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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909–2000)


Although he appeared in approximately 100 movies or TV shows, Douglas Elton Ulman--better known as Douglas Fairbanks Jr.--never really intended to take up acting as a career. However, the environment he was born into and the circumstances naturally led him to be a thespian. Noblesse oblige. The son... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (100 titles)
1989 B.L. Stryker (TV series)
White
Auntie Sue (1989) … White
 
1986 Strong Medicine (TV movie)
Eli Camperdown
 
1981 Ghost Story
Edward Charles Wanderley
 
1980 The Hostage Tower (TV movie)
Malcolm Philpott
 
1978 Kingdom of Gifts
The Proud King (voice)
 
1976 The Art of Film (TV series)
Narrator
 
1972 The Crooked Hearts (TV movie)
Rex Willoughby
 
1967 Red and Blue (short)
The Nillionaire
 
1966 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)
Mr. Otis
 
1966 The Bruce Forsyth Show (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (1966)
 
1964 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Dr. Robert Devlin
An Ungodly Act (1964) … Dr. Robert Devlin
 
1964 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
The Colonel
Lives of a Bungle Lancer (1964) … The Colonel
 
1962-1963 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Host
The Troubled Heart (1963) … Host
 
1962 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Hans Harben
The Shadowed Affair (1962) … Hans Harben
 
1962 Route 66 (TV series)
Charles Clayton
Kiss the Maiden All Forlorn (1962) … Charles Clayton
 
1953-1956 Rheingold Theatre (TV series)
Anthony Selincourt / Kurt 'Scarface' Remo / The Genie
One Can't Help Feeling Sorry (1956) … Kurt 'Scarface' Remo
The Genie (1953) … The Genie
The Scream (1953) … Anthony Selincourt
 
1954 Three's Company
Narrator/Anthony (segment "The Scream' story)
 
1954 Thought to Kill
Narrator
 
1954 The Last Moment
George Griffin
 
1954 The Red Dress
Narrator
 
1953 The Genie
The Genie
 
1953 The Triangle
Francois Villon (segment "A Lodging for the Night")
 
1951 Sure As Fate (TV series)
Guest
The Guinea Pigs (1951) … Guest
 
1951 Mister Drake's Duck
Donald 'Don' Drake
 
1950 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series)
John Deacon January
Mrs. January and Mr. Ex (1950) … John Deacon January
 
1950 The Great Manhunt
Dr. John Marlowe
 
1949 The Fighting O'Flynn
The O'Flynn
 
1948 That Lady in Ermine
Colonel Ladislas Karolyi Teglas/The Duke
 
1941 The Corsican Brothers
Lucien Franchi / Mario Franchi
 
1940 Safari
Jim Logan
 
1940 Green Hell
Keith Brandon
 
1939 Rulers of the Sea
David 'Davie' Gillespie
 
1939 The Sun Never Sets
John Randolph
 
1938 The Young in Heart
Richard Carleton
 
1938 Having Wonderful Time
Chick
 
1938 The Rage of Paris
Jim Trevor
 
1938 Joy of Living
Dan
 
1937 When Thief Meets Thief
Ricky Morgan
 
1936 Accused
Tony Seymour
 
1936 The Amateur Gentleman
John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty
 
1935 Man of the Moment
Tony Woodward (as Douglas Fairbanks Jnr.)
 
1935 Mimi
Rodolphe
 
1934 Success at Any Price
Joe Martin
 
1933 Captured!
Lieutenant Fred 'Dig' Digby
 
1933 The Narrow Corner
Fred Blake
 
1933 The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Jimmy
 
1933 Parachute Jumper
Bill Keller
 
1932 Scarlet Dawn
Nikita Krasnoff
 
1932 Love Is a Racket
Jimmy Russell
 
1932 L'athlète incomplet
Fred Miller
 
1932 It's Tough to Be Famous
Scott 'Scotty' McClenahan
 
1932 Union Depot
Chick Miller
 
1931 I Like Your Nerve
Larry O'Brien
 
1931 Chances
Jack Ingleside
 
1931 The Stolen Jools (short)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
 
1931 L'aviateur
 
1930 One Night at Susie's
Dick
 
1930 The Way of All Men
Billy Bear
 
1930 The Little Accident
Norman Overbeck
 
1930 The Dawn Patrol
Douglas Scott
 
1930 Loose Ankles
Gil Hayden
 
1930 Party Girl
Jay Rountree
 
1929 The Show of Shows
Ambrose in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number
 
1929 The Forward Pass
Marty Reid
 
1929 The Careless Age
Wyn
 
1929 Our Modern Maidens
Gil
 
1929 Fast Life
Douglas Stratton
 
1929 The Jazz Age
Steve Maxwell
 
1928 A Woman of Affairs
Jeffry
 
1928 The Barker
Chris Miller
 
1928 The Power of the Press
Clem Rogers
 
1928 The Toilers
Steve
 
1928 Modern Mothers
David Starke
 
1928 Dead Man's Curve
Vernon Keith
 
1927 A Texas Steer
Farleigh Bright
 
1927 Is Zat So?
G. Clifton Blackburn
 
1927 Women Love Diamonds
Jerry Croker-Kelley
 
1927 Man Bait
Jeff Sanford
 
1926 Broken Hearts of Hollywood
Hal Terwilliger
 
1926 Padlocked
Sonny Galloway
 
1926 The American Venus
Triton
 
1925 Stella Dallas
Richard Grosvenor
 
1925 Wild Horse Mesa
Chess Weymer
 
1925 The Air Mail
Sandy
 
1923 Stephen Steps Out
Stephen Harlow Jr.
 
1921 The Three Musketeers
Boy (uncredited)
 
1916 American Aristocracy
Newsboy (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (17 titles)
1958 Chase a Crooked Shadow (producer)
 
Rheingold Theatre (TV series) (executive producer - 35 episodes, 1954-1957) (producer - 24 episodes, 1953-1954)
Together (1957) (executive producer)
Bulldog Drummond and 'The Ludlow Affair' (1957) (executive producer)
The Best Man (1957) (executive producer)
To What Great Heights (1956) (executive producer)
Rendezvous at Dawn (1956) (executive producer)
 
1956 The Silken Affair (executive producer)
 
1955 Police Dog (producer - uncredited)
 
1954 Three's Company (executive producer)
 
1954 Thought to Kill (executive producer)
 
1954 The Last Moment (executive producer)
 
1954 The Red Dress (producer)
 
1953 The Genie (producer)
 
1953 Terry and the Pirates (TV series) (executive producer - 13 episodes)
Compound C-3 Theft (1953) (executive producer)
Extra Cargo (1953) (executive producer)
The Green God (1953) (executive producer)
The Randall Affair (1953) (executive producer)
Boxer's Rebellion (executive producer)
 
1951 Mister Drake's Duck (producer - uncredited)
 
1949 The Fighting O'Flynn (producer)
 
1947 The Exile (producer)
 
1940 Angels Over Broadway (associate producer)
 
1937 When Thief Meets Thief (producer)
 
1936 Accused (producer)
 
1936 The Amateur Gentleman (producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (5 titles)
1949 The Fighting O'Flynn (performer: "IRISH RECRUITING SONG" - uncredited)
 
1948 That Lady in Ermine (performer: "Ooh! What I'll Do To That Wild Hungarian" - uncredited, "This Is the Moment" - uncredited)
 
1938 Joy of Living (performer: "You Couldn't Be Cuter" 1938 - uncredited, "Wiener Blut Viennese Blood, Op.354" 1873 - uncredited)
 
1935 Man of the Moment (performer: "Chopsticks" 1877 - uncredited)
 
1930 The Dawn Patrol (performer: "Plum and Apple" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
1949 The Fighting O'Flynn (writer)
 
1947 The Exile
 
1932 Scarlet Dawn (contributor to dialogue - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1951 Another Man's Poison (presenter)
 
Show ShowCasting Director (1 title)
1950 Night and the City (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
1997 Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (documentary) (special thanks - as Mr. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.)
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary) (acknowledgment: film source)
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary) (the producers wish to thank: for their help and cooperation - as Douglas Fairbanks Jnr.)
 
Show ShowSelf (79 titles)
1997 Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (documentary)
Himself
 
1996 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996) … Himself
 
1991 Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990) … Himself
 
1990 Night of 100 Stars III (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
Douglas Fairbanks Jr (1989) … Himself
 
1989 The Dame Edna Experience (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.1 (1989) … Himself
 
1988 Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Going Hollywood: The War Years (documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Hollywood Uncensored (documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1984 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
Laurence Olivier: A Life (1983) … Himself
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Himself
 
1982 The Pirates of Penzance (TV movie)
Himself
 
1981 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 14 December 1981 (1981) … Himself
Episode dated 10 December 1981 (1981) … Himself
 
1981 Starring Katharine Hepburn (TV documentary)
Himself/Narrator
 
1981 Hour Magazine (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 4 March 1981 (1981) … Himself
 
1981 Bob Hope's 30th Anniversary Special (TV special)
Himself
 
1980 From Raquel with Love (TV movie)
Himself
 
1980 Great Railway Journeys of the World (TV series documentary)
Himself
Coast to Coast (1980) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1980 The British Greats (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
Leslie Howard (1980) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1980 The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
Star Treatment (1980) … Himself
Hazard of the Game (1980) … Himself
Hollywood Goes to War (1980) … Himself
In the Beginning (1980) … Himself
Pioneers (1980) … Himself
 
1979 Circus of the Stars #4 (TV special documentary)
Himself - Ringmaster
 
1979 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Himself
Charles Chaplin (1979) … Himself
 
1979 All-Star Salute to Pearl Bailey (TV movie)
Himself
 
1976 The Elstree Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1968-1975 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance / Himself
Episode dated 27 October 1975 (1975) … Guest Appearance
Episode #2.133 (1968) … Himself
Episode #2.132 (1968) … Guest Appearance
Episode #2.131 (1968) … Guest Appearance
Episode #2.130 (1968) … Guest Appearance
 
1974-1975 Stars on Sunday (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 1 April 1975 (1975) … Himself
Episode dated 15 December 1974 (1974) … Himself
 
1973 Target Tirpitz (documentary)
Himself
 
1973 The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.10 (1973) … Himself
 
1971 The Pearl Bailey Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.10 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 The Brian Connell Interview (TV series)
Himself
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 25 June 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 NBC Experiment in Television (TV series documentary)
Himself
This Is Al Capp (1970) … Himself
 
1951-1969 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Singer
Episode #23.8 (1969) … Himself - Singer
Episode #11.23 (1958) … Himself
Episode #11.10 (1957) … Himself
Episode #8.8 (1954) … Himself
Episode #5.7 (1951) … Himself
 
1969 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.45 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Allen Ludden's Gallery (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.31 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Della (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.14 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Performer
Episode #2.12 (1968) … Himself - Guest Performer
Episode #1.5 (1968) … Himself
Episode #1.4 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Jonathan Winters Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode #2.4 (1968) … Himself - Guest
 
1968 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Sketch Actor
Episode #5.24 (1968) … Himself - Sketch Actor
 
1968 The Pat Boone Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 March 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 You Don't Say (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 January 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 The Funniest Man in the World (documentary)
Narrator
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Capulet
Shindig in Europe: Part 1 (1965) … Capulet
 
1965 Today (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 10 September 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1965 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.35 (1965) … Himself
 
1965 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 22 May 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1964 Get the Message (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 25 December 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1961-1964 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Himself - Panelist / Himself
Betsy Palmer vs. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1964) … Himself - Panelist
Vivian Vance vs. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1963) … Himself - Panelist
Carol Burnett vs. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1963) … Himself - Panelist
 
1963 The Match Game (TV series)
Team Captain
Episode #1.69 (1963) … Team Captain
Episode #1.68 (1963) … Team Captain
Episode #1.67 (1963) … Team Captain
Episode #1.66 (1963) … Team Captain
Peggy Cass & Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1963) … Team Captain
 
1958-1962 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 19 March 1962 (1962) … Himself
Episode dated 2 April 1958 (1958) … Himself
 
1959-1960 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself
Home for Christmas (1960) … Himself
Episode #3.19 (1959) … Himself
 
1959 The Big Party (TV series)
Himself - Hostess
Episode #1.4 (1959) … Himself - Hostess
 
1958 Chelsea at Nine (TV series)
Himself - Host
Episode dated 28 January 1958 (1958) … Himself - Host
 
1958 Chase a Crooked Shadow
Himself - Epilogue (uncredited)
 
1953-1957 Rheingold Theatre (TV series)
Himself - Host / Stephen / Bill Campbell / …
Together (1957) … Himself - Host
The Trouble with Destiny (1957) … Himself - Host
Bulldog Drummond and 'The Ludlow Affair' (1957) … Himself - Host
The Best Man (1957) … Himself - Host
To What Great Heights (1956) … Himself - Host
 
1957 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.18 (1957) … Himself
 
1956 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode #2.7 (1956) … Himself - Guest
 
1951-1956 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist / Himself - Mystery Guest / Himself - Mystery Guest #2
Episode dated 28 October 1956 (1956) … Himself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 25 September 1955 (1955) … Himself - Mystery Guest #2
Episode dated 25 March 1951 (1951) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1956 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 1 March 1956 (1956) … Himself
Episode dated 28 February 1956 (1956) … Himself
 
1951 The Kate Smith Evening Hour (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.8 (1951) … Himself
 
1950 The Faye Emerson Show (TV series)
Himself
Fencing/Douglas Fairbanks Jr (1950) … Himself
 
1950 Your Show of Shows (TV series)
Himself - Guest Performer
Episode #2.10 (1950) … Himself - Guest Performer
 
1940 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself, Tennis Fan
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Hollywood Goes to Town (documentary short)
Himself (as Young Fairbanks)
 
1932 Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 (short)
Himself
 
1931 Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 6 (short)
Himself
 
1931 How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 (short)
Himself
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 13 (short)
Himself
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 (short)
Himself, Newlywed
 
1929 Hollywood Snapshots #11 (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (23 titles)
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Zeitenblicke - Jetzt ist Hallstatt Zeit (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Gable and Crawford (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 On Location with 'Gunga Din' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Checking Out: Grand Hotel (video documentary short)
Himself - At the premiere
 
2004 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Bob Hope at 100 (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (TV documentary)
Himself - Actor/Husband
 
2001 The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself (Memorial Tribute)
 
2000 Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Third Reich, in Color (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Laugh-In Past Christmas Present (TV special)
Himself
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
Joe Massara
 
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1955 Hollywood Mothers and Fathers (documentary short)
Himself
 
1950 The Costume Designer (documentary short)
 
1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(4/30/59) Radio: Appeared on "Theater Guild on the Air" in the episode "Double Door" with Geraldine Fitzgerald and Florence Reed. See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Print Biographies  | 2 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Mr. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | Young Fairbanks | Douglas Fairbanks Jnr.

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Irene Dunne] Nothing is instinctive, everything she does is very carefully thought out, she knows her camera and lighting as well as any cameraman, she knows every movement, every intonation, every nuance. She's a first-class craftswoman. But instead of being dull and perfect, she's absolutely enchanting and perfect. See more »

Trivia:

A heavy drinker. See more »

Nickname:

Doug See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius