Skip to content
Douglas Fairbanks

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedMay 22, 1883 (Died at 56)
Zodiac Sign♊Gemini
Place of BirthDenver, Colorado, United States
Career Span1920 – 1939
Known Credits96 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 1.2

Douglas Fairbanks

Also known as:Douglas Elton Thomas UllmanThe King of HollywoodDouglas Fairbanks Sr.
Total Works

96

91 movies • 5 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
7.1
as Man on White Horse (uncredited)
The Thief of Bagdad
7.3
as The Thief of Bagdad
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
7.3
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Oscars
7.1
The Oscars
1953•series

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 96 titles featuring Douglas Fairbanks

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
7.1

as Man on White Horse (uncredited)

The Thief of Bagdad
7.3

as The Thief of Bagdad

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
7.3

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

The Oscars
7.1
0
The Oscars
1953•series
The Image Book
6.3
The Image Book
2018•movie

as (archive footage)

The Mark of Zorro
7.2
The Mark of Zorro
1920•movie

as Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro

The Black Pirate
6.7
The Black Pirate
1926•movie

as The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate

Robin Hood
6.4
Robin Hood
1922•movie

as Robin Hood

Show People
7.1
Show People
1928•movie

as Self (uncredited)

American Experience
6.5
1 eps
American Experience
1988•series

as Self

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
5.9

as Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks

The Three Musketeers
6.4

as D'Artagnan

The Iron Mask
6.6
The Iron Mask
1929•movie

as D'Artagnan

Wilson
5.6
Wilson
1944•movie

as Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Tramp and the Dictator
7.1

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

When the Clouds Roll By
6.7

as Daniel Boone Brown

The Private Life of Don Juan
6.0

as Don Juan

Don Q Son of Zorro
6.7
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925•movie

as Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro

Ali Baba Goes to Town
6.0

as Himself

Wild and Woolly
6.3
Wild and Woolly
1917•movie

as Jeff Hillington

Birth of the Tramp
7.1
Birth of the Tramp
2013•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood
8.4
1 eps
Hollywood
1980•series

as Self (archive footage)

The Taming of the Shrew
5.8

as Petruccio

Mr. Robinson Crusoe
6.3

as Steve Drexel

The Thief of Baghdad
5.5

Role: Dialogue

Reaching for the Moon
5.8

as Larry Day

The Good Bad-Man
6.2
The Good Bad-Man
1916•movie

as Passin' Through

Character Studies
6.2
Character Studies
1927•movie

as Self (uncredited)

Glorious Technicolor
6.9

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Propaganda: Engineering Consent
7.4

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

A Modern Musketeer
5.6
A Modern Musketeer
1917•movie

as Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan

The Nut
6.2
The Nut
1921•movie

as Charlie Jackson

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
8.0

as Self (archive footage)

Unknown Chaplin
8.3
3 eps
Unknown Chaplin
1983•series

as Self (archive footage)

The Matrimaniac
6.5
The Matrimaniac
1916•movie

as Jimmie Conroy

A Kiss from Mary Pickford
5.2

as Self (archive footage)

Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
5.3

as Self (archive footage)

The Gaucho
6.3
The Gaucho
1927•movie

as The Gaucho

Flirting with Fate
5.8
Flirting with Fate
1916•movie

as Augy Holliday

His Picture in the Papers
4.6

as Pete Prindle

The Half-Breed
6.5
The Half-Breed
1916•movie

as Lo Dorman

Martyrs of the Alamo
5.2

as Joe / Texas soldier

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
8.0

as Self (archive footage)

Reggie Mixes In
5.8
Reggie Mixes In
1916•movie

as Reggie Van Deuzen

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
5.0

as Self (archive footage)

The Great Chase
6.4
The Great Chase
1962•movie
Manhattan Madness
5.5
Manhattan Madness
1916•movie

as Steve O'Dare

Reaching for the Moon
5.8

as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown

The Big Parade of Comedy
7.2

as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)

His Majesty, the American
6.6

as William Brooks

The Mollycoddle
6.5
The Mollycoddle
1920•movie

as Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V

The Habit of Happiness
5.4

as Sunny Wiggins

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
7.0

as Self (archive footage)

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
4.3

as Self (archive footage)

The Many Faces of Zorro
4.4

as Self (archive footage)

Mr. Fix-It
6.0
Mr. Fix-It
1918•movie

as Dick Remington

American Aristocracy
4.8

as Cassius Lee

I, Douglas Fairbanks
8.5

as Self (archive footage)

Down to Earth
6.0
Down to Earth
1917•movie

as Billy Gaynor

Anthony Quinn: An Original
6.8

as Self (archive footage)

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
6.5

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Hollywood
9.0
Hollywood
1923•movie

as Douglas Fairbanks

Double Trouble
5.7
Double Trouble
1915•movie

as Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield

Days of Thrills and Laughter
6.0

as Self (archive footage)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
6.3

as Self (archive footage)

30 Years of Fun
5.3
30 Years of Fun
1963•movie

as (archive footage)

God Chose Paris
6.5
God Chose Paris
1969•movie

as Self (archive footage)

He Comes Up Smiling
5.5

as Jerry Martin

The Man from Painted Post
4.8

as 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood

The Americano
5.8
The Americano
1916•movie

as Blaze Derringer

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
7.0

as Teddy Drake

The House That Shadows Built
8.5

as (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
8.0

as Self (archive footage)

Yesterday and Today
7.0

as (archive footage)

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
7.0

as Self (archive footage)

Our Mutual Girl
8.0
Our Mutual Girl
1914•movie

as Self (episode 47)

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
8.0

as Self (archive footage)

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
10.0

as Self (archive footage)

The Golden Twenties
7.0

as Self (archive footage)

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
10.0

as Self (archive footage)

The Bruce Forsyth Show
9.0
1 eps
In Again, Out Again

as Teddy Rutherford

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

as Self (archive footage)

The Lamb
The Lamb
1915•movie

as Gerald

Arizona
Arizona
1918•movie

as Lt. Denton

One of Many
One of Many
1927•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Headin' South
Headin' South
1918•movie

as Headin' South

Say! Young Fellow
Say! Young Fellow
1918•movie

as The Young Fellow

Bound in Morocco
Bound in Morocco
1918•movie

as George Travelwell

Cupid Angling
Cupid Angling
1918•movie
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

as Self (archive footage)