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