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.

Filmography

• 2018The Image Book — (archive footage)
• 2000The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
• 1989Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
• Hollywood — Self (archive footage), Self (archive footage, uncredited)
• 1964The Big Parade of Comedy — Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 196330 Years of Fun — (archive footage)
• 1962The Great Chase
• 1961The Thief of Baghdad — Dialogue
• The Bruce Forsyth Show
• The Oscars
• 1953Yesterday and Today — (archive footage)
• 1944Wilson — Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1934The Private Life of Don Juan — Don Juan
• 1932Mr. Robinson Crusoe — Steve Drexel, Story, Producer
• 1931Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks — Self, Director
• 1931The House That Shadows Built — (archive footage)
• 1930Reaching for the Moon — Larry Day, Producer
• 1930Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
• 1929The Iron Mask — D'Artagnan, Producer, Writer
• 1929The Taming of the Shrew — Petruccio
• 1927The Gaucho — The Gaucho, Writer
• 1926The Black Pirate — The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate, Producer, Story
• 1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ — Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
• 1925Don Q Son of Zorro — Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro, Producer
• 1924Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
• 1924The Thief of Bagdad — The Thief of Bagdad, Story, Producer
• 1923Hollywood — Douglas Fairbanks
• 1922Robin Hood — Robin Hood, Producer, Story
• 1921The Nut — Charlie Jackson, Writer, Producer
• 1921The Three Musketeers — D'Artagnan, Producer
• 1920The Mark of Zorro — Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro, Scenario Writer
• 1920The Mollycoddle — Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshal V
• 1919His Majesty, the American — William Brooks, Scenario Writer
• 1919Our Film Stars
• 1919The Knickerbocker Buckaroo — Teddy Drake, Producer, Story
• 1919When the Clouds Roll By — Daniel Boone Brown, Producer, Story
• 1918Arizona — Lt. Denton, Writer, Director
• 1918Bound in Morocco — George Travelwell, Producer
• 1918Cupid Angling
• 1918He Comes Up Smiling — Jerry Martin, Producer
• 1918Headin' South — Headin' South, Producer
• 1918Mr. Fix-It — Dick Remington, Producer
• 1918Say! Young Fellow — The Young Fellow, Producer
• 1917A Modern Musketeer — Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan, Producer
• 1917All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
• 1917Down to Earth — Billy Gaynor, Story
• 1917In Again, Out Again — Teddy Rutherford, Producer
• 1917Reaching for the Moon — Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown, Producer
• 1917The Man from Painted Post — 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood, Scenario Writer
• 1917Wild and Woolly — Jeff Hillington, Producer
• 1916American Aristocracy — Cassius Lee
• 1916Flirting with Fate — Augy Holliday
• 1916His Picture in the Papers — Pete Prindle
• 1916Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages — Man on White Horse (uncredited)
• 1916Manhattan Madness — Steve O'Dare
• 1916Reggie Mixes In — Reggie Van Deuzen
• 1916The Americano — Blaze Derringer
• 1916The Good Bad-Man — Passin' Through, Writer, Producer
• 1916The Habit of Happiness — Sunny Wiggins
• 1916The Half-Breed — Lo Dorman
• 1916The Matrimaniac — Jimmie Conroy
• 1916The Mystery of the Leaping Fish — Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
• 1915Double Trouble — Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield
• 1915Martyrs of the Alamo — Joe / Texas soldier
• 1915The Lamb — Gerald

Appearances as themselves (34)

• 2028Charmed Lives: A Family Romance — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse — Self
• 2020Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty — Self (archive footage)
• 2018I, Douglas Fairbanks — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Propaganda: Engineering Consent — Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 2017Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts — Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 2013Birth of the Tramp — Self (archive footage)
• 2008Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush — Self (archive footage)
• 2002The Tramp and the Dictator — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2000The Many Faces of Zorro — Self (archive footage)
• 1998Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life — Self (archive footage)
• 1998Glorious Technicolor — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1998Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists — Self (archive footage)
• 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self (archive footage)
• 1990Anthony Quinn: An Original — Self (archive footage)
• American Experience — Self
• 1988Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man — Self (archive footage)
• Unknown Chaplin — Self (archive footage)
• 1969God Chose Paris — Self (archive footage)
• 1961Days of Thrills and Laughter — Self (archive footage)
• 1961The Legend of Rudolph Valentino — Self (archive footage)
• 1950The Golden Twenties — Self (archive footage)
• 1945Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary — Self (archive footage)
• 1942Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) — Self (archive footage)
• 1940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards — Self (archive footage)
• 1937Ali Baba Goes to Town — Himself
• 1928Show People — Self (uncredited)
• 1927A Kiss from Mary Pickford — Self (archive footage)
• 1927Character Studies — Self (uncredited)
• 1927One of Many — Self (archive footage)
• 1914Our Mutual Girl — Self (episode 47)