became one of the most popular and highest paid actors in Hollywood. In 1919, he co-founded United Artists alongside Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D. W. Griffith. Fairbanks married Pickford in 1920 and the couple came to be regarded as "Hollywood royalty". Primarily a comedic actor early in his career, he moved into the adventure genre with the 1920 film The Mark of Zorro and found further success in films including ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Documentaries | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Zorro. ...

The Mark of Zorro

NR

1920 | 3.6/5 | 1h 30min
Western, Adventure, Drama, Action, Romance / Love
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King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and h ...

The Iron Mask

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1929 | 3.4/5 | 1h 43min
Action, Drama, History, Adventure
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Amid big-budget medieval pageantry, King Richard goes on the Crusades leaving his brother Prince John as regent, who promptly emerges as a cruel, grasping, treacherous tyrant. Apprised of England's pe ...

Robin Hood

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1922 | 3.3/5 | 2h 13min
Drama, Action, Romance / Love
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A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess. ...

The Thief of Bagdad

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1924 | 3.8/5 | 2h 29min
Romance / Love, Adventure, Fantasy
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Awards & Nominations for Douglas Fairbanks

Academy Honorary Award Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Douglas Fairbanks as Actor(83)

as Self - Actor (archive footage)2018 Propaganda: Engineering Consent
as Himself - Actor (archive footage)2017 Cinecittà Babylon
as Self (archive footage)2013 Birth of the Tramp
as Himself (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)2003 Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2002 The Tramp and the Dictator
2000 The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
as Self (archive footage)1998 Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
as Self (archive footage)1998 Glorious Technicolor
as (archive footage)1998 Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Himself(archive footage)1985 What Do Those Old Films Mean?
as Self (archive footage)1969 God Chose Paris
as Self (archive footage)1965 Hollywood My Home Town
as (archive footage)1964 The Big Parade of Comedy
1963 30 Years of Fun
as himself1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up
as archive footage1961 Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as (archive footage)1953 Yesterday and Today
as Himself (archive footage)1950 The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)1945 Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)1944 Wilson
as Self (archive footage)1942 Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as himself1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Don Juan1934 The Private Life of Don Juan
as Steve Drexel1932 Mr. Robinson Crusoe
as himself1931 Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks
as (archive footage)1931 The House That Shadows Built
as Larry Day1930 Reaching for the Moon
as D'Artagnan1929 The Iron Mask
as Petruccio1929 The Taming of the Shrew
as Himself (uncredited)1928 Show People
as Himself (archive footage)1927 One From Many
as The Gaucho1927 The Gaucho
as himself1927 A Kiss from Mary Pickford
as Himself (uncredited)1927 Character Studies
as The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate1926 The Black Pirate
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro1925 Don Q Son of Zorro
as The Thief of Bagdad1924 The Thief of Bagdad
as himself1923 Hollywood
as Robin Hood1922 Robin Hood
as D'Artagnan1921 The Three Musketeers
as Charlie Jackson1921 The Nut
as Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V1920 The Mollycoddle
as Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro1920 The Mark of Zorro
1919 Onze filmsterren
as Daniel Boone Brown1919 When the Clouds Roll By
as William Brooks1919 His Majesty, the American
as Teddy Drake1919 The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
as Dick Remington1918 Mr. Fix-It
as The Young Fellow1918 Say! Young Fellow
as Jerry Martin1918 He Comes Up Smiling
1918 Cupid Angling
as George Travelwell1918 Bound in Morocco
as Headin' South1918 Headin' South
as Lt. Denton1918 Arizona
as Teddy Rutherford1917 In Again, Out Again
as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown1917 Reaching for the Moon
as 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood1917 The Man from Painted Post
as Jeff Hillington1917 Wild and Woolly
as Billy Gaynor1917 Down to Earth
as Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan1917 A Modern Musketeer
1917 All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
as Man on White Horse (uncredited)1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Steve O'Dare1916 Manhattan Madness
as Reggie Van Deuzen1916 Reggie Mixes In
as Pete Prindle1916 His Picture in the Papers
as Jimmie Conroy1916 The Matrimaniac
as Cassius Lee1916 American Aristocracy
as Augy Holliday1916 Flirting with Fate
as Lo Dorman1916 The Half-Breed
as Blaze Derringer1916 The Americano
as Sunny Wiggins1916 The Habit of Happiness
1916 The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
as Passin' Through1916 The Good Bad Man
as Joe / Texas soldier1915 Martyrs of the Alamo
as Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield1915 Double Trouble
as Gerald1915 The Lamb
as Self (episode 47)1914 Our Mutual Girl

TV Shows/Series with Douglas Fairbanks as Actor(2)

as himself1983 Unknown Chaplin
1959 The Bruce Forsyth Show

Movies with Douglas Fairbanks as Crew(36)

Production/Producer1932 Mr. Robinson Crusoe
Writing/Story1932 Mr. Robinson Crusoe
Directing/Director1931 Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks
Production/Producer1930 Reaching for the Moon
Production/Producer1929 The Iron Mask
Writing/Story1927 The Gaucho
Production/Producer1926 The Black Pirate
Writing/Story1926 The Black Pirate
Production/Producer1925 Don Q Son of Zorro
Production/Producer1924 The Thief of Bagdad
Writing/Story1924 The Thief of Bagdad
Production/Producer1922 Robin Hood
Writing/Story1922 Robin Hood
Production/Producer1921 The Three Musketeers
Production/Producer1921 The Nut
Writing/Writer1921 The Nut
Writing/Scenario Writer1920 The Mark of Zorro
Writing/Writer1920 The Mark of Zorro
Production/Producer1919 When the Clouds Roll By
Writing/Story1919 When the Clouds Roll By
Writing/Scenario Writer1919 His Majesty, the American
Production/Producer1919 The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Writing/Story1919 The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Production/Producer1918 Mr. Fix-It
Production/Producer1918 Say! Young Fellow
Production/Producer1918 Bound in Morocco
Production/Producer1918 Headin' South
Directing/Director1918 Arizona
Writing/Writer1918 Arizona
Production/Producer1917 Reaching for the Moon
Writing/Scenario Writer1917 The Man from Painted Post
Production/Producer1917 Wild and Woolly
Writing/Story1917 Down to Earth
Production/Producer1917 A Modern Musketeer
Production/Producer1916 The Good Bad Man
Writing/Writer1916 The Good Bad Man

Born: Wednesday, 05/23 1883 (May) in Denver, Colorado (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 12/12 1939 (December) in Santa Monica (aged: 56)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Harvard University, East High School
Employer: University of Southern California
Spouses (current/former): Mary Pickford, Sylvia Ashley, Anna Beth Sully
Siblings: John Fairbanks
Father: Hezekiah Charles Ullman
Mother: Ella Adelaide Marsh
Related to: Paul Hervey Fox, Linda Carroll
Other names for Douglas Fairbanks (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman"
"Douglas Fairbanks senior"
Douglas Fairbanks frequently works together with these people:
Mary Pickford (23x, Actress)
Allan Dwan (21x, Crew)
Charlie Chaplin (20x, Crew)
Charles Stevens (18x, Actor)
Victor Fleming (17x, Crew)
D.W. Griffith (15x, Crew)
Frank Campeau (13x, Actor)
John Emerson (12x, Crew)
Anita Loos (11x, Crew)
Christy Cabanne (11x, Crew)
Joseph Henabery (10x, Crew)
David Gill (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:163552, Added: 07/06/2018, Last updated: 04/20/2024