Douglas Fairbanks facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Douglas Fairbanks
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![]() Fairbanks, late 1910s
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Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman
May 23, 1883 Denver, Colorado, U.S.
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Died | December 12, 1939 Santa Monica, California, U.S.
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(aged 56)
Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
Nationality | American |
Education | Denver East High School |
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Years active | 1899–1934 |
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Children | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. |
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Douglas Fairbanks was a silent movie actor. He was born on May 23, 1883. He is best known for The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro. He was a "swashbuckler" in the movies. A swashbuckler is an athletic, romantic hero. He married Mary Pickford in 1920. They lived in a Hollywood home called Pickfair. He was called "The King of Hollywood". His movie career went south when the "talkies" came along. Fairbanks was also a screenwriter, a director, and a producer. He was a founding member of both United Artists and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He hosted the first Oscars Ceremony in 1929. He died on December 12, 1939. His son, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. was also an actor.
Images for kids
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D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin (seated) and Douglas Fairbanks at the signing of the contract establishing United Artists motion picture studio in 1919. Lawyers Albert Banzhaf (left) and Dennis F. O'Brien (right) stand in the background.
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The Mark of Zorro.
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Douglas Fairbanks in the title role in Robin Hood (1922).