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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-12-09 (115 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Biography:

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]

Known For

Acting

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)

2008

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies as Self (archive footage)

2005

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self (archive footage)
On Location with Gunga Din as Self / Thomas Anthony Ballantine (archive footage)

2002

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star as Self (archive footage)

2001

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies as Self (archive footage)

2000

1998

1996

Joan Crawford: Always the Star as Self (archive footage)

1991

1990

1989

B.L. Stryker as White

1988

1987

Hollywood Uncensored as Self - Host

1986

Strong Medicine as Eli Camperdown
Strong Medicine as Eli Camperdown

1985

1984

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
La Belle Epoque as Self / Narrator
The Mikado as Self

1982

Trial By Jury as Self - Host
Cox and Box as Self - Host
H.M.S. Pinafore as Self - Host
The Gondoliers as Self - Host
Iolanthe as Self - Host
Yesteryear as Self

1981

Ghost Story as Edward Charles Wanderley

1980

The Hostage Tower as Malcolm Philpott
From Raquel with Love as The Almighty
Hollywood as Self

1979

Red, White, and Zero as Millionaire

1978

Kingdom Of Gifts as The Proud King

1977

The Love Boat as Elliott Norman
The Love Boat as Elliott Banning

1974

Dinah! as Self

1973

1972

The Crooked Hearts as Rex Willoughby

1971

1968

Red and Blue as Millionaire
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self (uncredited)
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1967

Omnibus as Self - Narrator

1966

ABC Stage 67 as Mr. Otis

1962

1961

Dr. Kildare as Dr. Robert Devlin
The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host

1960

Route 66 as Charles Clayton

1959

The Big Party as Self – Host

1958

Chase a Crooked Shadow as Self - Epilogue (uncredited)

1956

1954

The Awakening as Self - Host

1953

Three's Company as Narrator / Anthony
The Genie as The Genie

1951

Mr. Drake's Duck as Donald 'Don' Drake

1950

State Secret as Dr. John Marlowe
The Costume Designer as Self (archive footage)
What's My Line? as Self - Panelist

1949

The Fighting O'Flynn as The O'Flynn

1948

That Lady in Ermine as Colonel Ladislas Karolyi Teglas / The Duke

1947

The Exile as Charles II

1941

The Corsican Brothers as Lucien Franchi / Mario Franchi

1940

Angels Over Broadway as Bill O'Brien
Green Hell as Keith Brandon
Safari as Jim Logan

1939

Gunga Din as Thomas Anthony Ballantine
Rulers of the Sea as David 'Davie' Gillespie
The Sun Never Sets as John Randolph

1938

The Rage of Paris as Jim Trevor
The Young in Heart as Richard Carleton
Joy of Living as Daniel 'Dan' Brewster
Having Wonderful Time as Chick Kirkland

1937

The Prisoner of Zenda as Rupert of Hentzau
When Thief Meets Thief as Ricky Morgan

1936

Accused as Tony Seymour
The Amateur Gentleman as John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty

1935

Man of the Moment as Tony Woodward
Mimi as Rodolphe

1934

Success at Any Price as Joe Martin

1933

Morning Glory as Joseph Sheridan
Parachute Jumper as Bill Keller
Captured! as Lieutenant Fred Digby
The Narrow Corner as Fred Blake

1932

Love Is a Racket as James 'Jimmy' Russell
Union Depot as Charles 'Chick' Miller
Scarlet Dawn as Baron Nikita 'Nikki' Krasnoff
It's Tough to Be Famous as Scott 'Scotty' McClenahan

1931

Little Caesar as Joe Massara
The Stolen Jools as Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
I Like Your Nerve as Larry O'Brien
Chances as Jack Ingleside
The Aviator as Alain

1930

The Dawn Patrol as Douglas 'Doug' Scott
Outward Bound as Henry
Party Girl as Jay Rountree
One Night at Susie's as Dick Rollins
The Way of All Men as Billy Bear
Little Accident as Norman Overbeck

1929

Our Modern Maidens as Gil Jordan
Show of Shows as Ambrose in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
The Forward Pass as Marty Reid
Fast Life as Douglas Stratton

1928

A Woman of Affairs as Jeffry Merrick
The Barker as Chris Miller
The Power of the Press as Clem Rogers
The Garden of Eden as Busboy (uncredited)
The Toilers as Steve
Dead Man's Curve as Vernon Keith

1927

Is Zat So? as G. Clifton Blackburn
A Texas Steer as Farleigh Bright
Man Bait as Jeff Sanford
Women Love Diamonds as Jerry Croker-Kelley

1926

Broken Hearts of Hollywood as Hal Terwilliger
Padlocked as Sonny Galloway

1925

Stella Dallas as Richard Grosvenor
The Air Mail as Sandy
Wild Horse Mesa as Chess Weymer

1923

Stephen Steps Out as Stephen Harlow Jr.

1916

American Aristocracy as Newsboy (uncredited)

Production

1958

1956

The Silken Affair as Executive Producer

1955

Police Dog as Producer

1953

Three's Company as Producer
The Genie as Producer

1951

Mr. Drake's Duck as Producer

1950

1949

1947

The Exile as Producer

1940

Angels Over Broadway as Associate Producer

1937

1936

Accused as Producer

Writing

1949

1947

The Exile as Writer

Crew

1932

Scarlet Dawn as Additional Dialogue