Douglas Fairbanks
Acting
1883-05-22 · 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.
Filmography
TheatersCharmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028 · Movie
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023 · Movie
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020 · Movie
The Image Book
2018 · Movie
I, Douglas Fairbanks
2018 · Movie
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
2018 · Movie
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017 · Movie
Birth of the Tramp
2013 · Movie
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008 · Movie
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 · Movie
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005 · Movie
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003 · Movie
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002 · Movie
The Many Faces of Zorro
2000 · Movie
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000 · Movie
Glorious Technicolor
1998 · Movie
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998 · Movie
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998 · Movie
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Movie
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990 · Movie
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989 · Movie
American Experience
1988 · Series
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988 · Movie
Unknown Chaplin
1983 · Series
Hollywood
1980 · Series
God Chose Paris
1969 · Movie
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Movie
30 Years of Fun
1963 · Movie
The Great Chase
1962 · Movie
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Movie
The Thief of Baghdad
1961 · Movie
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961 · Movie
The Bruce Forsyth Show
1959 · Series
Yesterday and Today
1953 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
The Golden Twenties
1950 · Movie
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945 · Movie
Wilson
1944 · Movie
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942 · Movie
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Movie
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937 · Movie
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934 · Movie
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
1932 · Movie
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
1931 · Movie
The House That Shadows Built
1931 · Movie
Reaching for the Moon
1930 · Movie
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
1930 · Movie
The Taming of the Shrew
1929 · Movie
The Iron Mask
1929 · Movie
Show People
1928 · Movie
The Gaucho
1927 · Movie
Character Studies
1927 · Movie
One of Many
1927 · Movie
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
1927 · Movie
The Black Pirate
1926 · Movie
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Movie
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925 · Movie
The Thief of Bagdad
1924 · Movie
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1924 · Movie
Hollywood
1923 · Movie
Robin Hood
1922 · Movie
The Three Musketeers
1921 · Movie
The Nut
1921 · Movie
The Mark of Zorro
1920 · Movie
The Mollycoddle
1920 · Movie
When the Clouds Roll By
1919 · Movie
Our Film Stars
1919 · Movie
His Majesty, the American
1919 · Movie
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919 · Movie
Arizona
1918 · Movie
He Comes Up Smiling
1918 · Movie
Bound in Morocco
1918 · Movie
Cupid Angling
1918 · Movie
Say! Young Fellow
1918 · Movie
Mr. Fix-It
1918 · Movie
Headin' South
1918 · Movie
A Modern Musketeer
1917 · Movie
Reaching for the Moon
1917 · Movie
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917 · Movie
The Man from Painted Post
1917 · Movie
Down to Earth
1917 · Movie
Wild and Woolly
1917 · Movie
In Again, Out Again
1917 · Movie
The Americano
1916 · Movie
The Matrimaniac
1916 · Movie
American Aristocracy
1916 · Movie
Manhattan Madness
1916 · Movie
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · Movie
The Half-Breed
1916 · Movie
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
1916 · Movie
Reggie Mixes In
1916 · Movie
The Good Bad-Man
1916 · Movie
The Habit of Happiness
1916 · Movie
His Picture in the Papers
1916 · Movie
Flirting with Fate
1916 · Movie
Double Trouble
1915 · Movie
Martyrs of the Alamo
1915 · Movie
The Lamb
1915 · Movie
Our Mutual Girl
1914 · Movie