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Apr 4, 2024 · Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (born December 9, 1909, New York, New York, U.S.—died May 7, 2000, New York, New York) American actor, socialite, and businessman who had a successful film career before moving on to meritorious World War II service and later pursuing business interests and acting as executive producer and host of a television show as ...
May 8, 2000 · Mon 8 May 2000 05.23 EDT. Douglas Fairbanks Jr, who has died aged 90, carried his father's name proudly, though he had to overcome paternal neglect and the comparison with one of Hollywood's...
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).
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...
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 · 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...
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...
