Silent film icon Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (1883-1939) invented the swashbuckler. He was the first Zorro, “a joyous presence who took the standard matinee idol hero and set that model on its ear,” said ...

Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (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 ...

Married. Douglas Fairbanks Jr., 30, onetime husband of Cinemactress Joan Crawford; and Mary Lee Epling Hartford, 28, onetime wife of Chain-Store Scion (A & P) George Huntington Hartford; in Westwood.

As Harvey Korman is dying in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater at the end of Blazing Saddles, he still has time to wonder aloud, of Douglas Fairbanks Sr., “How did he do such amazing stunts . . .

The films of Douglas Fairbanks. Those rare souls who know anything about Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., probably associate his name with amazing stunt work in silent films. He is indeed justly known for that ...