Douglas Fairbanks
Born:5/22/1883•Died:12/12/1939
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.
Filmography
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
20237.0
The Image Book
20186.4
I, Douglas Fairbanks
20188.5
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
20186.9
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
20176.5
Birth of the Tramp
20137.1
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
20085.7
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
20074.9
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
20056.0
Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
20035.4
The Tramp and the Dictator
20026.9
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
20000.0
Glorious Technicolor
19986.7
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
19980.0
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
19980.0
Anthony Quinn: An Original
19906.5
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
19892.0
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
19887.0
What Do Those Old Films Mean?
19856.0
God Chose Paris
19690.0
The Big Parade of Comedy
19646.3
30 Years of Fun
19633.0
The Great Chase
19626.2
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
19610.0
Days of Thrills and Laughter
19615.5
Yesterday and Today
19530.0
The Golden Twenties
19500.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
19450.0
Wilson
19445.5
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
19420.0
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
19406.5
Ali Baba Goes to Town
19375.8
The Private Life of Don Juan
19346.1
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
19326.1
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks
19310.0
The House That Shadows Built
19317.0
Reaching for the Moon
19305.8
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
19300.0
The Taming of the Shrew
19295.4
The Iron Mask
19296.7
Show People
19287.1
The Gaucho
19276.1
Character Studies
19276.0
One of Many
19270.0
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
19274.7
The Black Pirate
19266.8
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
19257.3
Don Q Son of Zorro
19256.6
The Thief of Bagdad
19247.3
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
19240.0
Hollywood
19237.0
Robin Hood
19226.4
The Three Musketeers
19216.4
The Nut
19215.9
The Mark of Zorro
19207.2
The Mollycoddle
19205.6
When the Clouds Roll By
19196.8
Our Film Stars
19196.0
His Majesty, the American
19195.8
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
19196.0
Arizona
19180.0
He Comes Up Smiling
19185.5
Bound in Morocco
19180.0
Cupid Angling
19180.0
Say! Young Fellow
19180.0
Mr. Fix-It
19186.0
Headin' South
19180.0
A Modern Musketeer
19175.2
Reaching for the Moon
19175.8
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
19170.0
The Man from Painted Post
19174.8
Down to Earth
19176.0
Wild and Woolly
19176.3
In Again, Out Again
19170.0
The Americano
19165.8
The Matrimaniac
19166.5
American Aristocracy
19164.0
Manhattan Madness
19165.5
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
19167.1
The Half-Breed
19165.8
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
19165.8
Reggie Mixes In
19165.8
The Good Bad-Man
19166.3
The Habit of Happiness
19165.4
His Picture in the Papers
19164.6
Flirting with Fate
19165.8
Double Trouble
19155.5
Martyrs of the Alamo
19155.2
The Lamb
19150.0
Our Mutual Girl
19140.0