Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks

Birthday: 1883-05-22

Deathday: 1939-12-12

Place of birth: Denver, Colorado, United States

Also known as: Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman, The King of Hollywood, Douglas Fairbanks Sr.

imdb_id: nm0001196

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.

Played in movies:

I, Douglas Fairbanks

Score: 8.5

Hollywood

Score: 8.5

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Score: 7.3

The Thief of Bagdad

Score: 7.3

Birth of the Tramp

Score: 7.1

Show People

Score: 7.1

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Score: 7.1

The Mark of Zorro

Score: 7.1

Propaganda: Engineering Consent

Score: 7.0

The House That Shadows Built

Score: 7.0

Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse

Score: 7.0

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

Score: 7.0

The Tramp and the Dictator

Score: 6.9

When the Clouds Roll By

Score: 6.8

Glorious Technicolor

Score: 6.7

The Black Pirate

Score: 6.7

The Iron Mask

Score: 6.7

Don Q Son of Zorro

Score: 6.6

The Half-Breed

Score: 6.6

The Matrimaniac

Score: 6.5

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

Score: 6.5

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Score: 6.5

Anthony Quinn: An Original

Score: 6.5

The Three Musketeers

Score: 6.5

The Image Book

Score: 6.4

Robin Hood

Score: 6.4

The Big Parade of Comedy

Score: 6.3

The Good Bad-Man

Score: 6.3

Wild and Woolly

Score: 6.3

The Great Chase

Score: 6.2

The Gaucho

Score: 6.1

The Private Life of Don Juan

Score: 6.1

Mr. Robinson Crusoe

Score: 6.1

Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler

Score: 6.0

What Do Those Old Films Mean?

Score: 6.0

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

Score: 6.0

Character Studies

Score: 6.0

Down to Earth

Score: 6.0

Our Film Stars

Score: 6.0

Mr. Fix-It

Score: 6.0

The Nut

Score: 5.9

Ali Baba Goes to Town

Score: 5.9

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

Score: 5.8

The Americano

Score: 5.8

Reaching for the Moon

Score: 5.8

Reggie Mixes In

Score: 5.8

Flirting with Fate

Score: 5.8

His Majesty, the American

Score: 5.8

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

Score: 5.7

The Mollycoddle

Score: 5.6

Days of Thrills and Laughter

Score: 5.5

He Comes Up Smiling

Score: 5.5

Double Trouble

Score: 5.5

Manhattan Madness

Score: 5.5

Wilson

Score: 5.5

The Taming of the Shrew

Score: 5.4

The Habit of Happiness

Score: 5.4

Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'

Score: 5.4

Reaching for the Moon

Score: 5.4

Martyrs of the Alamo

Score: 5.2

A Modern Musketeer

Score: 5.2

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Score: 4.9

The Man from Painted Post

Score: 4.8

American Aristocracy

Score: 4.8

A Kiss from Mary Pickford

Score: 4.7

His Picture in the Papers

Score: 4.6

30 Years of Fun

Score: 3.0

Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor

Score: 2.0

The Worlds of Mei Lanfang

Score: 0.0

Cupid Angling

Score: 0.0

Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks

Score: 0.0

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

Score: 0.0

Bound in Morocco

Score: 0.0

Say! Young Fellow

Score: 0.0

Headin' South

Score: 0.0

One of Many

Score: 0.0

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

Score: 0.0

Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm

Score: 0.0

Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1

Score: 0.0

The Golden Twenties

Score: 0.0

Arizona

Score: 0.0

The Lamb

Score: 0.0

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

Score: 0.0

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Score: 0.0

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

Score: 0.0

In Again, Out Again

Score: 0.0

Our Mutual Girl

Score: 0.0

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

Score: 0.0

Yesterday and Today

Score: 0.0

God Chose Paris

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Unknown Chaplin

Score: 8.0

American Experience

Score: 7.4

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

The Bruce Forsyth Show

Score: 0.0