Acting · Denver, Colorado, United States · Born May 22, 1883
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.
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023
as Self
MovieCharlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Image Book
2018
as (archive footage)
MovieI, Douglas Fairbanks
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePropaganda: Engineering Consent
2018
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
MovieCinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
MovieBirth of the Tramp
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDouglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005
as Self (archive footage)
MovieChaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Tramp and the Dictator
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Many Faces of Zorro
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000
MovieGlorious Technicolor
1998
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieCharlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998
as Self (archive footage)
MovieStar Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
MovieAnthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSolidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989
TVAmerican Experience
1988
as Self
MovieCary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Self (archive footage)
TVUnknown Chaplin
1983
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGod Chose Paris
1969
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie30 Years of Fun
1963
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Great Chase
1962
MovieThe Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDays of Thrills and Laughter
1961
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe Bruce Forsyth Show
1959
MovieYesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
TVThe Oscars
1953
MovieThe Golden Twenties
1950
as Self (archive footage)
MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWilson
1944
as Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
MovieAli Baba Goes to Town
1937
as Himself
MovieThe Private Life of Don Juan
1934
as Don Juan
MovieMr. Robinson Crusoe
1932
as Steve Drexel
MovieAround the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
1931
as Self
MovieThe House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
MovieReaching for the Moon
1930
as Larry Day
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
1930
MovieThe Taming of the Shrew
1929
as Petruccio
MovieThe Iron Mask
1929
as D'Artagnan
MovieShow People
1928
as Self (uncredited)
MovieThe Gaucho
1927
as The Gaucho
MovieCharacter Studies
1927
as Self (uncredited)
MovieOne of Many
1927
as Self (archive footage)
MovieA Kiss from Mary Pickford
1927
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Black Pirate
1926
as The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate
MovieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
MovieDon Q Son of Zorro
1925
as Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro
MovieThe Thief of Bagdad
1924
as The Thief of Bagdad
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1924
MovieHollywood
1923
as Douglas Fairbanks
MovieRobin Hood
1922
as Robin Hood
MovieThe Three Musketeers
1921
as D'Artagnan
MovieThe Nut
1921
as Charlie Jackson
MovieThe Mark of Zorro
1920
as Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
MovieThe Mollycoddle
1920
as Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V
MovieWhen the Clouds Roll By
1919
as Daniel Boone Brown
Our Film Stars
1919
MovieHis Majesty, the American
1919
as William Brooks
MovieThe Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919
as Teddy Drake
MovieArizona
1918
as Lt. Denton
MovieHe Comes Up Smiling
1918
as Jerry Martin
MovieBound in Morocco
1918
as George Travelwell
MovieCupid Angling
1918
MovieSay! Young Fellow
1918
as The Young Fellow
MovieMr. Fix-It
1918
as Dick Remington
MovieHeadin' South
1918
as Headin' South
MovieA Modern Musketeer
1917
as Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan
MovieReaching for the Moon
1917
as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
MovieAll-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917
MovieThe Man from Painted Post
1917
as 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood
MovieDown to Earth
1917
as Billy Gaynor
MovieWild and Woolly
1917
as Jeff Hillington
MovieIn Again, Out Again
1917
as Teddy Rutherford
MovieThe Americano
1916
as Blaze Derringer
MovieThe Matrimaniac
1916
as Jimmie Conroy
MovieAmerican Aristocracy
1916
as Cassius Lee
MovieManhattan Madness
1916
as Steve O'Dare
MovieIntolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as Man on White Horse (uncredited)
MovieThe Half-Breed
1916
as Lo Dorman
MovieThe Mystery of the Leaping Fish
1916
as Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
MovieReggie Mixes In
1916
as Reggie Van Deuzen
MovieThe Good Bad-Man
1916
as Passin' Through
MovieThe Habit of Happiness
1916
as Sunny Wiggins
MovieHis Picture in the Papers
1916
as Pete Prindle
MovieFlirting with Fate
1916
as Augy Holliday
MovieDouble Trouble
1915
as Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield
MovieMartyrs of the Alamo
1915
as Joe / Texas soldier
MovieThe Lamb
1915
as Gerald
MovieOur Mutual Girl
1914
as Self (episode 47)
