Douglas Fairbanks
Acting
- Born:
- 1883-05-22
- Died:
- 1939-12-12
- Place of birth:
- Denver, Colorado, United States
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
Filmography
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
The Image Book
I, Douglas Fairbanks
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Birth of the Tramp
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
The Tramp and the Dictator
The Many Faces of Zorro
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
Glorious Technicolor
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
American Experience
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Unknown Chaplin
Hollywood
God Chose Paris
The Big Parade of Comedy
30 Years of Fun
The Great Chase
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Days of Thrills and Laughter
The Bruce Forsyth Show
Yesterday and Today
The Oscars
The Golden Twenties
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Wilson
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Ali Baba Goes to Town
The Private Life of Don Juan
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
The House That Shadows Built
Reaching for the Moon
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
The Taming of the Shrew
The Iron Mask
Show People
The Gaucho
Character Studies
One of Many
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
The Black Pirate
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Don Q Son of Zorro
The Thief of Bagdad
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
Hollywood
Robin Hood
The Three Musketeers
The Nut
The Mark of Zorro
The Mollycoddle
When the Clouds Roll By
Our Film Stars
His Majesty, the American
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Arizona
He Comes Up Smiling
Bound in Morocco
Cupid Angling
Say! Young Fellow
Mr. Fix-It
Headin' South
A Modern Musketeer
Reaching for the Moon
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
The Man from Painted Post
Down to Earth
Wild and Woolly
In Again, Out Again
The Americano
The Matrimaniac
American Aristocracy
Manhattan Madness
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Half-Breed
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
Reggie Mixes In
The Good Bad-Man
The Habit of Happiness
His Picture in the Papers
Flirting with Fate
Double Trouble
Martyrs of the Alamo
The Lamb
Our Mutual Girl