Douglas Fairbanks
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
American Experience
Self
1988
Series
The Oscars
1953
Film
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
Self (archive footage)
1927
Film
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Man on White Horse (uncredited)
1916
Series
The Bruce Forsyth Show
1959
Film
Show People
Self (uncredited)
1928
Film
Robin Hood
Robin Hood
1922
Film
The Image Book
(archive footage)
2018
Film
Down to Earth
Billy Gaynor
1917
Film
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
Film
Glorious Technicolor
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
Series
Unknown Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
1983
Film
The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad
1924
Film
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
1995
Film
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
1990
Film
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self (archive footage)
1988
Film
The Black Pirate
The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate
1926
Film
Cupid Angling
1918
Film
The Mark of Zorro
Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
1920
Film
The Private Life of Don Juan
Don Juan
1934
Film
The Iron Mask
D'Artagnan
1929
Film
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Self (archive footage)
2028
Film
Wild and Woolly
Jeff Hillington
1917
Film
Headin' South
Headin' South
1918
Film
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Himself
1937
Film
Wilson
Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
Film
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
Film
One of Many
Self (archive footage)
1927
Film
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self (archive footage)
1998
Film
Our Mutual Girl
Self (episode 47)
1914
Film
Character Studies
Self (uncredited)
1927
Film
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1940
Film
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2018
Film
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
1942
Film
The Gaucho
The Gaucho
1927
Film
The Big Parade of Comedy
Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
Film
The Mollycoddle
Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V
1920
Film
Manhattan Madness
Steve O'Dare
1916
Film
The Nut
Charlie Jackson
1921
Film
He Comes Up Smiling
Jerry Martin
1918
Film
God Chose Paris
Self (archive footage)
1969
Film
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
1931
Film
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
1953
Film
The Good Bad-Man
Passin' Through
1916
Film
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
1961
Film
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
Self
1931
Film
The Tramp and the Dictator
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Film
Birth of the Tramp
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
The Three Musketeers
D'Artagnan
1921
Film
Don Q Son of Zorro
Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro
1925
Our Film Stars
1919
Film
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
1961
Film
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Reaching for the Moon
Larry Day
1930
Film
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Self (archive footage)
1998
Film
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Teddy Drake
1919
Film
Mr. Fix-It
Dick Remington
1918
Film
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989
Film
30 Years of Fun
(archive footage)
1963
Film
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Self (archive footage)
2008
Film
The Half-Breed
Lo Dorman
1916
Film
The Taming of the Shrew
Petruccio
1929
Film
American Aristocracy
Cassius Lee
1916
Film
The Great Chase
1962
Film
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
Steve Drexel
1932
Film
Hollywood
Douglas Fairbanks
1923
Film
His Majesty, the American
William Brooks
1919
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1924
Film
Reaching for the Moon
Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
1917
Film
Martyrs of the Alamo
Joe / Texas soldier
1915
Film
A Modern Musketeer
Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan
1917
Film
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
1916
Film
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Arizona
Lt. Denton
1918
Film
The Americano
Blaze Derringer
1916
Film
The Man from Painted Post
'Fancy Jim' Sherwood
1917
Film
I, Douglas Fairbanks
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
When the Clouds Roll By
Daniel Boone Brown
1919
Film
The Golden Twenties
Self (archive footage)
1950
Film
In Again, Out Again
Teddy Rutherford
1917
Film
The Habit of Happiness
Sunny Wiggins
1916
Film
The Matrimaniac
Jimmie Conroy
1916
Film
His Picture in the Papers
Pete Prindle
1916
Film
The Many Faces of Zorro
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
The Lamb
Gerald
1915
Film
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
1945
Film
Reggie Mixes In
Reggie Van Deuzen
1916
Film
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000
Film
Bound in Morocco
George Travelwell
1918
Film
Say! Young Fellow
The Young Fellow
1918
Film
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Self
2023
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
1930
Film
Double Trouble
Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield
1915
Film
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917
Film
Flirting with Fate
Augy Holliday
1916