
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.
Acting (89 movies)

God Chose Paris
1969

Wilson
1944

Mr. Robinson Crusoe
1932

Reaching for the Moon
1930

Hollywood
1923

The Thief of Bagdad
1924

The Mark of Zorro
1920

Yesterday and Today
1953

The Private Life of Don Juan
1934

The Black Pirate
1926

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
1916

Robin Hood
1922

When the Clouds Roll By
1919

The Three Musketeers
1921

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961

The Image Book
2018

His Majesty, the American
1919

The Iron Mask
1929

Our Mutual Girl
1914

Mr. Fix-It
1918

The Mollycoddle
1920

The Gaucho
1927

Flirting with Fate
1916

In Again, Out Again
1917

Don Q Son of Zorro
1925

A Modern Musketeer
1917

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998

Wild and Woolly
1917

His Picture in the Papers
1916

The Matrimaniac
1916

The Nut
1921

American Aristocracy
1916

Manhattan Madness
1916

Reggie Mixes In
1916

I, Douglas Fairbanks
2018

A Kiss from Mary Pickford
1927

Reaching for the Moon
1917

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942

Double Trouble
1915

The Good Bad-Man
1916

The Half-Breed
1916

He Comes Up Smiling
1918

The Lamb
1915

The Taming of the Shrew
1929

Our Film Stars
1919

Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
2003

The Man from Painted Post
1917

The Americano
1916

Arizona
1918

The Golden Twenties
1950

The Habit of Happiness
1916

Down to Earth
1917

Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988

Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990

Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961

Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023

All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916

One of Many
1927

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008

Character Studies
1927

Headin' South
1918

Say! Young Fellow
1918

Bound in Morocco
1918

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919

Show People
1928

What Do Those Old Films Mean?
1985

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925

Glorious Technicolor
1998

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998

The Tramp and the Dictator
2002

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007

The House That Shadows Built
1931

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964

Propaganda: Engineering Consent
2018

Birth of the Tramp
2013

Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks
1931

Cupid Angling
1918

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017

30 Years of Fun
1963

Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005

The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000

Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937

Martyrs of the Alamo
1915

The Great Chase
1962

The Many Faces of Zorro
2000
Directing (2 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Good Bad-Man | 1916 | Writer |
| The Good Bad-Man | 1916 | Producer |
| Wild and Woolly | 1917 | Producer |
| Reaching for the Moon | 1917 | Producer |
| A Modern Musketeer | 1917 | Producer |
| Headin' South | 1918 | Producer |
| Mr. Fix-It | 1918 | Producer |
| Say! Young Fellow | 1918 | Producer |
| Bound in Morocco | 1918 | Producer |
| Arizona | 1918 | Writer |
| The Knickerbocker Buckaroo | 1919 | Producer |
| When the Clouds Roll By | 1919 | Producer |
| The Mark of Zorro | 1920 | Writer |
| The Nut | 1921 | Writer |
| The Nut | 1921 | Producer |
| The Three Musketeers | 1921 | Producer |
| Robin Hood | 1922 | Producer |
| The Thief of Bagdad | 1924 | Producer |
| Don Q Son of Zorro | 1925 | Producer |
| The Black Pirate | 1926 | Producer |
| The Iron Mask | 1929 | Producer |
| Reaching for the Moon | 1930 | Producer |
| Mr. Robinson Crusoe | 1932 | Producer |