Douglas Fairbanks

~Douglas Fairbanks~

Born: May 23, 1883 in Denver, Colorado, USA
Died: December 12, 1939 in Santa Monica, CA, USA

~Portrait of Douglas Fairbanks with his
son and actor in his own right, Douglas
Fairbanks Jr.~

~Silent Filmography~

The Iron Mask (1929) .... D'Artagnan
Show People (1928) ... Himself - at Banquet (uncredited)
The Gaucho (1927) .... The Gaucho
The Black Pirate (1926) .... The Duke of Arnoldo aka The Black Pirate... aka The Black Buccaneer
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) (uncredited) .... Crowd extra in chariot race
... aka Ben-Hur (USA: short title)
Don Q Son of Zorro (1925) .... Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro
The Thief of Bagdad (1924) .... The Thief of Bagdad
Robin Hood (1922) .... Earl of Huntingdon / Robin Hood
... aka Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood (USA: complete title)
The Three Musketeers (1921) .... D'Artagnan
The Nut (1921/I) .... Charlie Jackson
The Mark of Zorro (1920) .... Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
The Mollycoddle (1920) .... Richard Marshall III, IV and V
When the Clouds Roll by (1919) .... Daniel Boone Brown ... aka Cheer Up
His Majesty, the American (1919) .... William Brooks
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919) .... Teddy Drake
Arizona (1918) .... Lt. Denton
Sic 'Em, Sam (1918) .... Democracy
He Comes Up Smiling (1918) .... Jerry Martin
Bound in Morocco (1918) .... George Travelwell
Say! Young Fellow (1918) .... The Young Fellow
Mr. Fix-It (1918) .... Dick Remington
Headin' South (1918) .... Headin' South
Swat the Kaiser (1918)
A Modern Musketeer (1917) .... Ned Thacker/D'Artagnan
Reaching for the Moon (1917) .... Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
The Man from Painted Post (1917) .... 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood
... aka Fancy Jim Sherwood (USA)
Down to Earth (1917) .... Billy Gaynor
... aka The Optimist (USA)
Wild and Woolly (1917) .... Jeff Hillington
In Again, Out Again (1917/II) .... Teddy Rutherford
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan (1917)
The Americano (1916) .... Blaze Derringer
The Matrimaniac (1916) .... Jimmie Conroy
American Aristocracy (1916) .... Cassius Lee
Manhattan Madness (1916) .... Steve O'Dare
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) (uncredited) .... Man on White Horse
(French Story)
... aka Intolerance (USA: short title)
... aka Intolerance: A Sun-Play of the Ages (USA: copyright title)
The Half-Breed (1916) .... Lo Dorman
... aka The Carquinez Woods
Flirting with Fate (1916) .... Augy Holliday
... aka The Assassin
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916) .... Coke Ennyday
Reggie Mixes In (1916) .... Reggie Van Deuzen
... aka Facing the Music
The Good Bad Man (1916) .... Passin' Through
... aka Passing Through
The Habit of Happiness (1916) .... Sunny Wiggins
... aka Laugh and the World Laughs
His Picture in the Papers (1916) .... Pete Prindle
Double Trouble (1915) .... Florian Amidon/Eugene Brassfield
Martyrs of the Alamo (1915) .... Joe/Texan Soldier
The Lamb (1915) .... Gerald

~A little fooling around at
the young United Artists~

D. W. Griffith, sold on Douglas Fairbanks' sunny smile, persuaded him to leave the stage when he
was at the very peak of his success. But even Griffith must have been surprised at the way Doug
literally leaped to fame. He became an international idol, and certainly the screen is infinitely richer
because he is shadowed upon it. Doug was born in Denver, Colorado, May 23, 1883. He is 5 feet, 10
inches high, weighs 145 pounds and has grey eyes and black hair, Married Mary Pickford in March,
1920.

~Stars of the Photoplay, 1930~

~In Memoriam~

~Douglas Fairbanks is
buried in Hollywood
Forever Cemetery on
Santa Monica Blvd,
Hollywood, California,
USA~

~Stars of the Photoplay, 1924~

Douglas Fairbanks was born in Denver, Colorado, in May, 1883. It was the ambition of his parents to
see Douglas a mining king, and after graduation from the Denver High School and Jarvis Military
Academy, he was sent to the School of Mines at Golden, Colorado. Before he had learned very much
about mining, he decided upon a stage career which, in time, became very successful. His initial
photoplay was "The Lamb." His production of "Robin Hood" won Photoplay's 1922 Gold Medal of
Honor. Has one son by his first wife. His second wife is Mary Pickford.

~Douglas Fairbanks with
Mary Pickford in 1926~

~Photoplay Magazine~
September 1917

Out on the coast they are telling a good one about Douglas Fairbanks. Not so very many weeks ago
"Doug" celebrated his thirty-fourth birthday. Of course, a party was the proper thing. A lot of his
friends got together and decided it should be of the surprise variety, so with all sorts of secrecy
they planned on surprising the life out of Doug, but the man with the million-dollar smile went
them just one better. When the great moment arrived it was the surprisers who were surprised, for
Doug had a gift for every person present and proved he hadn't been in the slightest degree
surprised. Incidentally the surprisers did surprise Doug with a beautiful pair of silver spurs
engraved with his own smiling countenance.

Other Links That You Might Find Helpful to you for this star:

imdb.com - Internet Movie Database
allmovie.com - Allmovie.com
tcm.com - Turner Classic Movies
afi.com - American Film Institute

SilentHollywood.com

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