Douglas Fairbanks
American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer (1883-1939) · United States · Actors · Died at 56
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Something wrong?Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. was an American actor and filmmaker best known for being the first actor to play the masked vigilante Zorro and other swashbuckling roles in silent films. One of the biggest stars of the silent era, Fairbanks was referred to as "The King of Hollywood".
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Ali Baba Goes to TownFilm, Himself1932
Mr. Robinson CrusoeFilm, Writer, Producer1929
The Iron MaskFilm, Writer, Producer1927
A Kiss from Mary PickfordFilm1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristFilm, Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)1922
Robin HoodFilm, Writer, Producer1920
The Mark of ZorroFilm, Writer1917
A Modern MusketeerFilm, Producer1915
Martyrs of the AlamoFilm, Joe / Texas soldier1883Born23 May 1883Also in Deutsch
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Fairbanks in the Broadway production A Case of Frenzied Finance, 1905
Fairbanks speaking in front of a crowd at a 1918 war bond drive in New York City
The Mark of Zorro
Fairbanks as Zorro in The Mark of Zorro (1920)
Fairbanks as Robin Hood in Robin Hood (1922)
Fairbanks in The Private Life of Don Juan, 1934
Reissued film poster for 1916 "cocaine comedy" The Mystery of the Leaping FishFilmography 40
CLCharlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
TBThe Image Book
PCPropaganda: Engineering Consent
BTBirth of the Tramp
MMMary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
CRChaplin Today: The Gold Rush
TDThe Tramp and the Dictator
GTGlorious Technicolor
TMThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
TCThe Big Parade of Comedy
WIWilsonATAli Baba Goes to Town
TJThe Private Life of Don JuanMCMr. Robinson Crusoe
RMReaching for the MoonTMThe Iron Mask
TSThe Taming of the Shrew
SPShow People
CSCharacter StudiesAPA Kiss from Mary Pickford
TGThe Gaucho
TPThe Black PirateBCBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
DZDon Q Son of Zorro
TBThe Thief of BagdadRHRobin Hood
TMThe Three Musketeers
TNThe NutTZThe Mark of Zorro
WBWhen the Clouds Roll By
WWWild and WoollyAMA Modern Musketeer
IAIntolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
TFThe Mystery of the Leaping Fish
TMThe Good Bad-Man
HPHis Picture in the Papers
TBThe Half-Breed
FFFlirting with Fate
TMThe MatrimaniacMAMartyrs of the Alamo139 credits on file
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AEAmerican Experience
UCUnknown Chaplin
HOHollywood
TSThe Bruce Forsyth Show
TOThe OscarsAwards
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Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. was an American actor and filmmaker best known for being the first actor to play the masked vigilante Zorro and other swashbuckling roles in silent films. One of the biggest stars of the silent era, Fairbanks was referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He was also a founding member of United Artists as well as the Motion Picture Academy and hosted the 1st Academy Awards in 1929.
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