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Douglas Fairbanks
Actor · Writer · Producer· Denver, Colorado, United States
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
The roles that explain the career.
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad · 1924
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) · 1925
The Image Bookposter
The Image Book
2018
The Mark of Zorro
Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro · 1920
The Black Pirate
The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate · 1926
Robin Hood
Robin Hood · 1922
The Oscars
1953
Filmography
66 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2028 | Charmed Lives: A Family Romance | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2013 | Birth of the Tramp | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2008 | Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2007 | Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2003 | Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2002 | The Tramp and the Dictator | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1998 | Glorious Technicolor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1969 | God Chose Paris | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1963 | 30 Years of Fun | (archive footage) | Film |
| 1962 | The Great Chase | Film | |
| 1944 | Wilson | Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1937 | Ali Baba Goes to Town | Himself | Film |
| 1934 | The Private Life of Don Juan | Don Juan | Film |
| 1932 | Mr. Robinson Crusoe | Steve Drexel | Film |
| 1932 | Mr. Robinson Crusoe | Producer | Film |
| 1930 | Reaching for the Moon | Larry Day | Film |
| 1930 | Reaching for the Moon | Producer | Film |
| 1929 | The Taming of the Shrew | Petruccio | Film |
| 1929 | The Iron Mask | D'Artagnan | Film |
| 1929 | The Iron Mask | Writer | Film |
| 1929 | The Iron Mask | Producer | Film |
| 1928 | Show People | Self (uncredited) | Film |
| 1927 | A Kiss from Mary Pickford | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1927 | The Gaucho | The Gaucho | Film |
| 1927 | Character Studies | Self (uncredited) | Film |
| 1927 | The Gaucho | Writer | Film |
| 1926 | The Black Pirate | The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate | Film |
| 1926 | The Black Pirate | Producer | Film |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | Film |
| 1925 | Don Q Son of Zorro | Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro | Film |
| 1925 | Don Q Son of Zorro | Producer | Film |
| 1924 | The Thief of Bagdad | The Thief of Bagdad | Film |
| 1924 | The Thief of Bagdad | Producer | Film |
| 1922 | Robin Hood | Robin Hood | Film |
| 1922 | Robin Hood | Producer | Film |
| 1921 | The Three Musketeers | D'Artagnan | Film |
| 1921 | The Nut | Charlie Jackson | Film |
| 1921 | The Nut | Writer | Film |
| 1921 | The Three Musketeers | Producer | Film |
| 1921 | The Nut | Producer | Film |
| 1920 | The Mollycoddle | Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V | Film |
| 1920 | The Mark of Zorro | Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro | Film |
| 1920 | The Mark of Zorro | Writer | Film |
| 1919 | When the Clouds Roll By | Daniel Boone Brown | Film |
| 1919 | Our Film Stars | Film | |
| 1919 | His Majesty, the American | William Brooks | Film |
| 1919 | When the Clouds Roll By | Producer | Film |
| 1918 | Mr. Fix-It | Dick Remington | Film |
| 1918 | Mr. Fix-It | Producer | Film |
| 1917 | In Again, Out Again | Teddy Rutherford | Film |
| 1917 | A Modern Musketeer | Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan | Film |
| 1917 | Wild and Woolly | Jeff Hillington | Film |
| 1917 | In Again, Out Again | Producer | Film |
| 1917 | A Modern Musketeer | Producer | Film |
| 1917 | Wild and Woolly | Producer | Film |
| 1916 | Flirting with Fate | Augy Holliday | Film |
| 1916 | The Mystery of the Leaping Fish | Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks | Film |
| 1916 | His Picture in the Papers | Pete Prindle | Film |
| 1916 | The Matrimaniac | Jimmie Conroy | Film |
| 1916 | American Aristocracy | Cassius Lee | Film |
| 1916 | Manhattan Madness | Steve O'Dare | Film |
| 1916 | Reggie Mixes In | Reggie Van Deuzen | Film |
| 1916 | The Half-Breed | Lo Dorman | Film |
| 1915 | The Lamb | Gerald | Film |
| 1915 | Martyrs of the Alamo | Joe / Texas soldier | Film |
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