Douglas Fairbanks

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Known For

The Thief of Bagdad The Thief of Bagdad

(1924)

The Mark of Zorro Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro

(1920)

Arizona Lt. Denton

(1918)

Robin Hood The Earl of Huntingdon / Afterwards Robin Hood

(1922)

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Actor (51 credits)

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

1928 Show People
Douglas Fairbanks (uncredited)

1927 The Gaucho
The Gaucho

1926 The Black Pirate
The Duke of Arnoldo / 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

1923 Hollywood
Douglas Fairbanks

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 Swat the Kaiser (Short)

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

1917 A Modern Musketeer
Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan

1917 Reaching for the Moon
Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown

1917 All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan

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

1916 The Americano
Blaze Derringer

1916 The Matrimaniac (Short)
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 (Sleeping Water)

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 The Lamb
Gerald

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Producer (28 credits)

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)

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Writer (19 credits)

1961 The Thief of Baghdad (dialogue - as Douglas Fairbanks Sr.)

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 (story - as Elton Thomas)

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 (scenario - as Elton Banks)

1919 The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (scenario - 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

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Director (2 credits)

1931 Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks (Documentary) (as Douglas Fairbanks Sr.)

1918 Arizona

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Miscellaneous Crew (2 credits)

1921 The Three Musketeers (presenter)

1920 The Mollycoddle (supervisor - uncredited)

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Self (28 credits)

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. 23 (Short)
Himself, at Premiere

1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 24 (Short)
Himself

1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 22 (Short)
Himself

1927 Character Studies (Short)
Himself (uncredited)

1927 Potseluy Meri Pikford
Himself

1925 Screen Snapshots No. 2 (Documentary short)
Himself

1925 Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 2 (Documentary short)
Himself

1925 Twinkle Twinkle (Documentary short)
Himself

1925 Screen Snapshots, Series 5, No. 14 (Documentary short)
Himself

1924 Screen Snapshots, Series 5, No. 1 (Documentary short)
Himself

1924 Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 11 (Documentary short)
Himself

1923 Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 8 (Documentary short)
Himself

1923 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 26 (Documentary short)
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

1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 22-F (Documentary short)
Himself

1921 Non-Sense of Censorship (Documentary short)

1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 14-F (Documentary short)
Himself

1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 24 (Documentary short)
Himself

1920 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 11 (Documentary short)
Himself

1917 Animated Weekly, No. 57 (Documentary short)
Himself

1914 Our Mutual Girl, No. 47 (Short)
Himself

1914 Our Mutual Girl
Himself (episode 47)

1912 Animated Weekly, No. 41 (Documentary short)
Himself

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Archive footage (91 credits)

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance (Documentary) (filming)
Himself

2014 Un jour, une histoire (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Chaplin, la légende du siècle (2014) ... Himself

2013 La naissance de Charlot (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2013 Ninja the Mission Force (TV Series)
Pirate

- The Clones of Bruce (2013) ... Pirate

2012 Edición Especial Coleccionista (TV Series)
Himself

- Comparativa: El Circo (2012) ... Himself

2010 Time to Remember (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Stage and Screen (2010) ... Himself

2008 Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (Documentary)
Himself

2008 Spisok korabley (Documentary)
The Black Pirate

2007 Anna May Wong, Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend (Documentary)
The Thief of Bagdad (clip from The Thief of Bagdad (1924))

2007 Burn Hollywood Burn (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Mervyn K. Griffths (2007) ... Himself

2007 Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (Documentary)
Himself

2007 MythBusters (TV Series documentary)
The Black Pirate

- Pirate Special (2007) ... The Black Pirate

2002-2007 City Confidential (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Old Hollywood: Silent Stars, Deadly Secrets (2007) ... (uncredited)

- Beverly Hills: Brothers in Arms (2002) ... Himself

2006 World of Robin Hood (TV Movie documentary)
Robin Hood (uncredited)

2006 Silent Britain (TV Movie 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 American Experience (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Mary Pickford (2005) ... Himself

2004 Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (Documentary)
Himself

2004 Robin Hood: The First Outlaw Hero (TV Movie documentary)
Earl of Huntingdon / Robin Hood

2004 Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2003 Inside the Marx Brothers (Video documentary)
Himself

2003 Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush (TV Short documentary)
Himself

2002 The Tramp and the Dictator (Documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

2001 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Irving Berlin: An American Song (2001) ... Himself

- Milton Berle: Mr. Television ... Himself (uncredited)

2000 Central Casting (Documentary)

2000 Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Mary Pickford (TV Movie documentary)

2000 Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (TV Movie documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

2000 The Many Faces of Zorro (Video documentary)

2000 Canada: A People's History (TV Series documentary)
Himself

2000 The Worlds of Mei Lanfang (Documentary)

2000 Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1998 History's Mysteries (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- The Pirates' Lost City (1998) ... Himself

1998 Star Power: The Creation of United Artists (Video documentary)
Himself

1998 Glorious Technicolor (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1998 E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Beverly Hills Babylon ... Himself

1997 Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (Documentary)
Himself / Various Roles (uncredited)

1995 Sprockets (TV Series)
Zorro / The Black Pirate

- Cliffhangers (1995) ... Zorro

- Heart Throbs (1995) ... The Black Pirate

1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself

- Opportunity Lost (1995) ... Himself (uncredited)

1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1993 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (1993) ... Himself

1990 Anthony Quinn: An Original (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1988 Entertaining the Troops (Documentary)
Himself

1988 Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1985 What Do Those Old Films Mean? (TV Series)
Himself (in Paris, 1920) (uncredited)

1983 Historia del cine: Epoca muda (Video documentary)
Various roles

1983 Journey to Krull (Video documentary short)
The Thief of Bagdad (uncredited)

1983 Unknown Chaplin (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself

1981 Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark (TV Movie documentary)

1980 Komediya davno minuvshikh dney

1980 Hollywood (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself / Actor 'Robin Hood'

- End of an Era (1980)

- Swanson and Valentino (1980) ... Himself

- Hazard of the Game (1980) ... Actor 'Robin Hood' (uncredited)

- Hollywood Goes to War (1980) ... Himself (uncredited)

- In the Beginning (1980) ... Himself (uncredited)

1978 Dora and the Magic Lantern
La Marque de Zorro

1973 The Age of Ballyhoo (Video documentary)
Himself

1973 World Cinema (TV Series)
Diego Vega / Zorro

- Heart-throbs of the Twenties (1973) ... Diego Vega / Zorro

1969 Dieu a choisi Paris
Himself

1967 The Funniest Man in the World (Documentary)
Himself

1965 Hollywood My Home Town (Documentary)
Himself

1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (Documentary)
Actor Arriving at MGM (uncredited)

1963-1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series)
Himself / Señor z (clip from The Mark of Zorro (1920))

- The Swashbucklers (1964) ... Señor z (clip from The Mark of Zorro (1920))

- Hollywood Goes to War (1964) ... Himself

- The Immortal Jolson (1963) ... Himself

1964 The Judy Garland Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.16 (1964) ... Himself

1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (Documentary)
Himself

1963 Fractured Flickers (TV Series)

- Paula Prentiss (1963)

1963 Hollywood: The Great Stars (TV Movie documentary)
Actor 'The Mark of Zorro' (uncredited)

1963 30 Years of Fun

1962 The Great Chase (Documentary)

1962 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series)
Himself

- Hollywood - My Home Town (1962) ... Himself

1961 Hollywood: The Golden Years (TV Movie documentary)
Actor 'The Three Musketeers' (uncredited)

1961 Silents Please (TV Series)
Duke of Arnaldo

- The Black Pirate (1961) ... Duke of Arnaldo (as Douglas Fairbanks Sr.)

1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (Video documentary)
Himself

1961 Movies Golden Age (TV Movie documentary)
Steve O'Dare

1961 Days of Thrills and Laughter (Documentary)
Himself

1958 Jazzgossen
Himself - Skådespelare

1956 Project XX (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Actor

- The Great War: World War I (1956) ... Himself - Actor

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)
D'Artagnan (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
Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (uncredited)

1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (Documentary short)
Himself

1939 The Movies March On (Short documentary)
Himself - From 'Robin Hood'

1938 Personality Parade (Documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)

1934 Movie Memories #2 (Documentary short)
Himself

1931 The House That Shadows Built (Documentary)

1927 Odna iz mnogikh (Short)
Himself

1923 Little Miss Hollywood (Short)
Himself in Film Clip

Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage Play: The New Henrietta. Comedy. Written by Bronson Howard. Revised by Victor Mapes and Winchell Smith. Directed by Joseph Brooks. Knickerbocker Theatre: 22 Dec 1913- Feb 1914 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: William H. Crane (as "Nicholas Van Alstyne/Old Nick"), Amelia G. Bingham, Malcolm Bradley, Halbert W. Brown, ... See more »

Publicity Listings:

Alternate Names:

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

Height:

5' 7" (1.7 m)

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

The man that's out to do something has to keep in high gear all the time. See more »

Trivia:

After receiving bad French press for his role in the American version of The Three Musketeers (1921), he vowed "never to put a foot in France again" (July 1st 1921). See more »