Douglas Fairbanks

ActorWriterDirectorProducer May 22 (died age 56) Denver, Colorado, United States 1914–2023 (109 year career)

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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 Hollywo…

Known For

Film

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Man on White Horse (uncredited)

Film

The Thief of Bagdad

Film

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Film

The Mark of Zorro

Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro

Film

Show People

Self (uncredited)

Film

The Image Book

(archive footage)

Film

The Black Pirate

The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate

Film

Robin Hood

Filmography

Acting (95)

Movies (92)

Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse

2023

as Self

7.0

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

2020

as Self (archive footage)

The Image Book

as (archive footage)

I, Douglas Fairbanks

as Self (archive footage)

8.5

Propaganda: Engineering Consent

2018

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

7.0

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

2017

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

6.5

Birth of the Tramp

2013

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

2008

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007

as Self (archive footage)

4.3

Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler

2005

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush

2003

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

The Tramp and the Dictator

2002

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.0

The Many Faces of Zorro

2000

as Self (archive footage)

3.7

The Worlds of Mei Lanfang

2000

Glorious Technicolor

1998

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.9

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

1998

as Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

1998

as Self (archive footage)

Anthony Quinn: An Original

1990

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor

1989

2.0

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1988

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

What Do Those Old Films Mean?

1985

as Himself(archive footage)

6.0

God Chose Paris

1969

as Self (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)

30 Years of Fun

as (archive footage)

The Great Chase

Days of Thrills and Laughter

1961

as Self (archive footage)

5.5

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

1961

as Self (archive footage)

Yesterday and Today

1953

as (archive footage)

The Golden Twenties

1950

as Self (archive footage)

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

1945

as Self (archive footage)

Wilson

1944

as Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.5

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942

as Self (archive footage)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Ali Baba Goes to Town

1937

as Himself

5.9

The Private Life of Don Juan

as Don Juan

Mr. Robinson Crusoe

as Steve Drexel

The House That Shadows Built

1931

as (archive footage)

7.0

Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks

1931

as Self

Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1

1930

Reaching for the Moon

as Larry Day

The Iron Mask

as D'Artagnan

The Taming of the Shrew

as Petruccio

Show People

as Self (uncredited)

Character Studies

as Self (uncredited)

One of Many

as Self (archive footage)

The Gaucho

1927

as The Gaucho

6.1

A Kiss from Mary Pickford

1927

as Self (archive footage)

4.7

The Black Pirate

1926

as The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate

6.7

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

7.3

Don Q Son of Zorro

1925

as Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro

6.6

The Thief of Bagdad

1924

as The Thief of Bagdad

7.3

Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm

Hollywood

as Douglas Fairbanks

Robin Hood

as Robin Hood

The Nut

as Charlie Jackson

The Three Musketeers

as D'Artagnan

The Mollycoddle

as Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V

5.6

The Mark of Zorro

1920

as Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro

7.1

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

as Teddy Drake

Our Film Stars

His Majesty, the American

1919

as William Brooks

5.8

When the Clouds Roll By

1919

as Daniel Boone Brown

6.8

Bound in Morocco

1918

as George Travelwell

Cupid Angling

1918

Headin' South

1918

as Headin' South

Arizona

1918

as Lt. Denton

Mr. Fix-It

1918

as Dick Remington

6.0

Say! Young Fellow

1918

as The Young Fellow

He Comes Up Smiling

1918

as Jerry Martin

5.5

Reaching for the Moon

1917

as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown

5.8

In Again, Out Again

1917

as Teddy Rutherford

Wild and Woolly

1917

as Jeff Hillington

6.3

A Modern Musketeer

1917

as Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan

5.2

Down to Earth

1917

as Billy Gaynor

6.0

The Man from Painted Post

1917

as 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood

4.8

All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan

1917

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1916

as Man on White Horse (uncredited)

The Good Bad-Man

as Passin' Through

Flirting with Fate

as Augy Holliday

The Habit of Happiness

as Sunny Wiggins

The Half-Breed

as Lo Dorman

Manhattan Madness

as Steve O'Dare

The Americano

as Blaze Derringer

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

1916

as Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks

Reggie Mixes In

as Reggie Van Deuzen

The Matrimaniac

as Jimmie Conroy

American Aristocracy

as Cassius Lee

His Picture in the Papers

1916

as Pete Prindle

4.6

Martyrs of the Alamo

1915

as Joe / Texas soldier

5.2

Double Trouble

1915

as Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield

5.7

The Lamb

1915

as Gerald

Our Mutual Girl

1914

as Self (episode 47)

Television (3)

American Experience

1988

as Self

6.6

Unknown Chaplin

1983

as Self (archive footage)

8.2

The Bruce Forsyth Show

1959

Crew (34)

Movies (34)

The Thief of Baghdad

Dialogue

Mr. Robinson Crusoe

Story

Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks

1931

Director

Reaching for the Moon

Producer

The Iron Mask

Producer

The Iron Mask

Writer

The Gaucho

Writer

The Black Pirate

Producer

The Black Pirate

Story

Don Q Son of Zorro

Producer

The Thief of Bagdad

Producer

The Thief of Bagdad

Story

Robin Hood

Producer

The Nut

Writer

The Three Musketeers

Producer

The Mark of Zorro

Scenario Writer

The Mark of Zorro

Writer

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

1919

Producer

6.0

His Majesty, the American

1919

Scenario Writer

5.8

When the Clouds Roll By

1919

Producer

6.8

When the Clouds Roll By

1919

Story

6.8

Bound in Morocco

1918

Producer

Headin' South

1918

Producer

Arizona

1918

Director

Mr. Fix-It

1918

Producer

6.0

Say! Young Fellow

1918

Producer

He Comes Up Smiling

1918

Producer

5.5

Reaching for the Moon

1917

Producer

5.8

In Again, Out Again

1917

Producer

Wild and Woolly

Producer

A Modern Musketeer

Producer

Down to Earth

Story

The Man from Painted Post

Scenario Writer

The Good Bad-Man

Writer