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.
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Arizona
1918
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Birth of the Tramp
2013
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989
Yesterday and Today
1953
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
Robin Hood
1922
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
2018
Reaching for the Moon
1930
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
1916
The Image Book
2018
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
1931
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Show People
1928
The Thief of Bagdad
1924
The Mark of Zorro
1920
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
Our Film Stars
1919
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
Wilson
1944
Say! Young Fellow
1918
The Iron Mask
1929
Glorious Technicolor
1998
The Nut
1921
Headin' South
1918
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
The Black Pirate
1926
The Three Musketeers
1921
A Modern Musketeer
1917
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
Manhattan Madness
1916
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
The Good Bad-Man
1916
The Half-Breed
1916
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998