Personal Info
Birthday
May 22, 1883
Place of Birth
Denver, Colorado, United States
Known For
Acting
Douglas Fairbanks
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.
Directed Movies (2)
Acting Filmography (93)
No Backdrop
7.0
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Movie2023
8.0
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Movie2020
6.3
The Image Book
Movie2018
8.5
I, Douglas Fairbanks
Movie2018
7.4
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
Movie2018
6.5
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Movie2017
7.1
Birth of the Tramp
Movie2013
5.0
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Movie2008
4.3
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Movie2007
No Backdrop
8.0
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Movie2005
5.3
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Movie2003
7.0
The Tramp and the Dictator
Movie2002
No Backdrop
4.4
The Many Faces of Zorro
Movie2000
No Backdrop
0.0
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
Movie2000
6.9
Glorious Technicolor
Movie1998
8.0
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Movie1998
No Backdrop
10.0
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Movie1998
No Backdrop
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie1995
No Backdrop
6.8
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Movie1990
4.7
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
Movie1989
6.5
American Experience
TV Series1988
No Backdrop
7.0
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Movie1988
8.3
Unknown Chaplin
TV Series1983
6.5
God Chose Paris
Movie1969
7.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie1964
5.3
30 Years of Fun
Movie1963
No Backdrop
6.4
The Great Chase
Movie1962
No Backdrop
7.0
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Movie1961
6.0
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Movie1961
9.0
The Bruce Forsyth Show
TV Series1959
7.0
Yesterday and Today
Movie1953
7.0
The Oscars
TV Series1953
No Backdrop
7.0
The Golden Twenties
Movie1950
No Backdrop
10.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Movie1945
5.6
Wilson
Movie1944
No Backdrop
0.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie1942
No Backdrop
6.3
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie1940
6.0
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Movie1937
6.0
The Private Life of Don Juan
Movie1934
6.3
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
Movie1932
10.0
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
Movie1931
No Backdrop
8.5
The House That Shadows Built
Movie1931
5.7
Reaching for the Moon
Movie1930
5.8
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie1929
6.7
The Iron Mask
Movie1929
7.2
Show People
Movie1928
6.3
The Gaucho
Movie1927
No Backdrop
6.2
Character Studies
Movie1927
0.0
One of Many
Movie1927
5.2
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
Movie1927
6.7
The Black Pirate
Movie1926
7.3
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Movie1925
6.7
Don Q Son of Zorro
Movie1925
7.3
The Thief of Bagdad
Movie1924
9.0
Hollywood
Movie1923
6.4
Robin Hood
Movie1922
6.4
The Three Musketeers
Movie1921
6.2
The Nut
Movie1921
7.2
The Mark of Zorro
Movie1920
6.5
The Mollycoddle
Movie1920
6.7
When the Clouds Roll By
Movie1919
6.6
His Majesty, the American
Movie1919
No Backdrop
7.0
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Movie1919
No Backdrop
0.0
Arizona
Movie1918
No Backdrop
5.5
He Comes Up Smiling
Movie1918
0.0
Bound in Morocco
Movie1918
No Backdrop
0.0
Cupid Angling
Movie1918
No Backdrop
0.0
Say! Young Fellow
Movie1918
6.0
Mr. Fix-It
Movie1918
0.0
Headin' South
Movie1918
5.5
A Modern Musketeer
Movie1917
No Backdrop
5.8
Reaching for the Moon
Movie1917
8.0
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
Movie1917
4.8
The Man from Painted Post
Movie1917
6.0
Down to Earth
Movie1917
6.3
Wild and Woolly
Movie1917
0.0
In Again, Out Again
Movie1917
5.8
The Americano
Movie1916
6.5
The Matrimaniac
Movie1916
4.8
American Aristocracy
Movie1916
5.5
Manhattan Madness
Movie1916
7.1
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Movie1916
6.5
The Half-Breed
Movie1916
5.9
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
Movie1916
No Backdrop
5.8
Reggie Mixes In
Movie1916
6.2
The Good Bad-Man
Movie1916
5.4
The Habit of Happiness
Movie1916
4.6
His Picture in the Papers
Movie1916
5.8
Flirting with Fate
Movie1916
5.7
Double Trouble
Movie1915
5.2
Martyrs of the Alamo
Movie1915
0.0
The Lamb
Movie1915
8.0
Our Mutual Girl
Movie1914