Douglas Fairbanks
Department: Acting
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
God Chose Paris
1969
Wilson
1944
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
1932
Reaching for the Moon
1930
Hollywood
1923
The Thief of Bagdad
1924
The Mark of Zorro
1920
Yesterday and Today
1953
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934
The Black Pirate
1926
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
1916
Robin Hood
1922
The Three Musketeers
1921
When the Clouds Roll By
1919
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
The Image Book
2018
His Majesty, the American
1919
The Iron Mask
1929
Our Mutual Girl
1914
Mr. Fix-It
1918
The Mollycoddle
1920
The Gaucho
1927
In Again, Out Again
1917
Flirting with Fate
1916
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
A Modern Musketeer
1917
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998
Wild and Woolly
1917
The Matrimaniac
1916
His Picture in the Papers
1916
The Nut
1921
Manhattan Madness
1916
American Aristocracy
1916
Reggie Mixes In
1916
I, Douglas Fairbanks
2018
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
1927
Reaching for the Moon
1917
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
Double Trouble
1915
The Good Bad-Man
1916
The Half-Breed
1916
He Comes Up Smiling
1918
The Lamb
1915
The Taming of the Shrew
1929
Our Film Stars
1919
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
The Man from Painted Post
1917
The Americano
1916
Arizona
1918
The Golden Twenties
1950
The Habit of Happiness
1916
Down to Earth
1917
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
1930
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1924
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
One of Many
1927
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
Character Studies
1927
Headin' South
1918
Say! Young Fellow
1918
Bound in Morocco
1918
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919
Show People
1928
What Do Those Old Films Mean?
1985
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Glorious Technicolor
1998
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
The House That Shadows Built
1931
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
2018
Birth of the Tramp
2013
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
1931
Cupid Angling
1918
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
30 Years of Fun
1963
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
Martyrs of the Alamo
1915
The Great Chase
1962
The Many Faces of Zorro
2000
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
The Oscars
1953
The Bruce Forsyth Show
1959
Unknown Chaplin
1983
American Experience
1988