Douglas Fairbanks's biography
Douglas Fairbanks is 56 years old screenwriter born at Denver. He was born on Wednesday 23rd of May 1883. He is often nicknamed as Doug. According to year of birth 1883 he belongs to . Birthday on 23rd of May means he is Gemini. Gemini is a dual sign of Zodiac Belt. One born with this rising sign is very dual and creative in nature with lots of verbosity. They are the most expressive people as they love talking.
He is native english speaker. He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be screenwriter. You can know him also as film director, film producer, writer, businessperson, film actor, stage actor, stunt performer. He is recently known as actor.
Douglas Fairbanks's dad
Douglas Fairbanks's father's name is Hezekiah Charles Ullman.
Douglas Fairbanks's mom
Douglas Fairbanks's mother's name is Ella Adelaide Marsh.
Douglas Fairbanks's family
He has 1 son.
Douglas Fairbanks's son: Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks's son's name is Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. Douglas is known as actor. His son was born on Thursday 9th of December 1909. His son died on Sunday 7th of May 2000 in New York City. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was 117 years old, when this happened.
Douglas Fairbanks's schools
We found 2 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Harvard University, East High School.
Douglas Fairbanks's career
His main focus is to be screenwriter.
How did Douglas Fairbanks die
He died on on Tuesday 12th of December 1939 when he was 56 years old at Santa Monica. Douglas Fairbankss death was caused by heart attack. It happend like natural causes.
Awards and competitions
Douglas Fairbanks's Awards
- Hosted the very first Academy Awards in 1929 alongside William C. de Mille
What Douglas Fairbanks has done for a first time
- Hosted the very first Academy Awards in 1929 alongside William C. de Mille
- First president of the AMPAS from 1927 to 1929
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.".
Douglas Fairbanks's quotes
- [last words] I never felt better in my life.
- The man that's out to do something has to keep in high gear all the time.
- [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.
Douglas Fairbanks's body shape
Lets describe how Douglas Fairbanks looks. We will focus on his body shape. Body build is average.