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Aliases: Douglas Elton Ulman Fairbanks Jr. , Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. , Doug Fairbanks , Douglas Fairbanks , Douglas Fairbanks Jnr.

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 102

TV Involvements: 13


Most Famous Work

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]

Most Famous Work

What's My Line?
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7

What's My Line?

(1950) Self - Panelist
Dr. Kildare
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5

Dr. Kildare

(1961) Dr. Robert Devlin
Route 66
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6

Route 66

(1960) Charles Clayton
Ghost Story
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6

Ghost Story

(1981) Edward Charles Wanderley
Little Caesar
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7

Little Caesar

(1931) Joe Massara
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
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4
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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6
Sinbad the Sailor
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6

Sinbad the Sailor

(1947) Sinbad

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2009 Self (archive footage)
2008 Self (archive footage)
2005 Self (archive footage)
2004 Self / Thomas Anthony Ballantine (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2002 Self (archive footage)
2001 Self (archive footage)
2000 Self
1998 Self
1996 Self
1990 Self
Self
Self
1989 White
1988 Self
1987 Self - Host
1986 Eli Camperdown
1985 Self
1984 Self - Host
1983 Self
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self / Narrator
1982 Self - Host
Self - Host
Self - Host
Self - Host
Self - Host
Self - Host
Self
1981 Edward Charles Wanderley
1980 The Almighty
Malcolm Philpott
Self
1979 Millionaire
1978 Narrator
Narrator
The Proud King
1977 Elliott Norman
Elliott Banning
1973 Self
1972 Rex Willoughby
1971 Self
Self
Self
1968 Millionaire
Self - Guest
1967 Narrator
Self
1966 Mr. Otis
1963 Self (archive footage)
1962 Self
1961 Dr. Robert Devlin
1960 Charles Clayton
1959 Self – Host
1958 Self - Epilogue (uncredited)
1956 Self
Self
Self
Self
1954 Self - Host
1953 The Genie
Self - Host
1951 Donald 'Don' Drake
1950 Dr. John Marlowe
Self (archive footage)
Self
Self - Mystery Guest
Self - Panelist
1949 The O'Flynn
1948 Colonel Ladislas Karolyi Teglas / The Duke
Self - Actor
Self
1947 Charles II
Sinbad
1941 Lucien Franchi / Mario Franchi
1940 Bill O'Brien
Self
Jim Logan
Keith Brandon
1939 David 'Davie' Gillespie
John Randolph
Thomas Anthony Ballantine
1938 Self
Richard Carleton
Chick Kirkland
Jim Trevor
Daniel 'Dan' Brewster
1937 Rupert of Hentzau
Ricky Morgan
1936 Tony Seymour
John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty
1935 Tony Woodward
Rodolphe
1934 Joe Martin
Grand Duke Peter
1933 Lieutenant Fred Digby
Joseph Sheridan
Fred Blake
Jimmy
Bill Keller
1932 Baron Nikita 'Nikki' Krasnoff
Self
Self
James 'Jimmy' Russell
Scott 'Scotty' McClenahan
Charles 'Chick' Miller
1931 Self - Golfer (uncredited)
Larry O'Brien
Jack Ingleside
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Joe Massara
1930 Dick Rollins
Henry
Billy Bear
Norman Overbeck
Self
Douglas 'Doug' Scott
Gil
Jay Rountree
1929 Ambrose in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
Wyn
Gil Jordan
Douglas Stratton
Marty Reid
1928 Jeffry Merrick
Chris Miller
Clem Rogers
Steve
Vernon Keith
1927 Farleigh Bright
G. Clifton Blackburn
Jerry Croker-Kelley
Jeff Sanford
1926 Hal Terwilliger
Sonny Galloway
Triton
1925 Richard Grosvenor
Chess Weymer
Sandy
1923 Stephen Harlow Jr.
1916 Newsboy (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

Crew

Production

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1949 Writer
1947 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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