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Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks

Birthday: 1883-05-22 | Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, United States

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2013
Birth of the Tramp

as    Self (archive footage)

1983
Unknown Chaplin

as    Himself

1934
The Private Life of Don Juan

as    Don Juan

1930
Reaching for the Moon

as    Larry Day

1929
The Iron Mask

as    D'Artagnan

1927
The Gaucho

as    The Gaucho

1926
The Black Pirate

as    The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate

1924
The Thief of Bagdad

as    The Thief of Bagdad

1922
Robin Hood

as    Robin Hood

1921
The Three Musketeers

as    D'Artagnan

1920
The Mark of Zorro

as    Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro

1919
When the Clouds Roll By

as    Daniel Boone Brown

1918
Arizona

as    Lt. Denton

1917
The Man from Painted Post

as    'Fancy Jim' Sherwood

1917
Reaching for the Moon

as    Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown

1917
Wild and Woolly

as    Jeff Hillington

1916
The Americano

as    Blaze Derringer

1916
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

as    Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks

1916
The Half-Breed

as    Lo Dorman

1916
The Good Bad Man

as    Passin' Through