| Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.  AKA Douglas Elton Thomas Ulman
Born: 23-May-1883
Birthplace: Denver, CO
Died: 12-Dec-1939
Location of death: Santa Monica, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, CA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Thief of Baghdad With Mary Pickford and actor Charlie Chaplin, Fairbanks created the United Artists studio in 1919. Father: Hezekiah Charles Ulman (attorney, b. 1833)
Mother: Ella Adelaide Marsh Weeks (b. 1850)
Brother: John Fairbanks, Jr. (half-brother, b. 1873)
Brother: Norris Wilcox
Brother: Robert Ulman Fairbanks (b. 13-Mar-1882, d. 22-Feb-1948)
Wife: Anna Beth Sully (m. 11-Jul-1907, div. 30-Nov-1919, one son)
Son: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (actor, b. 9-Dec-1909, d. 7-May-2000)
Wife: Mary Pickford (actress, m. 28-Mar-1920, div. 10-Jan-1936)
Wife: Edith Louise Sylvia Hawkes (m. 7-Mar-1936, until his death)
High School: East Denver High School, Denver, CO
United Artists
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President (1927-29)
Hollywood Walk of Fame 7022 Hollywood Blvd (motion pictures)
Traveled to the USSR 1926
Jewish Ancestry Paternal
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Private Life of Don Juan (28-Aug-1934) · Don Juan
Mr. Robinson Crusoe (19-Aug-1932)
Reaching for the Moon (29-Dec-1930) · Larry Day
The Taming of the Shrew (26-Oct-1929)
The Iron Mask (21-Feb-1929) · D'Artagnan
The Gaucho (21-Nov-1927)
The Black Pirate (8-Mar-1926) · The Black Pirate
Don Q, Son of Zorro (15-Jun-1925)
The Thief of Bagdad (18-Mar-1924) · The Thief of Bagdad
Robin Hood (18-Oct-1922)
The Three Musketeers (28-Aug-1921)
The Mark of Zorro (27-Nov-1920) · Don Diego Vega
A Modern Musketeer (30-Dec-1917) · Ned Thacker
Wild and Woolly (24-Jun-1917)
The Matrimaniac (16-Dec-1916)
Appears on postage stamps:
USA, Scott #2088 (20 cents, issued 23-May-1984)
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