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

American Experience
2005
The Oscars
1953
Hollywood
1980
The Bruce Forsyth Show
1966
Unknown Chaplin
1983
The Image Book
2018
The Thief of Bagdad
1924
The Iron Mask
1929
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
99
Directing
2
Writing
17
Producing
21
2028
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
as Self (archive footage) · unreleased
2023
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
as Self
2020
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as Self (archive footage)
2018
The Image Book
as (archive footage)
2018
I, Douglas Fairbanks
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2013
Birth of the Tramp
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
as Self (archive footage)
2005
American Experience
as Self
2003
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
as Self (archive footage)
2002
The Tramp and the Dictator
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000
The Many Faces of Zorro
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Glorious Technicolor
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self (archive footage)
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
1989
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)
1983
Unknown Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
1980
Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1980
Hollywood
as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
1969
God Chose Paris
as Self (archive footage)
1966
The Bruce Forsyth Show
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
1963
30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage)
1962
The Great Chase
1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
1953
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
1953
The Oscars
1950
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
1945
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)
1944
Wilson
as Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1937
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Himself
1934
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Don Juan
1932
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
as Steve Drexel
1931
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
1931
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
as Self
1930
Reaching for the Moon
as Larry Day
1930
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
1929
The Iron Mask
as D'Artagnan
1929
The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruccio
1928
Show People
as Self (uncredited)
1927
The Gaucho
as The Gaucho
1927
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
as Self (archive footage)
1927
One of Many
as Self (archive footage)
1927
Character Studies
as Self (uncredited)
1926
The Black Pirate
as The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate
1925
Don Q Son of Zorro
as Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro
1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1924
The Thief of Bagdad
as The Thief of Bagdad
1924
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1923
Hollywood
as Douglas Fairbanks
1922
Robin Hood
as Robin Hood
1921
The Three Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
1921
The Nut
as Charlie Jackson
1920
The Mark of Zorro
as Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
1920
The Mollycoddle
as Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V
1919
When the Clouds Roll By
as Daniel Boone Brown
1919
His Majesty, the American
as William Brooks
1919
Our Film Stars
1919
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
as Teddy Drake
1918
Mr. Fix-It
as Dick Remington
1918
He Comes Up Smiling
as Jerry Martin
1918
Arizona
as Lt. Denton
1918
Headin' South
as Headin' South
1918
Say! Young Fellow
as The Young Fellow
1918
Bound in Morocco
as George Travelwell
1918
Cupid Angling
1917
In Again, Out Again
as Teddy Rutherford
1917
A Modern Musketeer
as Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan
1917
Wild and Woolly
as Jeff Hillington
1917
Reaching for the Moon
as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
1917
The Man from Painted Post
as 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood
1917
Down to Earth
as Billy Gaynor
1917
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1916
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
as Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
1916
Flirting with Fate
as Augy Holliday
1916
The Matrimaniac
as Jimmie Conroy
1916
His Picture in the Papers
as Pete Prindle
1916
Manhattan Madness
as Steve O'Dare
1916
American Aristocracy
as Cassius Lee
1916
Reggie Mixes In
as Reggie Van Deuzen
1916
The Good Bad-Man
as Passin' Through
1916
The Half-Breed
as Lo Dorman
1916
The Americano
as Blaze Derringer
1916
The Habit of Happiness
as Sunny Wiggins
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Man on White Horse (uncredited)
1915
Double Trouble
as Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield
1915
The Lamb
as Gerald
1915
Martyrs of the Alamo
as Joe / Texas soldier
1914
Our Mutual Girl
as Self (episode 47)