Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

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]

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 • as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 • as Self - Co-Host

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 • as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 • as Self - Guest

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

1977 • as Elliott Norman

Filmography

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 7/2/2009

2008

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 8/29/2008

2005

Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 10/23/2005

2004

Movie
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 2/3/2004
Movie
On Location with Gunga Din
as Self / Thomas Anthony Ballantine (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 12/7/2004

2002

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 8/1/2002

2001

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 10/7/2001

2000

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/12/2000

1998

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998

1996

The Battle Over Citizen Kane
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/29/1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 9/30/1996

1991

Movie
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/1/1991

1990

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/23/1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/21/1990
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/22/1990

1989

B.L. Stryker
B.L. Stryker
as White
TV - Released: 2/13/1989

1988

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/5/1988
American Experience
American Experience
as Self
TV - Released: 10/4/1988

1987

Hollywood Uncensored
Hollywood Uncensored
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 12/1/1987
The Dame Edna Experience
The Dame Edna Experience
as Self
TV - Released: 9/12/1987

1986

Strong Medicine
Strong Medicine
as Eli Camperdown
Movie - Released: 1/1/1986
Strong Medicine
Strong Medicine
as Eli Camperdown
TV - Released: 4/26/1986

1985

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/3/1985

1984

TV
The Compleat Gilbert & Sullivan
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 3/21/1984

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 2/25/1983
La Belle Epoque
La Belle Epoque
as Self / Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/1/1983
The Mikado
The Mikado
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/18/1983

1982

The Pirates Of Penzance
The Pirates Of Penzance
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 6/1/1982
Trial By Jury
Trial By Jury
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 6/1/1982
Cox and Box
Cox and Box
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 6/1/1982
H.M.S. Pinafore
H.M.S. Pinafore
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 6/1/1982
The Gondoliers
The Gondoliers
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 6/1/1982
Iolanthe
Iolanthe
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 6/1/1982
Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/8/1982
Yesteryear
Yesteryear
as Self
TV - Released: 7/7/1982

1981

Ghost Story
Ghost Story
as Edward Charles Wanderley
Movie - Released: 12/18/1981

1980

The Hostage Tower
The Hostage Tower
as Malcolm Philpott
Movie - Released: 9/19/1980
From Raquel with Love
From Raquel with Love
as The Almighty
Movie - Released: 11/23/1980
Hollywood
Hollywood
as Self
TV - Released: 1/8/1980

1979

Red, White, and Zero
Red, White, and Zero
as Millionaire
Movie - Released: 12/21/1979

1978

Movie
Kingdom Of Gifts
as The Proud King
Movie - Released: 1/1/1978
Movie
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 12/31/1978
The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock
The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 12/31/1978

1977

The Love Boat
The Love Boat
as Elliott Norman
TV - Released: 9/24/1977
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
as Elliott Banning
TV - Released: 9/24/1977

1974

Dinah!
Dinah!
as Self
TV - Released: 10/21/1974

1973

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
TV - Released: 4/2/1973

1972

The Crooked Hearts
The Crooked Hearts
as Rex Willoughby
Movie - Released: 11/8/1972

1971

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
as Self
TV - Released: 8/1/1971
TV
The Pearl Bailey Show
as Self
TV - Released: 1/23/1971
Great Performances
Great Performances
as Self
TV - Released: 1/28/1971

1968

Red and Blue
Red and Blue
as Millionaire
Movie - Released: 8/8/1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
TV - Released: 1/22/1968
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 6/6/1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
TV - Released: 1/22/1968

1967

Movie
The Funniest Man in the World
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 11/13/1967
Omnibus
Omnibus
as Self - Narrator
TV - Released: 10/13/1967

1966

Movie
The Canterville Ghost
as Mr. Otis
Movie - Released: 11/2/1966
ABC Stage 67
ABC Stage 67
as Mr. Otis
TV - Released: 9/14/1966

1962

The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Robert Devlin
TV - Released: 9/27/1961
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
TV - Released: 12/11/1961
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1960

Route 66
Route 66
as Charles Clayton
TV - Released: 10/7/1960

1959

TV
The Big Party
as Self – Host
TV - Released: 10/8/1959

1958

Chase a Crooked Shadow
Chase a Crooked Shadow
as Self - Epilogue (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 1/16/1958

1956

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/5/1956
The Steve Allen Show
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
TV - Released: 6/24/1956
Cinépanorama
Cinépanorama
as Self
TV - Released: 2/4/1956
TV
The Ford Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/4/1956
TV
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/4/1956

1954

The Awakening
The Awakening
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 7/14/1954

1953

Movie
Three's Company
as Narrator / Anthony
Movie - Released: 10/26/1953
Movie
The Genie
as The Genie
Movie - Released: 7/8/1953
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 1/7/1953

1951

Mr. Drake's Duck
Mr. Drake's Duck
as Donald 'Don' Drake
Movie - Released: 9/21/1951

1950

State Secret
State Secret
as Dr. John Marlowe
Movie - Released: 9/11/1950
The Costume Designer
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 7/13/1950
Your Show of Shows
Your Show of Shows
as Self
TV - Released: 2/25/1950
The Bob Hope Show
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
TV - Released: 4/9/1950
What's My Line?
What's My Line?
as Self
TV - Released: 2/2/1950
What's My Line?
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
TV - Released: 2/2/1950

1949

The Fighting O'Flynn
The Fighting O'Flynn
as The O'Flynn
Movie - Released: 2/26/1949

1948

That Lady in Ermine
That Lady in Ermine
as Colonel Ladislas Karolyi Teglas / The Duke
Movie - Released: 8/24/1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
TV - Released: 6/20/1948

1947

Sinbad the Sailor
Sinbad the Sailor
as Sinbad
Movie - Released: 1/13/1947
The Exile
The Exile
as Charles II
Movie - Released: 10/17/1947

1941

The Corsican Brothers
The Corsican Brothers
as Lucien Franchi / Mario Franchi
Movie - Released: 11/28/1941

1940

Angels Over Broadway
Angels Over Broadway
as Bill O'Brien
Movie - Released: 10/2/1940
Green Hell
Green Hell
as Keith Brandon
Movie - Released: 1/26/1940
Safari
Safari
as Jim Logan
Movie - Released: 6/14/1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/31/1940

1939

Gunga Din
Gunga Din
as Thomas Anthony Ballantine
Movie - Released: 1/26/1939
Rulers of the Sea
Rulers of the Sea
as David 'Davie' Gillespie
Movie - Released: 11/8/1939
The Sun Never Sets
The Sun Never Sets
as John Randolph
Movie - Released: 5/31/1939

1938

The Rage of Paris
The Rage of Paris
as Jim Trevor
Movie - Released: 6/9/1938
The Young in Heart
The Young in Heart
as Richard Carleton
Movie - Released: 7/6/1938
Joy of Living
Joy of Living
as Daniel 'Dan' Brewster
Movie - Released: 5/6/1938
Having Wonderful Time
Having Wonderful Time
as Chick Kirkland
Movie - Released: 7/1/1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/7/1938

1937

The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Rupert of Hentzau
Movie - Released: 9/3/1937
When Thief Meets Thief
When Thief Meets Thief
as Ricky Morgan
Movie - Released: 1/1/1937

1936

Accused
Accused
as Tony Seymour
Movie - Released: 12/18/1936
The Amateur Gentleman
The Amateur Gentleman
as John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty
Movie - Released: 4/26/1936

1935

Man of the Moment
Man of the Moment
as Tony Woodward
Movie - Released: 9/1/1935
Mimi
Mimi
as Rodolphe
Movie - Released: 3/28/1935

1934

The Rise of Catherine the Great
The Rise of Catherine the Great
as Grand Duke Peter
Movie - Released: 2/9/1934
Success at Any Price
Success at Any Price
as Joe Martin
Movie - Released: 3/16/1934

1933

Morning Glory
Morning Glory
as Joseph Sheridan
Movie - Released: 8/18/1933
Parachute Jumper
Parachute Jumper
as Bill Keller
Movie - Released: 1/28/1933
Captured!
Captured!
as Lieutenant Fred Digby
Movie - Released: 8/19/1933
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Jimmy
Movie - Released: 6/3/1933
The Narrow Corner
The Narrow Corner
as Fred Blake
Movie - Released: 7/8/1933

1932

Love Is a Racket
Love Is a Racket
as James 'Jimmy' Russell
Movie - Released: 6/18/1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/25/1932
Union Depot
Union Depot
as Charles 'Chick' Miller
Movie - Released: 1/14/1932
Scarlet Dawn
Scarlet Dawn
as Baron Nikita 'Nikki' Krasnoff
Movie - Released: 11/12/1932
It's Tough to Be Famous
It's Tough to Be Famous
as Scott 'Scotty' McClenahan
Movie - Released: 4/2/1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/20/1932

1931

Little Caesar
Little Caesar
as Joe Massara
Movie - Released: 1/25/1931
The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools
as Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Movie - Released: 4/4/1931
I Like Your Nerve
I Like Your Nerve
as Larry O'Brien
Movie - Released: 9/12/1931
Chances
Chances
as Jack Ingleside
Movie - Released: 7/18/1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
as Self - Golfer (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 9/13/1931
The Aviator
The Aviator
as Alain
Movie - Released: 1/30/1931

1930

The Dawn Patrol
The Dawn Patrol
as Douglas 'Doug' Scott
Movie - Released: 7/10/1930
Outward Bound
Outward Bound
as Henry
Movie - Released: 9/17/1930
Loose Ankles
Loose Ankles
as Gil
Movie - Released: 2/2/1930
Party Girl
Party Girl
as Jay Rountree
Movie - Released: 1/1/1930
One Night at Susie's
One Night at Susie's
as Dick Rollins
Movie - Released: 10/19/1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/1/1930
The Way of All Men
The Way of All Men
as Billy Bear
Movie - Released: 9/3/1930
Little Accident
Little Accident
as Norman Overbeck
Movie - Released: 8/3/1930

1929

Our Modern Maidens
Our Modern Maidens
as Gil Jordan
Movie - Released: 9/8/1929
Show of Shows
Show of Shows
as Ambrose in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 11/21/1929
The Forward Pass
The Forward Pass
as Marty Reid
Movie - Released: 11/10/1929
Fast Life
Fast Life
as Douglas Stratton
Movie - Released: 9/1/1929
The Careless Age
The Careless Age
as Wyn
Movie - Released: 9/15/1929

1928

A Woman of Affairs
A Woman of Affairs
as Jeffry Merrick
Movie - Released: 12/15/1928
The Barker
The Barker
as Chris Miller
Movie - Released: 10/2/1928
The Power of the Press
The Power of the Press
as Clem Rogers
Movie - Released: 10/30/1928
The Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden
as Busboy (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 2/4/1928
The Toilers
The Toilers
as Steve
Movie - Released: 10/1/1928
Dead Man's Curve
Dead Man's Curve
as Vernon Keith
Movie - Released: 1/15/1928

1927

Is Zat So?
Is Zat So?
as G. Clifton Blackburn
Movie - Released: 5/15/1927
A Texas Steer
A Texas Steer
as Farleigh Bright
Movie - Released: 12/4/1927
Man Bait
Man Bait
as Jeff Sanford
Movie - Released: 1/18/1927
Women Love Diamonds
Women Love Diamonds
as Jerry Croker-Kelley
Movie - Released: 2/12/1927

1926

The American Venus
The American Venus
as Triton
Movie - Released: 1/31/1926
Broken Hearts of Hollywood
Broken Hearts of Hollywood
as Hal Terwilliger
Movie - Released: 8/14/1926
Padlocked
Padlocked
as Sonny Galloway
Movie - Released: 8/2/1926

1925

Stella Dallas
Stella Dallas
as Richard Grosvenor
Movie - Released: 11/16/1925
The Air Mail
The Air Mail
as Sandy
Movie - Released: 3/15/1925
Wild Horse Mesa
Wild Horse Mesa
as Chess Weymer
Movie - Released: 9/13/1925

1923

Stephen Steps Out
Stephen Steps Out
as Stephen Harlow Jr.
Movie - Released: 11/25/1923

1916

American Aristocracy
American Aristocracy
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 11/5/1916