Douglas Fairbanks Net Worth
Douglas Fairbanks Net Worth is
$900,000
Douglas Fairbanks Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
For his son see Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.Douglas Fairbanks (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro but spent the early part of his career making comedies.An astute businessman, Fairbanks was a founding member of United Artists. Fairbanks was also a founding member of The Motion Picture Academy and hosted the first Oscars Ceremony in 1929. With his marriage to Mary Pickford in 1920, the couple became Hollywood royalty and Fairbanks was referred to as "The King of Hollywood", a nickname later passed on to actor Clark Gable. His career rapidly declined however with the advent of the "talkies". His final film was The Private Life of Don Juan (1934). | Full Name | Douglas Fairbanks |
| Date Of Birth | May 23, 1883, Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Died | December 12, 1939, Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Denver, Colorado, USA |
| Height | 5' 7" (1.7 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Producer, Writer |
| Education | Harvard University |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Sylvia Ashley (m. 1936–1939), Mary Pickford (m. 1920–1936), Anna Beth Sully (m. 1907–1919) |
| Children | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. |
| Parents | Hezekiah Charles Douglas Ullman, Ella Adelaide Marsh |
| Siblings | Robert Fairbanks, Norris Wilcox, John Fairbanks |
| Awards | Academy Honorary Award |
| Movies | The Thief of Bagdad, The Mark of Zorro, The Black Pirate, Robin Hood, The Three Musketeers, The Iron Mask, The Gaucho, The Private Life of Don Juan, Don Q, Son of Zorro, The Taming of the Shrew, His Majesty, the American, The Lamb, The Mystery of the Leaping Fish, When the Clouds Roll By, Intoleranc... |
| TV Shows | Unknown Chaplin |
| Star Sign | Gemini |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stunts He did all his own, with one exception |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| Reaching for the Moon (1930) | $300,000 |
| The Iron Mask (1929) | $40,000 |
| Flirting with Fate (1916) | $10,000 /week |
| The Habit of Happiness (1916) | $2,000 /week |
| His Picture in the Papers (1916) | $2,000 /week |
| Double Trouble (1915) | $2,000 /week |
| The Lamb (1915) | $2,000 /week |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [Referring to D.W. Griffith] D. W. didn't like my athletic tendencies, or my spontaneous habit of jumping a fence or scaling a church at unexpected moments which were not in the script. Griffith told me to go into Keystone comedies. |
| 2 | The man that's out to do something has to keep in high gear all the time. |
| 3 | [last words] I never felt better in my life. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | The first time he appeared on the stage, he had one line: "Stand back, my lord, and let the coffin pass," which he erroneously spoke as "and let the passon cough.". |
| 2 | He had two roles in common with Errol Flynn: (1) Fairbanks played Robin Hood in Robin Hood (1922) while Flynn played him in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and (2) Fairbanks played Don Juan de Maraña in The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) while Flynn played him in Adventures of Don Juan (1948). |
| 3 | He was the visual inspiration for the original illustrations of the superhero Superman/Clark Kent (created in 1938). Fairbanks was 55 years old at the time, and he was modeled for the Superman identity (Clark Kent's identity was modeled after Harold Lloyd). |
| 4 | His paternal grandparents, Lazarus Ullman and Lydia Abrahams, were German Jewish immigrants. His mother had British Isles ancestry. |
| 5 | Gifted movie-fan President Woodrow Wilson with an early film projector, which Wilson used to watch a movie almost every afternoon in the White House when he was recuperating from a stroke in 1919. Soon after, Wilson's lawyer son-in-law William Gibbs McAdoo Jr. would serve as chief counsel to Fairbanks' fledgling United Artists company. |
| 6 | Although he had met Mary Pickford and her husband Owen Moore at Elsie Janis' Tarrytown (NY) home in 1914, the actress considered him brash. However, it was at a dinner dance at New York's Algonquin Hotel the following year that they danced and fell in love. It was not until 1920 that Pickford divorced Moore and married the swashbuckling star. |
| 7 | In 1938 he formed a new company, Fairbanks-International, and announced his first production, "The Californian" would star his son, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. The film was never made. |
| 8 | In 1908 on holiday he hiked across Cuba and made a walking tour of Yucatan. |
| 9 | His portrayal of Zorro was the inspiration for the iconic DC Comics hero Batman. |
| 10 | President of Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp., formed in 1918. |
| 11 | His father, a native of Pennsylvania, was a captain for the Union forces during the Civil War. His mother was a native Southerner with roots in Louisiana and Georgia. |
| 12 | After receiving bad French press for his role in the American version of The Three Musketeers (1921), he vowed "never to put a foot in France again" (July 1st 1921). |
| 13 | Among those in attendance at his funeral in 1939 were Viola Dana, Antonio Moreno, Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, and his son Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. |
| 14 | Lived in retirement with Sylvia Ashley at 705 Ocean Front (now Pacific Coast Highway) in Santa Monica, California. |
| 15 | Son of Hezekiah Charles Ullman, a New York attorney, and Ella Adelaide Marsh, who previously was married to a man named John Fairbanks. Ullman left the family when Douglas was five years old. |
| 16 | During his European honeymoon with Mary Pickford, the couple was greeted by crowds of up to 300,000 people in London and Paris, which made them Hollywood's first celebrity couple. |
| 17 | Good friend of Charles Chaplin. |
| 18 | According to legend, the thing that sparked his interest in acting occurred when he fell off the roof as a young child and hurt himself. |
| 19 | Suffered from depression as a child. |
| 20 | Founder of United Artists along with Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin and D.W. Griffith. |
| 21 | First president of the AMPAS from 1927 to 1929 |
| 22 | Hosted the very first Academy Awards in 1929 alongside William C. de Mille |
| 23 | The Hollywood mansion he and Mary Pickford owned was called Pickfair. |
| 24 | Was Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel's basis for the overall physical look of Superman. |
| 25 | Son-in-law of Charlotte Smith. |
| 26 | Pictured on a 20¢ US commemorative postage stamp in the Performing Arts USA series, issued 23 May 1984. |
| 27 | Father of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. |
| 28 | Father-in-law of Joan Crawford. |
| 29 | Brother-in-law of Lottie Pickford and Jack Pickford. |
| 30 | Brother of Robert Fairbanks, John Fairbanks. |
| 31 | He frequently requested that his name be listed last in the film credits. |
| 32 | Interred at Hollywood Memorial Cemetery (now called Hollywood Forever), Hollywood, California, USA. |
| 33 | Performed most of the stunts in his films himself. He was an excellent athlete and used his physical abilities to his best advantage. However, there were instances when a stuntman was used (as proved by outtakes from The Gaucho (1927)), as these types of stunts were deemed too risky for the star. |
| 34 | One of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |
| 35 | Born at 9:00am-LMT- (MST). |
| 36 | Uncle of Lucile Fairbanks |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Baba Goes to Town | 1937 | Douglas Fairbanks - at Fictional Premiere (uncredited) | |
| The Private Life of Don Juan | 1934 | Don Juan | |
| Mr. Robinson Crusoe | 1932 | Steve Drexel | |
| Reaching for the Moon | 1930 | Larry Day | |
| Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1 | 1930 | Short episode "Welches ist ihr Typ" | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | 1929 | Petruchio | |
| The Iron Mask | 1929 | D'Artagnan | |
| Show People | 1928 | Douglas Fairbanks (uncredited) | |
| The Gaucho | 1927 | The Gaucho | |
| The Black Pirate | 1926 | The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate (as Mr. Douglas Fairbanks) | |
| Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | 1925 | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | |
| Don Q Son of Zorro | 1925 | Don Cesar de Vega Zorro - His Father | |
| The Thief of Bagdad | 1924 | The Thief of Bagdad | |
| Robin Hood | 1922 | The Earl of Huntingdon Afterwards Robin Hood | |
| The Three Musketeers | 1921 | D'Artagnan | |
| The Nut | 1921/I | Charlie Jackson | |
| The Mark of Zorro | 1920 | Don Diego Vega Señor Zorro | |
| The Mollycoddle | 1920 | Richard Marshall III Richard Marshall IV Richard Marshall V | |
| When the Clouds Roll by | 1919 | Daniel Boone Brown | |
| His Majesty, the American | 1919 | William Brooks | |
| The Knickerbocker Buckaroo | 1919 | Teddy Drake | |
| Swat the Kaiser | 1918 | Short | |
| Arizona | 1918 | Lt. Denton | |
| Sic 'Em, Sam | 1918 | Short | Democracy |
| He Comes Up Smiling | 1918 | Jerry Martin | |
| Bound in Morocco | 1918 | George Travelwell | |
| Say! Young Fellow | 1918 | The Young Fellow | |
| Mr. Fix-It | 1918 | Dick Remington | |
| Headin' South | 1918 | Headin' South | |
| Reaching for the Moon | 1917 | Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown | |
| All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan | 1917 | ||
| The Man from Painted Post | 1917 | 'Fancy Jim' Sherwood | |
| Down to Earth | 1917 | Billy Gaynor | |
| Wild and Woolly | 1917 | Jeff Hillington | |
| In Again, Out Again | 1917/II | Teddy Rutherford | |
| The Americano | 1916 | Blaze Derringer | |
| The Matrimaniac | 1916 | Jimmie Conroy | |
| American Aristocracy | 1916 | Cassius Lee | |
| Manhattan Madness | 1916 | Steve O'Dare | |
| Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | 1916 | Man on White Horse (uncredited) | |
| The Half-Breed | 1916 | Lo Dorman (Sleeping Water) | |
| Flirting with Fate | 1916 | Augy Holliday | |
| The Mystery of the Leaping Fish | 1916 | Short | Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks |
| Reggie Mixes In | 1916 | Reggie Van Deuzen | |
| The Good Bad Man | 1916 | Passin' Through | |
| The Habit of Happiness | 1916 | Sunny Wiggins | |
| His Picture in the Papers | 1916 | Pete Prindle | |
| Double Trouble | 1915 | Florian Amidon / Eugene Brassfield | |
| Martyrs of the Alamo | 1915 | Joe / Texan Soldier (unconfirmed, uncredited) | |
| The Lamb | 1915 | Gerald |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Robinson Crusoe | 1932 | producer | |
| Reaching for the Moon | 1930 | producer - uncredited | |
| The Iron Mask | 1929 | producer - uncredited | |
| The Gaucho | 1927 | producer - uncredited | |
| The Black Pirate | 1926 | producer - uncredited | |
| Don Q Son of Zorro | 1925 | producer - uncredited | |
| The Thief of Bagdad | 1924 | producer | |
| Robin Hood | 1922 | producer - uncredited | |
| The Three Musketeers | 1921 | producer - uncredited | |
| The Nut | 1921/I | producer | |
| The Mark of Zorro | 1920 | executive producer | |
| The Mollycoddle | 1920 | producer | |
| When the Clouds Roll by | 1919 | producer | |
| His Majesty, the American | 1919 | producer | |
| The Knickerbocker Buckaroo | 1919 | producer | |
| Arizona | 1918 | producer | |
| He Comes Up Smiling | 1918 | producer | |
| Bound in Morocco | 1918 | producer | |
| Say! Young Fellow | 1918 | producer | |
| Mr. Fix-It | 1918 | producer | |
| Headin' South | 1918 | producer | |
| A Modern Musketeer | 1917 | producer - uncredited | |
| Reaching for the Moon | 1917 | producer | |
| The Man from Painted Post | 1917 | producer | |
| Down to Earth | 1917 | producer | |
| Wild and Woolly | 1917 | producer | |
| In Again, Out Again | 1917/II | producer | |
| The Good Bad Man | 1916 | producer |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Thief of Baghdad | 1961 | as Douglas Fairbanks Sr. | |
| Mr. Robinson Crusoe | 1932 | story - as Elton Thomas | |
| The Iron Mask | 1929 | screenplay - uncredited / story - as Elton Thomas / titles - uncredited | |
| The Gaucho | 1927 | story - as Elton Thomas | |
| The Black Pirate | 1926 | story - as Elton Thomas | |
| The Thief of Bagdad | 1924 | story - as Elton Thomas | |
| Robin Hood | 1922 | story - as Elton Thomas | |
| The Three Musketeers | 1921 | uncredited | |
| The Nut | 1921/I | as Elton Thomas | |
| The Mark of Zorro | 1920 | scenario - uncredited | |
| The Mollycoddle | 1920 | uncredited | |
| When the Clouds Roll by | 1919 | story - uncredited | |
| His Majesty, the American | 1919 | scenario - as Elton Banks | |
| The Knickerbocker Buckaroo | 1919 | as Elton Banks / story - as Elton Banks | |
| Arizona | 1918 | writer | |
| Bound in Morocco | 1918 | screenplay - as Elton Thomas / story - as Elton Thomas | |
| The Man from Painted Post | 1917 | scenario | |
| Down to Earth | 1917 | story | |
| The Good Bad Man | 1916 |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks | 1931 | Documentary as Douglas Fairbanks Sr. | |
| Arizona | 1918 |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Three Musketeers | 1921 | presents | |
| The Mollycoddle | 1920 | supervisor - uncredited |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Mothers and Fathers | 1955 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots | 1932/II | Documentary short | Himself |
| Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks | 1931 | Documentary | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 23 | 1930 | Short | Himself, at Premiere |
| Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 24 | 1930 | Short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 22 | 1930 | Short | Himself |
| Character Studies | 1927 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Potseluy Meri Pikford | 1927 | Himself | |
| Screen Snapshots No. 2 | 1925 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 2 | 1925 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Twinkle Twinkle | 1925 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 5, No. 14 | 1925 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 5, No. 1 | 1924 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 11 | 1924 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 8 | 1923 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Hollywood | 1923 | Himself | |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 26 | 1923 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 19 | 1923 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 10 | 1922 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 1 | 1922 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 22-F | 1922 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Non-Sense of Censorship | 1921 | Documentary short | |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 14-F | 1921 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 24 | 1921 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 11 | 1920 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Animated Weekly, No. 57 | 1917 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Our Mutual Girl, No. 47 | 1914 | Short | Himself |
| Our Mutual Girl | 1914 | Himself (episode 47) | |
| Animated Weekly, No. 41 | 1912 | Documentary short | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush | 2003 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| The Tramp and the Dictator | 2002 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Biography | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Mary Pickford | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Many Faces of Zorro | 2000 | Video documentary | |
| Canada: A People's History | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Worlds of Mei Lanfang | 2000 | Documentary | |
| Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Star Power: The Creation of United Artists | 1998 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Glorious Technicolor | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| History's Mysteries | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Mary Pickford: A Life on Film | 1997 | Documentary | Himself / Various Roles (uncredited) |
| Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood | 1995 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| American Masters | 1993 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Entertaining the Troops | 1988 | Documentary | Himself |
| What Do Those Old Films Mean? | 1985 | TV Series | Himself (in Paris, 1920) (uncredited) |
| Unknown Chaplin | 1983 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Historia del cine: Epoca muda | 1983 | Video documentary | Various roles |
| Journey to Krull | 1983 | Video documentary short | The Thief of Bagdad (uncredited) |
| Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 | TV Movie documentary | |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1981 | TV Series | Himself from NBC Special BOB HOPE'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY |
| Komediya davno minuvshikh dney | 1980 | ||
| Hollywood | 1980 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself / Actor 'Robin Hood' |
| Dora and the Magic Lantern | 1978 | La Marque de Zorro | |
| World Cinema | 1973 | TV Series | Diego Vega Zorro |
| The Age of Ballyhoo | 1973 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Dieu a choisi Paris | 1969 | Himself | |
| The Funniest Man in the World | 1967 | Documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood My Home Town | 1965 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Big Parade of Comedy | 1964 | Documentary | Actor Arriving at MGM (uncredited) |
| Hollywood and the Stars | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Judy Garland Show | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| Fractured Flickers | 1963 | TV Series | |
| Hollywood: The Great Stars | 1963 | TV Movie documentary | Actor 'The Mark of Zorro' (uncredited) |
| 30 Years of Fun | 1963 | ||
| Hollywood Without Make-Up | 1963 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Great Chase | 1962 | Documentary | |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hollywood: The Golden Years | 1961 | TV Movie documentary | Actor 'The Three Musketeers' (uncredited) |
| Silents Please | 1961 | TV Series | Duke of Arnaldo |
| The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | 1961 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Movies Golden Age | 1961 | TV Movie documentary | Steve O'Dare |
| Days of Thrills and Laughter | 1961 | Documentary | Himself |
| Project XX | 1956 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Actor |
| Screen Snapshots: Ramblin' Round Hollywood | 1955 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Stars to Remember | 1954 | Short | Himself |
| Yesterday and Today | 1953 | ||
| Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson | 1952 | Documentary short | Himself |
| The Golden Twenties | 1950 | Documentary | Himself |
| Movies Are Adventure | 1948 | Short uncredited | |
| Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 10: Famous Fathers and Sons | 1946 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary | 1945 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Wilson | 1944 | Himself - at WWI Rally (uncredited) | |
| The Cavalcade of Academy Awards from 1928-1939 | 1940 | Documentary short | Himself |
| The Movies March On | 1939 | Short documentary | Himself - From 'Robin Hood' |
| Personality Parade | 1938 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Movie Memories | 1934 | Documentary short | Himself |
| The House That Shadows Built | 1931 | Documentary | |
| Little Miss Hollywood | 1923 | Short | Himself in Film Clip |
| Charmed Lives: A Family Romance | Documentary pre-production | Himself | |
| Un jour, une histoire | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| La naissance de Charlot | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Ninja the Mission Force | 2013 | TV Series | Pirate |
| Edición Especial Coleccionista | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Time to Remember | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Spisok korabley | 2008 | Documentary | The Black Pirate |
| Burn Hollywood Burn | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| MythBusters | 2007 | TV Series documentary | The Black Pirate |
| City Confidential | 2002-2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| World of Robin Hood | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Robin Hood (uncredited) |
| Silent Britain | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri | 2006 | Documentary | Himself |
| Filmmakers in Action | 2005 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler | 2005 | Video | Himself |
| The Forgotten Films of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle | 2005 | Video documentary | |
| American Experience | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate | 2004 | Documentary | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 7022 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1940 | Honorary Award | Academy Awards, USA | Recognizing the unique and outstanding contribution of Douglas Fairbanks, first president of the ... More | |
| 1923 | Medal of Honor | Photoplay Awards | Robin Hood (1922) |
Known for movies
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
as The Thief of Bagdad
The Black Pirate (1926)
as The Duke of Arnoldo / The Black Pirate
Robin Hood (1922)
as The Earl of Huntingdon / Afterwards Robin Hood
Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)
as Steve Drexel