Douglas Fairbanks - Actor Profile

Douglas Fairbanks

50Movies
8.5 Best Rating

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.

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Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2023 Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse Self ★ 7.0 Hit
2018 The Image Book (archive footage) ★ 6.3 Average
2018 I, Douglas Fairbanks Self (archive footage) ★ 8.5 Super Hit
2018 Propaganda: Engineering Consent Self - Actor (archive footage) ★ 7.0 Hit
2017 Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts Self - Actor (archive footage) ★ 6.5 Hit
2013 Birth of the Tramp Self (archive footage) ★ 7.1 Hit
2005 Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler Self (archive footage) ★ 6.0 Average
2002 The Tramp and the Dictator Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ★ 7.0 Hit
1998 Glorious Technicolor Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ★ 6.9 Hit
1990 Anthony Quinn: An Original Self (archive footage) ★ 6.7 Hit
1988 Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man Self (archive footage) ★ 7.0 Hit
1985 What Do Those Old Films Mean? Himself(archive footage) ★ 6.0 Average
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited) ★ 6.3 Average
1962 The Great Chase - ★ 6.2 Average
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Self (archive footage) ★ 6.5 Hit
1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town Himself ★ 5.9 Average
1934 The Private Life of Don Juan Don Juan ★ 5.9 Average
1932 Mr. Robinson Crusoe Steve Drexel ★ 6.1 Average
1931 The House That Shadows Built (archive footage) ★ 7.0 Hit
1929 The Iron Mask D'Artagnan ★ 6.7 Hit
1928 Show People Self (uncredited) ★ 7.1 Hit
1927 The Gaucho The Gaucho ★ 6.1 Average
1927 Character Studies Self (uncredited) ★ 6.0 Average
1926 The Black Pirate The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate ★ 6.7 Hit
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) ★ 7.3 Hit
1925 Don Q Son of Zorro Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro ★ 6.6 Hit
1924 The Thief of Bagdad The Thief of Bagdad ★ 7.3 Hit
1923 Hollywood Douglas Fairbanks ★ 8.5 Super Hit
1922 Robin Hood Robin Hood ★ 6.4 Average
1921 The Three Musketeers D'Artagnan ★ 6.4 Average
1921 The Nut Charlie Jackson ★ 5.9 Average
1920 The Mark of Zorro Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro ★ 7.1 Hit
1920 The Mollycoddle Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V ★ 5.6 Average
1919 When the Clouds Roll By Daniel Boone Brown ★ 6.8 Hit
1919 Our Film Stars - ★ 6.0 Average
1919 His Majesty, the American William Brooks ★ 5.8 Average
1919 The Knickerbocker Buckaroo Teddy Drake ★ 6.0 Average
1918 Mr. Fix-It Dick Remington ★ 6.0 Average
1917 Reaching for the Moon Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown ★ 5.8 Average
1917 Down to Earth Billy Gaynor ★ 6.0 Average
1917 Wild and Woolly Jeff Hillington ★ 6.3 Average
1916 The Americano Blaze Derringer ★ 5.8 Average
1916 The Matrimaniac Jimmie Conroy ★ 6.5 Hit
1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages Man on White Horse (uncredited) ★ 7.1 Hit
1916 The Half-Breed Lo Dorman ★ 6.6 Hit
1916 The Mystery of the Leaping Fish Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks ★ 5.8 Average
1916 Reggie Mixes In Reggie Van Deuzen ★ 5.8 Average
1916 The Good Bad-Man Passin' Through ★ 6.3 Average
1916 Flirting with Fate Augy Holliday ★ 5.8 Average
1915 Double Trouble Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield ★ 5.7 Average