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Douglas Fairbanks (I) (1883–1939)

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Douglas Fairbanks was raised by his southern mother who had separated from his father, an attorney, when he was five. He began amateur theater at age 12 and continued while attending the Colorado School of Mines. In 1900 they moved to New York. He attended Harvard, traveled to Europe, worked on a cattle freighter... See full bio »

Born:

Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman
in Denver, Colorado, USA

Died:

(age 56) in Santa Monica, California, USA
Still of Douglas Fairbanks and Julanne Johnston in The Thief of Bagdad Still of Douglas Fairbanks in The Thief of Bagdad Douglas Fairbanks, BLACK PIRATE, THE, United Artists, 1926, **I.V. Still of Douglas Fairbanks in The Black Pirate
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1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town
Douglas Fairbanks - at Fictional Premiere (uncredited)
 
1934 The Private Life of Don Juan
Don Juan
 
1932 Mr. Robinson Crusoe
Steve Drexel
 
1930 Reaching for the Moon
Larry Day
 
1930 Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1 (short)
(episode "Welches ist ihr Typ")
 
1929 The Taming of the Shrew
Petruchio
 
1929 The Iron Mask
D'Artagnan
 
1927 The Gaucho
The Gaucho
 
1926 The Black Pirate
The Duke of Arnoldo (as Mr. Douglas Fairbanks) / The Black Pirate (as Mr. Douglas Fairbanks)
 
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
 
1925 Don Q Son of Zorro
Don Cesar de Vega/Zorro - His Father
 
1924 The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad
 
1922 Robin Hood
The Earl of Huntingdon / Afterwards Robin Hood
 
1921 The Three Musketeers
D'Artagnan
 
1921/I The Nut
Charlie Jackson
 
1920 The Mark of Zorro
Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
 
1920 The Mollycoddle
Richard Marshall III/Richard Marshall IV/Richard Marshall V
 
1919 When the Clouds Roll by
Daniel Boone Brown
 
1919 His Majesty, the American
William Brooks
 
1919 The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Teddy Drake
 
1918 Arizona
Lt. Denton
 
1918 Sic 'Em, Sam (short)
Democracy
 
1918 He Comes Up Smiling
Jerry Martin
 
1918 Bound in Morocco
George Travelwell
 
1918 Say! Young Fellow
The Young Fellow
 
1918 Mr. Fix-It
Dick Remington
 
1918 Headin' South
Headin' South
 
1918 Swat the Kaiser (short)
 
1917 A Modern Musketeer
Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan
 
1917 Reaching for the Moon
Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
 
1917 The Man from Painted Post
'Fancy Jim' Sherwood
 
1917 Down to Earth
Billy Gaynor
 
1917 Wild and Woolly
Jeff Hillington
 
1917/II In Again, Out Again
Teddy Rutherford
 
1917 All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
 
1916 The Americano
Blaze Derringer
 
1916 The Matrimaniac
Jimmie Conroy
 
1916 American Aristocracy
Cassius Lee
 
1916 Manhattan Madness
Steve O'Dare
 
1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Man on White Horse (uncredited)
 
1916 The Half-Breed
Lo Dorman
 
1916 Flirting with Fate
Augy Holliday
 
1916 The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (short)
Coke Ennyday/Douglas Fairbanks
 
1916 Reggie Mixes In
Reggie Van Deuzen
 
1916 The Good Bad Man
Passin' Through
 
1916 The Habit of Happiness
Sunny Wiggins
 
1916 His Picture in the Papers
Pete Prindle
 
1915 Double Trouble
Florian Amidon/Eugene Brassfield
 
1915 Martyrs of the Alamo
Joe/Texan Soldier
 
1915 The Lamb
Gerald
 
Show ShowProducer (28 titles)
1932 Mr. Robinson Crusoe (producer)
 
1930 Reaching for the Moon (producer - uncredited)
 
1929 The Iron Mask (producer - uncredited)
 
1927 The Gaucho (producer - uncredited)
 
1926 The Black Pirate (producer - uncredited)
 
1925 Don Q Son of Zorro (producer - uncredited)
 
1924 The Thief of Bagdad (producer)
 
1922 Robin Hood (producer - uncredited)
 
1921 The Three Musketeers (producer - uncredited)
 
1921/I The Nut (producer)
 
1920 The Mark of Zorro (executive producer)
 
1920 The Mollycoddle (producer)
 
1919 When the Clouds Roll by (producer)
 
1919 His Majesty, the American (producer)
 
1919 The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (producer)
 
1918 Arizona (producer)
 
1918 He Comes Up Smiling (producer)
 
1918 Bound in Morocco (producer)
 
1918 Say! Young Fellow (producer)
 
1918 Mr. Fix-It (producer)
 
1918 Headin' South (producer)
 
1917 A Modern Musketeer (producer - uncredited)
 
1917 Reaching for the Moon (producer)
 
1917 The Man from Painted Post (producer)
 
1917 Down to Earth (producer)
 
1917 Wild and Woolly (producer)
 
1917/II In Again, Out Again (producer)
 
1916 The Good Bad Man (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (18 titles)
1932 Mr. Robinson Crusoe (story / as Elton Thomas)
 
1929 The Iron Mask (screenplay - uncredited / story / as Elton Thomas / titles - uncredited)
 
1927 The Gaucho (story / as Elton Thomas)
 
1926 The Black Pirate (story / as Elton Thomas)
 
1924 The Thief of Bagdad (as Elton Thomas / story)
 
1922 Robin Hood (story / as Elton Thomas)
 
1921 The Three Musketeers (uncredited)
 
1921/I The Nut (as Elton Thomas)
 
1920 The Mark of Zorro (scenario - uncredited)
 
1920 The Mollycoddle (uncredited)
 
1919 When the Clouds Roll by (story - uncredited)
 
1919 His Majesty, the American (as Elton Banks / scenario)
 
1919 The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (as Elton Banks / story / as Elton Banks)
 
1918 Arizona (writer)
 
1918 Bound in Morocco (screenplay / as Elton Thomas / story / as Elton Thomas)
 
1917 The Man from Painted Post (scenario)
 
1917 Down to Earth (story)
 
1916 The Good Bad Man
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
1931 Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks (documentary) (as Douglas Fairbanks Sr.)
 
1918 Arizona
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1921 The Three Musketeers (presents)
 
1920 The Mollycoddle (supervisor - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (19 titles)
1989 La parada (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1989) … Himself
 
1964 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 December 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1955 Hollywood Mothers and Fathers (documentary short)
Himself
 
1932/II Screen Snapshots (documentary short)
Himself
 
1931 Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks (documentary)
Himself
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 24 (short)
Himself
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 23 (short)
Himself, at Premiere
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 22 (short)
Himself
 
1928 Show People
Himself - at Banquet (uncredited)
 
1927 Character Studies (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1927 Potseluy Meri Pikford
Himself
 
1925 Screen Snapshots No. 2 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1923 Hollywood
Himself
 
1923 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 19 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 10 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 1 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 24 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1921 Non-Sense of Censorship (documentary short)
 
1914 Our Mutual Girl
Himself (episode 47)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (68 titles)
2012 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2010 Time to Remember (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Spisok korabley (documentary)
 
2007 Burn Hollywood Burn (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 MythBusters (TV series documentary)
 
2002-2007 City Confidential (TV series documentary)
 
2006 World of Robin Hood (TV documentary)
Robin Hood (uncredited)
 
2006 Silent Britain (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2006 Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Filmmakers in Action (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler (video)
Himself
 
2005 The Forgotten Films of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle (video documentary)
 
2005 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Tramp and the Dictator (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2000 The Many Faces of Zorro (video documentary)
 
2000 Canada: A People's History
Himself
 
2000 The Worlds of Mei Lanfang (documentary)
 
2000 Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Mary Pickford (TV documentary)
 
2000 Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1998 Glorious Technicolor (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 History's Mysteries (TV series)
 
1998 Star Power: The Creation of United Artists (video documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (documentary)
Himself/Various Roles (uncredited)
 
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Entertaining the Troops (documentary)
Himself
 
1985 What Do Those Old Films Mean?
Himself (in Paris, 1920) (uncredited)
 
1983 Unknown Chaplin
Himself
 
1983 Journey to Krull (video documentary short)
The Thief of Bagdad (uncredited)
 
1983 Historia del cine: Epoca muda (video documentary)
Various roles
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1980 Komediya davno minuvshikh dney
 
1978 Dora and the Magic Lantern
Zorro
 
1973 The Age of Ballyhoo (video documentary)
Himself
 
1967 The Funniest Man in the World (documentary)
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Himself
 
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (documentary)
Actor Arriving at MGM (uncredited)
 
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1963 Fractured Flickers (TV series)
 
1963 30 Years of Fun
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1962 The Great Chase (documentary)
 
1962 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
 
1961 Silents Please (TV series)
 
1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (video documentary)
Himself
 
1961 Days of Thrills and Laughter (documentary)
Himself
 
1956 Project XX (TV series documentary)
 
1955 Screen Snapshots: Ramblin' Round Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself
 
1954 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Stars to Remember (short)
Himself
 
1953 Yesterday and Today
 
1952 Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson (documentary short)
Himself
 
1950 The Golden Twenties (documentary)
Himself
 
1948 Movies Are Adventure (short)
(uncredited)
 
1946 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 10: Famous Fathers and Sons (documentary short)
Himself
 
1945 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary (documentary short)
Himself
 
1944 Wilson
Himself, at WWI rally (uncredited)
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
Himself
 
1939 The Movies March On (documentary short)
Himself - From 'Robin Hood'
 
1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1934 Movie Memories (documentary short)
Himself
 
1931 The House That Shadows Built (documentary)
 
1923 Little Miss Hollywood (short)
Film Clip
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1904). Stage Play: Two Little Sailor Boys. Written by Walter Howard. Academy of Music: 2 May 1904- May 1904 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: William Brand, Ethel Brandon, John T. Burke, James Carew, Dan Collyer, Lizzie Evans, Douglas Fairbanks, John Harson, Burt Jordon, M.J. Jordon, C.E. Lark... See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Biographical Movies  | 13 Print Biographies  | 3 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Elton Banks | Douglas Fairbanks Sr. | Mr. Douglas Fairbanks | Elton Thomas

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Personal Quote:

[last words] I never felt better in my life. See more »

Trivia:

Interred at Hollywood Memorial Cemetery (now called Hollywood Forever), Hollywood, California, USA. See more »

Trademark:

Stunts He did all his own, with one exception See more »

Nickname:

Doug See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini