Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

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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

Little Caesar

Joe Massara

The Love Boat

Elliott Norman

The Love Boat

Elliott Banning

Gunga Din

Thomas Anthony Ballantine

Ghost Story

Edward Charles Wanderley

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Prisoner of Zenda

Rupert of Hentzau

Morning Glory

Joseph Sheridan

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2021	The Real Charlie Chaplin MOVIE	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2009	1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2008	Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2005	Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2004	On Location with Gunga Din MOVIE	Self / Thomas Anthony Ballantine (archive footage)
2004	Checking Out: Grand Hotel MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2002	Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2001	Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2000	Mary Pickford: A Life on Film MOVIE	Self
1998	Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists MOVIE	Self
1996	Joan Crawford: Always the Star MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1996	The Battle Over Citizen Kane MOVIE	Self
1991	Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II MOVIE	Self
1990	Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond MOVIE	Self
1990	You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story MOVIE	Self
1990	Night of 100 Stars III MOVIE	Self
1989	B.L. Stryker TV	White
1988	American Experience TV	Self
1988	Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man MOVIE	Self
1987	Hollywood Uncensored MOVIE	Self - Host
1987	The Dame Edna Experience TV	Self
1986	Strong Medicine TV	Eli Camperdown
1986	Strong Medicine MOVIE	Eli Camperdown
1985	George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey MOVIE	Self
1984	The Compleat Gilbert & Sullivan TV	Self - Host
1983	The Mikado MOVIE	Self
1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage MOVIE	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983	La Belle Epoque MOVIE	Self / Narrator
1982	Laurence Olivier: a life MOVIE	Self
1982	Yesteryear TV	Self
1982	Trial by Jury MOVIE	Self - Host
1982	Cox and Box MOVIE	Self - Host
1982	H.M.S. Pinafore MOVIE	Self - Host
1982	The Pirates of Penzance MOVIE	Self - Host
1982	The Gondoliers MOVIE	Self - Host
1982	Iolanthe MOVIE	Self - Host
1982	Night of 100 Stars MOVIE	Self
1981	Ghost Story MOVIE	Edward Charles Wanderley
1980	From Raquel with Love MOVIE	The Almighty
1980	The Hostage Tower MOVIE	Malcolm Philpott
1980	Hollywood TV	Self
1978	The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness MOVIE	Narrator
1978	The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock MOVIE	Narrator
1978	Kingdom Of Gifts MOVIE	The Proud King
1977	The Love Boat TV	Elliott Norman
1977	The Love Boat TV	Elliott Banning
1974	Dinah! TV	Self
1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ... TV	Self
1972	The Crooked Hearts MOVIE	Rex Willoughby
1971	Film '72 TV	Self
1971	The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour TV	Self
1971	Great Performances TV	Self
1971	The Pearl Bailey Show TV	Self
1968	Red and Blue MOVIE	Millionaire
1968	The Dick Cavett Show TV	Self - Guest
1968	The Legend of Robin Hood MOVIE	King Richard
1968	Red, White, and Zero MOVIE	Millionaire
1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV	Self (uncredited)
1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV	Self
1967	The Funniest Man in the World MOVIE	Narrator
1967	Omnibus TV	Self - Narrator
1966	The Canterville Ghost MOVIE	Mr. Otis
1966	ABC Stage 67 TV	Mr. Otis
1962	The Merv Griffin Show TV	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self
1961	The Mike Douglas Show TV	Self - Co-Host
1961	The Mike Douglas Show TV	Self
1961	Dr. Kildare TV	Dr. Robert Devlin
1960	Route 66 TV	Charles Clayton
1959	The Big Party TV	Self – Host
1958	Chase a Crooked Shadow MOVIE	Self - Epilogue (uncredited)
1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV	Self
1956	The Ford Show TV	Self
1956	The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show TV	Self
1956	The Steve Allen Show TV	Self
1956	Cinépanorama TV	Self
1954	The Awakening MOVIE	Self - Host
1953	Three's Company MOVIE	Narrator / Anthony
1953	The Genie MOVIE	The Genie
1953	Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents TV	Self - Host
1951	Mr. Drake's Duck MOVIE	Donald 'Don' Drake
1950	State Secret MOVIE	Dr. John Marlowe
1950	The Costume Designer MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1950	The Bob Hope Show TV	Self
1950	Your Show of Shows TV	Self
1950	What's My Line? TV	Self
1950	What's My Line? TV	Self - Panelist
1949	The Fighting O'Flynn MOVIE	The O'Flynn
1948	That Lady in Ermine MOVIE	Colonel Ladislas Karolyi Teglas / The Duke
1948	The Ed Sullivan Show TV	Self
1947	The Exile MOVIE	Charles II
1947	Sinbad the Sailor MOVIE	Sinbad
1941	The Corsican Brothers MOVIE	Lucien Franchi / Mario Franchi
1940	Angels Over Broadway MOVIE	Bill O'Brien
1940	Cavalcade of the Academy Awards MOVIE	Self
1940	Safari MOVIE	Jim Logan
1940	Green Hell MOVIE	Keith Brandon
1939	Rulers of the Sea MOVIE	David 'Davie' Gillespie
1939	The Sun Never Sets MOVIE	John Randolph
1939	Gunga Din MOVIE	Thomas Anthony Ballantine
1938	Hollywood Goes to Town MOVIE	Self
1938	The Young in Heart MOVIE	Richard Carleton
1938	Having Wonderful Time MOVIE	Chick Kirkland
1938	The Rage of Paris MOVIE	Jim Trevor
1938	Joy of Living MOVIE	Daniel 'Dan' Brewster
1937	The Prisoner of Zenda MOVIE	Rupert of Hentzau
1937	Jump for Glory MOVIE	Ricky Morgan
1936	Accused MOVIE	Tony Seymour
1936	The Amateur Gentleman MOVIE	John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty
1935	Man of the Moment MOVIE	Tony Woodward
1935	Mimi MOVIE	Rodolphe
1934	Success at Any Price MOVIE	Joe Martin
1934	The Rise of Catherine the Great MOVIE	Grand Duke Peter
1933	Captured! MOVIE	Lieutenant Fred Digby
1933	Morning Glory MOVIE	Joseph Sheridan
1933	The Narrow Corner MOVIE	Fred Blake
1933	The Life of Jimmy Dolan MOVIE	Jimmy
1933	Parachute Jumper MOVIE	Bill Keller
1932	Scarlet Dawn MOVIE	Baron Nikita 'Nikki' Krasnoff
1932	Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 MOVIE	Self
1932	Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 MOVIE	Self
1932	Love is a Racket MOVIE	James 'Jimmy' Russell
1932	It's Tough to Be Famous MOVIE	Scott 'Scotty' McClenahan
1932	Union Depot MOVIE	Charles 'Chick' Miller
1931	How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' MOVIE	Self - Golfer (uncredited)
1931	I Like Your Nerve MOVIE	Larry O'Brien
1931	Chances MOVIE	Jack Ingleside
1931	The Stolen Jools MOVIE	Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
1931	The Aviator MOVIE	Alain
1931	Little Caesar MOVIE	Joe Massara
1930	One Night at Susie's MOVIE	Dick Rollins
1930	Outward Bound MOVIE	Henry
1930	The Way of All Men MOVIE	Billy Bear
1930	Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 MOVIE	Self
1930	Little Accident MOVIE	Norman Overbeck
1930	An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee MOVIE	Self
1930	The Dawn Patrol MOVIE	Douglas 'Doug' Scott
1930	Loose Ankles MOVIE	Gil
1930	Party Girl MOVIE	Jay Rountree
1929	The Show of Shows MOVIE	Ambrose in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
1929	The Forward Pass MOVIE	Marty Reid
1929	The Careless Age MOVIE	Wyn
1929	Our Modern Maidens MOVIE	Gil Jordan
1929	Fast Life MOVIE	Douglas Stratton
1929	The Jazz Age MOVIE	Steve Maxwell
1928	A Woman of Affairs MOVIE	Jeffry Merrick
1928	The Power of the Press MOVIE	Clem Rogers
1928	The Barker MOVIE	Chris Miller
1928	The Toilers MOVIE	Steve
1928	Modern Mothers MOVIE	David Starke
1928	The Garden of Eden MOVIE	Busboy (uncredited)
1928	Dead Man's Curve MOVIE	Vernon Keith
1927	A Texas Steer MOVIE	Farleigh Bright
1927	Is Zat So? MOVIE	G. Clifton Blackburn
1927	Women Love Diamonds MOVIE	Jerry Croker-Kelley
1927	Man Bait MOVIE	Jeff Sanford
1926	Broken Hearts of Hollywood MOVIE	Hal Terwilliger
1926	Padlocked MOVIE	Sonny Galloway
1926	The American Venus MOVIE	Triton
1925	Stella Dallas MOVIE	Richard Grosvenor
1925	Wild Horse Mesa MOVIE	Chess Weymer
1925	The Air Mail MOVIE	Sandy
1923	Stephen Steps Out MOVIE	Stephen Harlow Jr.
1921	The Three Musketeers MOVIE	(uncredited)
1916	American Aristocracy MOVIE	Newsboy (uncredited)

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