Douglas Fairbanks
Acting
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.
As actor 97
American Experience
1988
The Oscars
1953
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
1927
Show People
1928
The Bruce Forsyth Show
1959
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028
Glorious Technicolor
1998
Down to Earth
1917
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Robin Hood
1922
Unknown Chaplin
1983
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Manhattan Madness
1916
Headin' South
1918
Character Studies
1927
The Image Book
2018
Cupid Angling
1918
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
The Thief of Bagdad
1924
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
The Black Pirate
1926
The Nut
1921
The Mark of Zorro
1920
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Hollywood
1923
God Chose Paris
1969
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998
Wilson
1944
The Mollycoddle
1920
30 Years of Fun
1963
Our Film Stars
1919
The Many Faces of Zorro
2000
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
1932
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Wild and Woolly
1917
The Iron Mask
1929
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Reaching for the Moon
1930
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
His Majesty, the American
1919
The Half-Breed
1916
He Comes Up Smiling
1918
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
1931
The Good Bad-Man
1916
One of Many
1927
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934
Mr. Fix-It
1918
The Gaucho
1927
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
Our Mutual Girl
1914
The Three Musketeers
1921
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1924
When the Clouds Roll By
1919
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
Birth of the Tramp
2013
American Aristocracy
1916
Yesterday and Today
1953
Martyrs of the Alamo
1915
The Taming of the Shrew
1929
The House That Shadows Built
1931
The Man from Painted Post
1917
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005
The Americano
1916
Say! Young Fellow
1918
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
2018
In Again, Out Again
1917
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
1916
The Golden Twenties
1950
The Matrimaniac
1916
The Lamb
1915
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023
A Modern Musketeer
1917
I, Douglas Fairbanks
2018
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989
His Picture in the Papers
1916
The Habit of Happiness
1916
Double Trouble
1915
The Great Chase
1962
Bound in Morocco
1918
Flirting with Fate
1916
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
Reaching for the Moon
1917
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917
Arizona
1918
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
1930
Reggie Mixes In
1916
On the crew 29
Down to Earth
1917
Robin Hood
1922
Headin' South
1918
The Thief of Bagdad
1924
The Black Pirate
1926
The Nut
1921
The Mark of Zorro
1920
The Thief of Baghdad
1961
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
1932
Wild and Woolly
1917
The Iron Mask
1929
Reaching for the Moon
1930
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
His Majesty, the American
1919
He Comes Up Smiling
1918
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
1931
The Good Bad-Man
1916
Mr. Fix-It
1918
The Gaucho
1927
The Three Musketeers
1921
When the Clouds Roll By
1919
The Man from Painted Post
1917
Say! Young Fellow
1918
In Again, Out Again
1917
A Modern Musketeer
1917
Bound in Morocco
1918
Reaching for the Moon
1917
Arizona
1918