Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Acting
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]
Born: December 9, 1909
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
The life and career of two-time Oscar winner Vivien Leigh, who battled tuberculosis and manic-depression but always remained a star.
Laurence Olivier: a life
A multi-award winning biography covering the life and career of legendary screen and stage actor/director Laurence Olivier.
H.M.S. Pinafore
Captain's daughter Josephine and common sailor Ralph Rackstraw are in love. However, their relationship is complicated by her arranged marriage to the high-ranking Sir Joseph Porter. A secret about the characters' true identities revealed by Little Buttercup, which leads to a farcical resolution.
The Pirates of Penzance
As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st year, Frederic's indentures are at last over and he happily leaves the service of the pirates. When Frederic meets the beautiful Mabel, one of the many daughters (or wards in Chancery) of Major-General Stanley, they fall in love and decide to marry. However, complications arise when the pirates decide to marry the rest of the Major-General's daughters, themselves - and Frederic's birthdate turns out to be not all it seems.
The Aviator
Alain's uncle sends him to France to toughen him with his aviator friend Pierre. He meets Suzanne on the voyage and fights for her love against José in an airplane.
Hollywood
A 1980 documentary series exploring the establishment and development of the Hollywood studios and its impact on 1920s culture.
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's greatest independent producers, is remembered in this classy documentary created for the PBS American Masters series. Based on A. Scott Berg's acclaimed biography, the film includes new interviews with Goldwyn's surviving family members as well as vintage interviews with such luminaries as Bette Davis, John Huston, Laurence Olivier and others.
Cinépanorama
The Crooked Hearts
A charming but somewhat larcenous widow attempts to snare a rich bachelor through a lonely hearts club, but her scheme boomerangs into a deadly cat-and-mouse game. This marked the TV-movie debut of both Rosalind Russell and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and was sadly also Russell's last film role.
The Real Charlie Chaplin
A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.
Filmography
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as Self - Host
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as Eli Camperdown
as Eli Camperdown
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self / Narrator
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as Edward Charles Wanderley
as The Almighty
as Malcolm Philpott
as Self
as Narrator
as Elliott Norman
as Elliott Banning
as Self
as Rex Willoughby
as Self
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as Millionaire
as Self - Guest
as King Richard
as Millionaire
as Self (uncredited)
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as Self - Narrator
as Mr. Otis
as Self
as Self - Co-Host
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as Dr. Robert Devlin
as Charles Clayton
as Self - Epilogue (uncredited)
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as Self - Host
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as Donald 'Don' Drake
as Dr. John Marlowe
as Self (archive footage)
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as Self - Panelist
as The O'Flynn
as Colonel Ladislas Karolyi Teglas / The Duke
as Self
as Charles II
as Sinbad
as Lucien Franchi / Mario Franchi
as Bill O'Brien
as Jim Logan
as Keith Brandon
as David 'Davie' Gillespie
as John Randolph
as Thomas Anthony Ballantine
as Self
as Richard Carleton
as Chick Kirkland
as Jim Trevor
as Daniel 'Dan' Brewster
as Rupert of Hentzau
as Ricky Morgan
as Tony Seymour
as John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty
as Tony Woodward
as Rodolphe
as Joe Martin
as Grand Duke Peter
as Lieutenant Fred Digby
as Joseph Sheridan
as Fred Blake
as Jimmy
as Bill Keller
as Baron Nikita 'Nikki' Krasnoff
as Self
as Self
as James 'Jimmy' Russell
as Scott 'Scotty' McClenahan
as Charles 'Chick' Miller
as Self - Golfer (uncredited)
as Larry O'Brien
as Jack Ingleside
as Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
as Alain
as Joe Massara
as Dick Rollins
as Henry
as Billy Bear
as Norman Overbeck
as Douglas 'Doug' Scott
as Gil
as Jay Rountree
as Ambrose in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
as Marty Reid
as Wyn
as Gil Jordan
as Douglas Stratton
as Steve Maxwell
as Jeffry Merrick
as Clem Rogers
as Chris Miller
as Steve
as David Starke
as Busboy (uncredited)
as Vernon Keith
as Farleigh Bright
as G. Clifton Blackburn
as Jerry Croker-Kelley
as Jeff Sanford
as Hal Terwilliger
as Sonny Galloway
as Triton
as Richard Grosvenor
as Chess Weymer
as Sandy
as Stephen Harlow Jr.
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as Newsboy (uncredited)