Biography: life and films
Douglas Fairbanks was an American actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Denver, Colorado, USA on 23rd May 1883 and died in Santa Monica, California, USA on 12th December 1939, aged 56.His best films as an actor include Christy Cabanne's comedy Flirting with Fate (1916), Allan Dwan's The Half-Breed (1916), Raoul Walsh's The Thief of Bagdad (1924), Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks (1931) and Robert Youngson's Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961), and whose best work as a film director include Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks (1931).
Douglas Fairbanks appeared in 54 films, scripted 18 films and directed 2 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Allan Dwan (11 films), John Emerson (6), Christy Cabanne (5), Joseph Henabery (4), (4), Fred Niblo (3), Albert Parker (3), Victor Fleming (2) and Robert Youngson (2).
His most frequent genres include: comedy (29 films), comedy-romance (18), Western (8), drama (5), Documentary (5), romance (4), comedy-drama (4) and history (3).
Our average rating for Douglas Fairbanks over all films is: 2.9
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer
Double Trouble (1915) [a]
Martyrs of the Alamo (1915) [a]
The Lamb (1915) [a]
American Aristocracy (1916) [a]
Flirting with Fate (1916) [a]
His Picture in the Papers (1916) [a]
Manhattan Madness (1916) [a]
Reggie Mixes In (1916) [a]
The Americano (1916) [a]
The Good Bad Man (1916) [a,w]
The Habit of Happiness (1916) [a]
The Half-Breed (1916) [a]
The Matrimaniac (1916) [a]
A Modern Musketeer (1917) [a]
Down to Earth (1917) [a]
In Again, Out Again (1917) [a]
Reaching for the Moon (1917) [a]
The Man from Painted Post (1917) [a,w]
Wild and Woolly (1917) [a]
Arizona (1918) [a,d,w]
Bound in Morocco (1918) [a,w]
He Comes Up Smiling (1918) [a]
Headin' South (1918) [a]
Mr. Fix-It (1918) [a]
Say! Young Fellow (1918) [a]
His Majesty, the American (1919) [a,w]
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919) [a,w]
When the Clouds Roll by (1919) [a]
The Mark of Zorro (1920) [a,w]
The Mollycoddle (1920) [a,w]
The Nut (1921) [a,w]
The Three Musketeers (1921) [a,w]
The Thief of Bagdad (1924) [a,w]
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) [a]
Don Q Son of Zorro (1925) [a]
The Black Pirate (1926) [a,w]
The Gaucho (1927) [a,w]
The Iron Mask (1929) [a,w]
The Taming of the Shrew (1929) [a]
Reaching for the Moon (1930) [a]
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks (1931) [a,d]
Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932) [a,w]
The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) [a]
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961) [a]
The Great Chase (1962) [a]
30 Years of Fun (1963) [a]
The Funniest Man in the World (1967) [a]
Hugo (2011) [a]
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