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Douglas Fairbanks
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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.
BODY OF WORK
Douglas Fairbanks's Filmography
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Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
as Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
as Self
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as Self (archive footage)
The Image Book
as (archive footage)
I, Douglas Fairbanks
as Self (archive footage)
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp
as Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
as Self (archive footage)
The Tramp and the Dictator
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Many Faces of Zorro
as Self (archive footage)
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
Glorious Technicolor
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
as Self (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)
God Chose Paris
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage)
The Great Chase
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)
Wilson
as Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Himself
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Don Juan
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
as Steve Drexel
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
as Self
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
Reaching for the Moon
as Larry Day
No Poster
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruccio
The Iron Mask
as D'Artagnan
Show People
as Self (uncredited)
The Gaucho
as The Gaucho
Character Studies
as Self (uncredited)
One of Many
as Self (archive footage)
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
as Self (archive footage)
The Black Pirate
as The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Don Q Son of Zorro
as Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro
The Thief of Bagdad
as The Thief of Bagdad
No Poster
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
Hollywood
as Douglas Fairbanks
Robin Hood
as Robin Hood
The Three Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
The Nut
as Charlie Jackson
The Mark of Zorro
as Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
The Mollycoddle
as Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V
When the Clouds Roll By
as Daniel Boone Brown
No Poster
Our Film Stars
His Majesty, the American
as William Brooks
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
as Teddy Drake
Arizona
as Lt. Denton
He Comes Up Smiling
as Jerry Martin
Bound in Morocco
as George Travelwell
Cupid Angling
Say! Young Fellow
as The Young Fellow
Mr. Fix-It
as Dick Remington
Headin' South
as Headin' South
A Modern Musketeer
as Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan
Reaching for the Moon
as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
The Man from Painted Post
as 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood
Down to Earth
as Billy Gaynor
Wild and Woolly
as Jeff Hillington
In Again, Out Again
as Teddy Rutherford
The Americano
as Blaze Derringer
The Matrimaniac
as Jimmie Conroy
American Aristocracy
as Cassius Lee
Manhattan Madness
as Steve O'Dare
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Man on White Horse (uncredited)
The Half-Breed
as Lo Dorman
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
as Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
Reggie Mixes In
as Reggie Van Deuzen
The Good Bad-Man
as Passin' Through
The Habit of Happiness
as Sunny Wiggins
His Picture in the Papers
as Pete Prindle
Flirting with Fate
as Augy Holliday
Double Trouble
as Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield
Martyrs of the Alamo
as Joe / Texas soldier
The Lamb
as Gerald
Our Mutual Girl
as Self (episode 47)