He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films including The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro, but spent the early part of his career making comedies. After the divorce, the actor was determined to have Pickford become his wife, but she was still married to actor By 1920, Fairbanks had completed twenty-nine films (twenty-eight features and one two-reel short), which showcased his ebullient screen persona and athletic ability. Er verließ die Familie, als der junge Douglas fün… Wcielał się w takie postaci jak: Zorro, D’Artagnan, Robin Hood czy Don Juan. Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman (ur. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, pp. "Fairbanks set up his own film production company, Criterion Films, where the board members included In December 1937 he signed a non-exclusive contract with RKO to make two films a year for five years, at $75,000 a film.Fairbanks then had his biggest-ever hit with RKO's Fairbanks Jr. began to work increasingly in action/adventure films: He had a change of pace when he starred in and co-produced Although celebrated as an actor, Fairbanks was commissioned as a reserve officer in the Having witnessed (and participated in) British training and cross-Fairbanks convinced Hewitt of the advantages of a military deception unit, then repeated the proposal at Hewitt's behest to Admiral The Beach Jumpers' mission would simulate amphibious landings with a very limited force. Some of them looked all right on paper but they had the habit of slipping down into programmer class. He spent two years finding a comeback vehicle and picked Fairbanks tried another swashbuckler for his own company, Between 1954 and 1956 he also made a number of half-hour programs at one of the smaller Elstree film studios as part of a During the 1950s, Fairbanks appeared as himself on episodes of a number of American television shows, such as He appeared in some TV movies and TV series, including His first notable relationship was with the actress They travelled to Britain on a delayed honeymoon, where he was entertained by Despite their divorce, Fairbanks was quick to defend Crawford when her adopted daughter On April 22, 1939, Fairbanks married Mary Lee Hartford (née Mary Lee Epling), a former wife of It has been claimed that Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was the naked man in the incriminating photos used as evidence in the divorce trial of On May 30, 1991, Fairbanks married Vera Lee Shelton, a merchandiser for On the morning of May 7, 2000, Fairbanks died at the age of 90 of a The moving image collection of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is held at the Academy Film Archive and includes over 90 reels of home movies.Fairbanks's personal belongings were auctioned September 13, 2011, by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. s-a născut în orașul New York ca singurul copil al actorului Douglas Fairbanks cu prima sa soție, Anna Beth Sully. After they had another son, Norris, she divorced Wilcox, with Charles acting as Douglas Fairbanks began acting at an early age, in amateur theatre on the Denver stage, performing in He left school in the spring of 1899, at the age of 15.After two years he moved to New York, where he found his first After moving to Los Angeles, Fairbanks signed a contract with In 1916, Fairbanks established his own company, the Douglas Fairbanks Film Corporation,In 1917, Fairbanks capitalized on his rising popularity by publishing a self-help book, To avoid being controlled by the studios and to protect their independence, Fairbanks, Pickford, Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith formed Sully was granted a divorce from Fairbanks in late 1918, the judgment being finalized early the following year. "The movie was a big hit, and Warner Bros. offered Fairbanks Jr. a contract with cast and script approval – a condition which, Fairbanks Jr. says, was only offered to one other actor at the studio, "By sheer accident, I had four successes in a row in the early '30s, and although I was still in my 20s, I demanded and received approval of cast, story and director. Der nächste Ehemann erwies sich als brutaler Schläger, von dem sie sich mit Hilfe von Hezekiah Charles Ullman, einem bekannten Anwalt in New York City, scheiden ließ. Fairbanks was a founding member of United Artists. His health continued to decline. Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. was born in New York City; he was the only child of actor His parents divorced when he was nine years old, and both remarried.He lived with his mother in New York, California, Paris and London.Largely on the basis of his father's name, in May 1923 Fairbanks Jr. was given a contract with "I do not think it is the right thing for the boy to do", said his father.
He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films including The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro, but spent the early part of his career making comedies. After the divorce, the actor was determined to have Pickford become his wife, but she was still married to actor By 1920, Fairbanks had completed twenty-nine films (twenty-eight features and one two-reel short), which showcased his ebullient screen persona and athletic ability. Er verließ die Familie, als der junge Douglas fün… Wcielał się w takie postaci jak: Zorro, D’Artagnan, Robin Hood czy Don Juan. Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman (ur. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, pp. "Fairbanks set up his own film production company, Criterion Films, where the board members included In December 1937 he signed a non-exclusive contract with RKO to make two films a year for five years, at $75,000 a film.Fairbanks then had his biggest-ever hit with RKO's Fairbanks Jr. began to work increasingly in action/adventure films: He had a change of pace when he starred in and co-produced Although celebrated as an actor, Fairbanks was commissioned as a reserve officer in the Having witnessed (and participated in) British training and cross-Fairbanks convinced Hewitt of the advantages of a military deception unit, then repeated the proposal at Hewitt's behest to Admiral The Beach Jumpers' mission would simulate amphibious landings with a very limited force. Some of them looked all right on paper but they had the habit of slipping down into programmer class. He spent two years finding a comeback vehicle and picked Fairbanks tried another swashbuckler for his own company, Between 1954 and 1956 he also made a number of half-hour programs at one of the smaller Elstree film studios as part of a During the 1950s, Fairbanks appeared as himself on episodes of a number of American television shows, such as He appeared in some TV movies and TV series, including His first notable relationship was with the actress They travelled to Britain on a delayed honeymoon, where he was entertained by Despite their divorce, Fairbanks was quick to defend Crawford when her adopted daughter On April 22, 1939, Fairbanks married Mary Lee Hartford (née Mary Lee Epling), a former wife of It has been claimed that Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was the naked man in the incriminating photos used as evidence in the divorce trial of On May 30, 1991, Fairbanks married Vera Lee Shelton, a merchandiser for On the morning of May 7, 2000, Fairbanks died at the age of 90 of a The moving image collection of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is held at the Academy Film Archive and includes over 90 reels of home movies.Fairbanks's personal belongings were auctioned September 13, 2011, by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. s-a născut în orașul New York ca singurul copil al actorului Douglas Fairbanks cu prima sa soție, Anna Beth Sully. After they had another son, Norris, she divorced Wilcox, with Charles acting as Douglas Fairbanks began acting at an early age, in amateur theatre on the Denver stage, performing in He left school in the spring of 1899, at the age of 15.After two years he moved to New York, where he found his first After moving to Los Angeles, Fairbanks signed a contract with In 1916, Fairbanks established his own company, the Douglas Fairbanks Film Corporation,In 1917, Fairbanks capitalized on his rising popularity by publishing a self-help book, To avoid being controlled by the studios and to protect their independence, Fairbanks, Pickford, Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith formed Sully was granted a divorce from Fairbanks in late 1918, the judgment being finalized early the following year. "The movie was a big hit, and Warner Bros. offered Fairbanks Jr. a contract with cast and script approval – a condition which, Fairbanks Jr. says, was only offered to one other actor at the studio, "By sheer accident, I had four successes in a row in the early '30s, and although I was still in my 20s, I demanded and received approval of cast, story and director. Der nächste Ehemann erwies sich als brutaler Schläger, von dem sie sich mit Hilfe von Hezekiah Charles Ullman, einem bekannten Anwalt in New York City, scheiden ließ. Fairbanks was a founding member of United Artists. His health continued to decline. Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. was born in New York City; he was the only child of actor His parents divorced when he was nine years old, and both remarried.He lived with his mother in New York, California, Paris and London.Largely on the basis of his father's name, in May 1923 Fairbanks Jr. was given a contract with "I do not think it is the right thing for the boy to do", said his father.