Actor
· Acting
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Born 1909-12-09
Died 2000-05-07
📍 New York City, New York, USA
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best-known for starring in such films as The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Gunga Din (1939), and The Corsican Brothers (1941). The son of Douglas Fairbanks and stepson of Mary Pickford, his first marriage was to actress Joan Crawford.
In 1969, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Best Dressed List.
The moving image collection of Douglas Fairbanks Jr., held at the Academy Film Archive, includes over 90 reels of home movies.
[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Filmography 150
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
as Self
2000
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self
1998
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
1996
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
as Self
1996
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
as Self
1990
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
B.L. Stryker
as White
1989
American Experience
as Self
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self
1988
Hollywood Uncensored
as Self - Host
1987
The Dame Edna Experience
as Self
1987
Strong Medicine
as Eli Camperdown
1986
Strong Medicine
as Eli Camperdown
1986
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self
1985
The Mikado
as Self
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
La Belle Epoque
as Self / Narrator
1983
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self
1982
Yesteryear
as Self
1982
Trial by Jury
as Self - Host
1982
Cox and Box
as Self - Host
1982
H.M.S. Pinafore
as Self - Host
1982
The Pirates of Penzance
as Self - Host
1982
The Gondoliers
as Self - Host
1982
Iolanthe
as Self - Host
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
Ghost Story
as Edward Charles Wanderley
1981
From Raquel with Love
as The Almighty
1980
The Hostage Tower
as Malcolm Philpott
1980
Hollywood
as Self
1980
The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock
as Narrator
1978
The Love Boat
as Elliott Norman
1977
The Love Boat
as Elliott Banning
1977
Dinah!
as Self
1974
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
The Crooked Hearts
as Rex Willoughby
1972
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
as Self
1971
Great Performances
as Self
1971
Red and Blue
as Millionaire
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
The Legend of Robin Hood
as King Richard
1968
Red, White, and Zero
as Millionaire
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
Omnibus
as Self - Narrator
1967
ABC Stage 67
as Mr. Otis
1966
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Robert Devlin
1961
Route 66
as Charles Clayton
1960
Chase a Crooked Shadow
as Self - Epilogue (uncredited)
1958
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
The Awakening
as Self - Host
1954
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents
as Self - Host
1953
Mr. Drake's Duck
as Donald 'Don' Drake
1951
State Secret
as Dr. John Marlowe
1950
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
1950
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
Your Show of Shows
as Self
1950
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
The Fighting O'Flynn
as The O'Flynn
1949
That Lady in Ermine
as Colonel Ladislas Karolyi Teglas / The Duke
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
The Exile
as Charles II
1947
Sinbad the Sailor
as Sinbad
1947
The Corsican Brothers
as Lucien Franchi / Mario Franchi
1941
Angels Over Broadway
as Bill O'Brien
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
1940
Safari
as Jim Logan
1940
Green Hell
as Keith Brandon
1940
Rulers of the Sea
as David 'Davie' Gillespie
1939
The Sun Never Sets
as John Randolph
1939
Gunga Din
as Thomas Anthony Ballantine
1939
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
1938
The Young in Heart
as Richard Carleton
1938
Having Wonderful Time
as Chick Kirkland
1938
The Rage of Paris
as Jim Trevor
1938
Joy of Living
as Daniel 'Dan' Brewster
1938
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Rupert of Hentzau
1937
Jump for Glory
as Ricky Morgan
1937
Accused
as Tony Seymour
1936
The Amateur Gentleman
as John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty
1936
Man of the Moment
as Tony Woodward
1935
Mimi
as Rodolphe
1935
Success at Any Price
as Joe Martin
1934
The Rise of Catherine the Great
as Grand Duke Peter
1934
Captured!
as Lieutenant Fred Digby
1933
Morning Glory
as Joseph Sheridan
1933
The Narrow Corner
as Fred Blake
1933
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Jimmy
1933
Parachute Jumper
as Bill Keller
1933
Scarlet Dawn
as Baron Nikita 'Nikki' Krasnoff
1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
as Self
1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
as Self
1932
Love is a Racket
as James 'Jimmy' Russell
1932
It's Tough to Be Famous
as Scott 'Scotty' McClenahan
1932
Union Depot
as Charles 'Chick' Miller
1932
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
as Self - Golfer (uncredited)
1931
I Like Your Nerve
as Larry O'Brien
1931
Chances
as Jack Ingleside
1931
The Stolen Jools
as Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
1931
The Aviator
as Alain
1931
Little Caesar
as Joe Massara
1931
One Night at Susie's
as Dick Rollins
1930
Outward Bound
as Henry
1930
The Way of All Men
as Billy Bear
1930
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
as Self
1930
Little Accident
as Norman Overbeck
1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Self
1930
The Dawn Patrol
as Douglas 'Doug' Scott
1930
Loose Ankles
as Gil
1930
Party Girl
as Jay Rountree
1930
The Show of Shows
as Ambrose in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
1929
The Forward Pass
as Marty Reid
1929
The Careless Age
as Wyn
1929
Our Modern Maidens
as Gil Jordan
1929
Fast Life
as Douglas Stratton
1929
The Jazz Age
as Steve Maxwell
1929
A Woman of Affairs
as Jeffry Merrick
1928
The Power of the Press
as Clem Rogers
1928
The Barker
as Chris Miller
1928
The Toilers
as Steve
1928
Modern Mothers
as David Starke
1928
The Garden of Eden
as Busboy (uncredited)
1928
Dead Man's Curve
as Vernon Keith
1928
A Texas Steer
as Farleigh Bright
1927
Is Zat So?
as G. Clifton Blackburn
1927
Women Love Diamonds
as Jerry Croker-Kelley
1927
Man Bait
as Jeff Sanford
1927
Broken Hearts of Hollywood
as Hal Terwilliger
1926
Padlocked
as Sonny Galloway
1926
The American Venus
as Triton
1926
Stella Dallas
as Richard Grosvenor
1925
Wild Horse Mesa
as Chess Weymer
1925
The Air Mail
as Sandy
1925
Stephen Steps Out
as Stephen Harlow Jr.
1923
The Three Musketeers
as (uncredited)
1921
American Aristocracy
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1916