Douglas Fairbanks
Acting
97
Acting Credits
2
Directed
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 Hollywo...
Known For
American Experience
Self
The Oscars
The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Man on White Horse (uncredited)
The Bruce Forsyth Show
The Image Book
(archive footage)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Black Pirate
The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate
Filmography
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028
as Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023
as Self
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Image Book
2018
as (archive footage)
I, Douglas Fairbanks
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
2018
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000
The Many Faces of Zorro
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Glorious Technicolor
1998
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Self (archive footage)
American Experience
1988
as Self
Unknown Chaplin
1983
as Self (archive footage)
God Chose Paris
1969
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
30 Years of Fun
1963
as (archive footage)
The Great Chase
1962
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
as Self (archive footage)
The Bruce Forsyth Show
1959
Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
The Oscars
1953
The Golden Twenties
1950
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
as Self (archive footage)
Wilson
1944
as Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
as Himself
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934
as Don Juan
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
1932
as Steve Drexel
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
1931
as Self
Reaching for the Moon
1930
as Larry Day
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
1930
The Iron Mask
1929
as D'Artagnan
The Taming of the Shrew
1929
as Petruccio
Show People
1928
as Self (uncredited)
The Gaucho
1927
as The Gaucho
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
1927
as Self (archive footage)
One of Many
1927
as Self (archive footage)
Character Studies
1927
as Self (uncredited)
The Black Pirate
1926
as The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
as Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Thief of Bagdad
1924
as The Thief of Bagdad
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1924
Hollywood
1923
as Douglas Fairbanks
Robin Hood
1922
as Robin Hood
The Three Musketeers
1921
as D'Artagnan
The Nut
1921
as Charlie Jackson
The Mark of Zorro
1920
as Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
The Mollycoddle
1920
as Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V
When the Clouds Roll By
1919
as Daniel Boone Brown
His Majesty, the American
1919
as William Brooks
Our Film Stars
1919
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919
as Teddy Drake
Mr. Fix-It
1918
as Dick Remington
He Comes Up Smiling
1918
as Jerry Martin
Arizona
1918
as Lt. Denton
Headin' South
1918
as Headin' South
Say! Young Fellow
1918
as The Young Fellow
Bound in Morocco
1918
as George Travelwell
Cupid Angling
1918
In Again, Out Again
1917
as Teddy Rutherford
A Modern Musketeer
1917
as Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan
Wild and Woolly
1917
as Jeff Hillington
Reaching for the Moon
1917
as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
The Man from Painted Post
1917
as 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood
Down to Earth
1917
as Billy Gaynor
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
1916
as Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
Flirting with Fate
1916
as Augy Holliday
The Matrimaniac
1916
as Jimmie Conroy
His Picture in the Papers
1916
as Pete Prindle
Manhattan Madness
1916
as Steve O'Dare
American Aristocracy
1916
as Cassius Lee
Reggie Mixes In
1916
as Reggie Van Deuzen
The Good Bad-Man
1916
as Passin' Through
The Half-Breed
1916
as Lo Dorman
The Americano
1916
as Blaze Derringer
The Habit of Happiness
1916
as Sunny Wiggins
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as Man on White Horse (uncredited)
Double Trouble
1915
as Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield
The Lamb
1915
as Gerald
Martyrs of the Alamo
1915
as Joe / Texas soldier
Our Mutual Girl
1914
as Self (episode 47)