Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

 

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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. var en skådespelare. Han föddes i New York City, New York, USA den 9 december 1909. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. dog 7 maj 2000, han blev 90 år. Han är känd för bland annat Ghost Story (1981), Gunga Din (1939), Little Caesar (1931), Angels Over Broadway (1940) och Sinbad, the Sailor (1947).

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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Född 1909-12-09 (115 år sedan) i New York City, New York, USA. Död 2000-05-07 (90 år).
Längd 185 cm.

Förhållanden
Namn Från Till Typ av förhållade
Vera Shelton(Gifta: 1991-05-30–2000-05-07) 1991-05-30 2000-05-07 Gifta
Mary Lee Eppling(Gifta: 1939-04-23–1988-09-14) 1939-04-23 1988-09-14 Gifta
Joan Crawford(Gifta: 1929-06-03–1933-05-12) 1929-06-03 1933-05-12 Gifta
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Daphne Fairbanks, Victoria Fairbanks, Melissa Fairbanks

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Douglas Fairbanks, Anna Beth Sully

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Although he appeared in approximately 100 movies or TV shows, Douglas Elton Ulman--better known as Douglas Fairbanks Jr.--never really intended to take up acting as a career. However, the environment he was born into and the circumstances naturally led him to be a thespian. Noblesse oblige. The son of future silent era swashbuckling idol 'Douglas Fairbanks' and Beth Sully--the daughter of a very wealthy cotton mogul--was born in 1909 and soon proved a gifted boy. To the end of his life he remained a multi-talented, hyperactive man, not content to appear in the 100 films mentioned above. Handsome, distinguished and extremely bright, he excelled at sports (much like his father), notably during his stay at the Military Academy in 1919 (his role in Claude Autant-Lara's "L'athlète incomplete" illustrated these abilities). He also excelled academically, and attended the Lycéee Janson de Sailly in Paris, where he had followed his divorced mother. Very early in his life he developed a taste for the arts as well and became a painter and sculptor. Not content to limiting himself to just one field, he became involved in business, in fields as varied as mining, hotel management, owning a chain of bowling alleys and a firm that manufactured popcorn. During World War II he headed London's Douglas Voluntary Hospital (an establishment taking care of war refugees), was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's special envoy for the Special Mission to South America in 1940 before becoming a lieutenant in the Navy (he was promoted to the rank of captain in 1954) and taking part in the Allies' landing in Sicily and Elba in 1943. A fervent Anglophile, was knighted in 1949 and often entertained Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in his London mansion, "The Boltons".

His film career began at the age of 13 when he was signed by Paramount Pictures. He debuted in Stephen Steps Out (1923) but the film flopped and his career stagnated despite a critically acclaimed role in Stella Dallas (1925). Things really picked up when he married Lucille Le Sueur, a young starlet who was soon to become better known as Joan Crawford. The young couple became the toast of the town (one "Screen Snapshots" episode echoes this sudden glory) and good parts and success followed, such as the hapless partner of Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar (1931) a favorably reviewed turn as the villain in The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) or more debonair characters in slapstick comedies or adventure yarns. The 1930s were a fruitful period for Fairbanks, his most memorable role probably being that of the British soldier in Gunga Din (1939); although it was somewhat of a "swasbuckling" role, Fairbanks made a point of never imitating his father. After the World War II, his star waned and, despite a moving part in Ghost Story (1981), he did not appear in a major movie. Now a legend himself, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. left this world with the satisfaction of having lived up to the Fairbanks name at the end of a life nobody could call "wasted".

Date of Death 7 May 2000, New York City, New York  (heart attack)

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