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December 9, 1909 · New York City, New York, USA. Died. May 7, 2000 · New York City, New York, USA (heart attack) Birth name. Douglas Elton Ulman Fairbanks Junior. Nickname. Doug. Height. 6′ 1″ (1.85 m) Mini Bio. Although he appeared in approximately 100 movies or TV shows, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. never really intended to take up acting as a career.
Apr 10, 2024 · Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (b. Dec. 9, 1909, New York, N.Y., U.S.—d. May 7, 2000, New York), his son by his first wife, Anna Beth Sully, was a debonair leading man in the late 1930s and ’40s who played roles similar to his father’s. He later became an independent television producer in Great Britain and a company director internationally.
May 8, 2000 · Douglas Fairbanks Jr., a debonair actor, producer, administrator, bon vivant and Anglo-American ambassador without portfolio, died on Sunday at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan. He was...
Among the treasures he displayed—mostly autographed photos of Hollywood and political notables—were the helmet he wore in combat, his Navy cover and lieutenant commander’s shoulder boards, and a life ring off the battleship Washington (BB-56) inscribed “Lieut. D. Fairbanks, Jr., USNR, to a sailor good enough to be a Marine,” from then-Marine Cor...
Sep 2, 2017 · Published September 02, 2017. Dashing, handsome and connected, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. had a well-established movie career in 1939. He could easily have spent the war years starring in...
May 8, 2000 · He was 90. Fairbanks, debonair denizen of drawing rooms who was born to Hollywood royalty and became a favorite of Britain’s royal family, died Sunday in a New York City hospital. After shuttling...
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).
