← Back

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Born: 1909-12-09 • 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
The Real Charlie Chaplin poster
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year poster
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 • Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies poster
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008 • Self (archive footage)
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero poster
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
2005 • Self (archive footage)
No Image
On Location with Gunga Din
2004 • Self / Thomas Anthony Ballantine (archive footage)
No Image
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004 • Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star poster
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002 • Self (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies poster
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001 • Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film poster
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000 • Self
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists poster
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998 • Self
Joan Crawford: Always the Star poster
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996 • Self (archive footage)
The Battle Over Citizen Kane poster
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
1996 • Self
No Image
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
1991 • Self
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond poster
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990 • Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story poster
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990 • Self
Night of 100 Stars III poster
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 • Self
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man poster
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988 • Self
Hollywood Uncensored poster
Hollywood Uncensored
1987 • Self - Host
Strong Medicine poster
Strong Medicine
1986 • Eli Camperdown
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey poster
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 • Self
The Mikado poster
The Mikado
1983 • Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage poster
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
La Belle Epoque poster
La Belle Epoque
1983 • Self / Narrator
Laurence Olivier: a life poster
Laurence Olivier: a life
1982 • Self
Cox and Box poster
Cox and Box
1982 • Self - Host
Trial by Jury poster
Trial by Jury
1982 • Self - Host
H.M.S. Pinafore poster
H.M.S. Pinafore
1982 • Self - Host
The Pirates of Penzance poster
The Pirates of Penzance
1982 • Self - Host
The Gondoliers poster
The Gondoliers
1982 • Self - Host
Iolanthe poster
Iolanthe
1982 • Self - Host
Night of 100 Stars poster
Night of 100 Stars
1982 • Self
Ghost Story poster
Ghost Story
1981 • Edward Charles Wanderley
From Raquel with Love poster
From Raquel with Love
1980 • The Almighty
The Hostage Tower poster
The Hostage Tower
1980 • Malcolm Philpott
No Image
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1978 • Narrator
The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock poster
The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock
1978 • Narrator
No Image
Kingdom Of Gifts
1978 • The Proud King
The Crooked Hearts poster
The Crooked Hearts
1972 • Rex Willoughby
Red and Blue poster
Red and Blue
1968 • Millionaire
The Legend of Robin Hood poster
The Legend of Robin Hood
1968 • King Richard
Red, White, and Zero poster
Red, White, and Zero
1968 • Millionaire
No Image
The Funniest Man in the World
1967 • Narrator
No Image
The Canterville Ghost
1966 • Mr. Otis
Chase a Crooked Shadow poster
Chase a Crooked Shadow
1958 • Self - Epilogue (uncredited)
The Awakening poster
The Awakening
1954 • Self - Host
No Image
Three's Company
1953 • Narrator / Anthony
No Image
The Genie
1953 • The Genie
Mr. Drake's Duck poster
Mr. Drake's Duck
1951 • Donald 'Don' Drake
State Secret poster
State Secret
1950 • Dr. John Marlowe
The Costume Designer poster
The Costume Designer
1950 • Self (archive footage)
The Fighting O'Flynn poster
The Fighting O'Flynn
1949 • The O'Flynn
That Lady in Ermine poster
That Lady in Ermine
1948 • Colonel Ladislas Karolyi Teglas / The Duke
The Exile poster
The Exile
1947 • Charles II
Sinbad the Sailor poster
Sinbad the Sailor
1947 • Sinbad
The Corsican Brothers poster
The Corsican Brothers
1941 • Lucien Franchi / Mario Franchi
Angels Over Broadway poster
Angels Over Broadway
1940 • Bill O'Brien
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards poster
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 • Self
Safari poster
Safari
1940 • Jim Logan
Green Hell poster
Green Hell
1940 • Keith Brandon
Rulers of the Sea poster
Rulers of the Sea
1939 • David 'Davie' Gillespie
The Sun Never Sets poster
The Sun Never Sets
1939 • John Randolph
Gunga Din poster
Gunga Din
1939 • Thomas Anthony Ballantine
Hollywood Goes to Town poster
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938 • Self
The Young in Heart poster
The Young in Heart
1938 • Richard Carleton
Having Wonderful Time poster
Having Wonderful Time
1938 • Chick Kirkland
The Rage of Paris poster
The Rage of Paris
1938 • Jim Trevor
Joy of Living poster
Joy of Living
1938 • Daniel 'Dan' Brewster
The Prisoner of Zenda poster
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937 • Rupert of Hentzau
Jump for Glory poster
Jump for Glory
1937 • Ricky Morgan
Accused poster
Accused
1936 • Tony Seymour
The Amateur Gentleman poster
The Amateur Gentleman
1936 • John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty
Man of the Moment poster
Man of the Moment
1935 • Tony Woodward
Mimi poster
Mimi
1935 • Rodolphe
Success at Any Price poster
Success at Any Price
1934 • Joe Martin
The Rise of Catherine the Great poster
The Rise of Catherine the Great
1934 • Grand Duke Peter
Captured! poster
Captured!
1933 • Lieutenant Fred Digby
Morning Glory poster
Morning Glory
1933 • Joseph Sheridan
The Narrow Corner poster
The Narrow Corner
1933 • Fred Blake
The Life of Jimmy Dolan poster
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933 • Jimmy
Parachute Jumper poster
Parachute Jumper
1933 • Bill Keller
Scarlet Dawn poster
Scarlet Dawn
1932 • Baron Nikita 'Nikki' Krasnoff
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 poster
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
1932 • Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 poster
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
1932 • Self
Love Is a Racket poster
Love Is a Racket
1932 • James 'Jimmy' Russell
It's Tough to Be Famous poster
It's Tough to Be Famous
1932 • Scott 'Scotty' McClenahan
Union Depot poster
Union Depot
1932 • Charles 'Chick' Miller
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' poster
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
1931 • Self - Golfer (uncredited)
I Like Your Nerve poster
I Like Your Nerve
1931 • Larry O'Brien
Chances poster
Chances
1931 • Jack Ingleside
The Stolen Jools poster
The Stolen Jools
1931 • Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
The Aviator poster
The Aviator
1931 • Alain
Little Caesar poster
Little Caesar
1931 • Joe Massara
One Night at Susie's poster
One Night at Susie's
1930 • Dick Rollins
Outward Bound poster
Outward Bound
1930 • Henry
The Way of All Men poster
The Way of All Men
1930 • Billy Bear
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 poster
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
1930 • Self
Little Accident poster
Little Accident
1930 • Norman Overbeck
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee poster
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930 • Self
The Dawn Patrol poster
The Dawn Patrol
1930 • Douglas 'Doug' Scott
Loose Ankles poster
Loose Ankles
1930 • Gil