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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
(Douglas Elton Ulman, Jr.)
* 09. December 1909 (in Hamden, Connecticut)
+ 07. May 2000 (in New York)
My Personal Comments
- I liked him most in "Catherine the Great" (1934), "The Rage of Paris" (1938), "The Exile" (1947) and "Ghost Story" (1981)
- his father was the famous actor/director/screenwriter/producer Douglas Fairbanks (*1883 +1939), and his mother was Anna Beth Scully
- Fairbanks, Jr. had his first movie role as a bit part next to his father in "The Three Musketeers" (1921)
- his father was one of the founders of United Artists in 1919...the others were director D.W. Griffith, actress Mary Pickford and actor/director/screenwriter/producer and Fairbanks, Sr. best friend Charles 'Charlie' Chaplin
- his father also was one of the 36 founders of the AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
- Fairbanks, Jr. was married to actress Joan Crawford (03. June 1929 - 12. March 1933, divorced) and Mary Hartford (1939 - 1988, her death)
- Vera Shelton was his last wife since 1991 until his death
- he became the first American officer to command a British flotilla of raiding craft during a commando operation in WW II.
- he served under Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten, who later introduced him to his nephew, Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth
- he gave a big party for his daughter Daphne in 1957, and the Queen, Prince Philip and Princess Margaret stayed until dawn