Douglas Fairbanks Autographs
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor and filmmaker best known for being the first actor to play the masked Vigilante Zorro and other swashbuckling roles in silent films. One of the biggest stars of the silent era, Fairbanks was referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He was also a founding member of United Artists as well as the Motion Picture Academy and hosted the 1st Academy Awards in 1929.
Born in Denver, Colorado, Fairbanks started acting from an early age and established himself as an accomplished stage actor on Broadway by the late 1900s. He made his film debut in 1915 and quickly became one of the most popular and highest paid actors in Hollywood. In 1919, he co-founded United Artists alongside Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D. W. Griffith. Fairbanks married Pickford in 1920 and the couple came to be regarded as "Hollywood royalty". Primarily a comedic actor early in his career, he moved into the adventure genre with the 1920 film The Mark of Zorro and found further success in films including Robin Hood (1922) and The Thief of Bagdad (1924).
Fairbanks' career rapidly declined with the advent of the "talkies" in the late 1920s. His final film was The Private Life of Don Juan (1934), after which he retired from acting but continued to be marginally involved in the film industry and United Artists. He died in 1939 at the age of 56.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Douglas Fairbanks (** One Of A Kind ** DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS SIGNED Original Art by VINCENZO ZITO) was sold in August 2025 for $2,006.95 while the cheapest item (NobleSpirit NO RESERVE {3970} Actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Autographed Photo) found a new owner for $0.01 in March 2017. The month with the most items sold (44) was October 2025 with an average selling price of $125.99 for an autographed item of Douglas Fairbanks. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2017 with $525.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.04 was March 2011. In average, an autographed item from Douglas Fairbanks is worth $24.99.
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Latest News about Douglas Fairbanks
Art Directors Guild spotlights Douglas Fairbanks and 'The Gaucho' (08/23/2014): One of Douglas Fairbanks' last and darkest swashbucklers, 1927's "The Gaucho," screens Sunday at the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre with live music accompaniment by Cliff Retallick. Fairbanks plays an Argentine outlaw who dances a mean tango with newcomer Lupe Velez. His then wife,... 
THE DVD SHELF: Chaplin's "Monsieur Verdoux," Olivier's "Richard III" and Douglas (05/18/2013): This month's column looks at Blu-ray releases of the Chaplin classic, "Monsieur Verdoux"; Laurence Olivier's stunning "Richard III"; and the Douglas Fairbanks swashbuckler, "The Thief of Bagdad." * 'The Thief of Bagdad' starring Douglas Fairbanks debuts on Blu-ray (02/16/2013): Silent-film star Douglas Fairbanks is at the height of his swashbuckling fame with 1924's "The Thief of Bagdad." The epic swashbuckler makes its Blu-ray debut Tuesday, Feb. 19. Day in history: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in Rochester (08/28/2012): 1987 — 25 years ago Douglas Fairbanks Jr., a swash-buckling star during the Golden Age of movies, is in Rochester visiting his wife of 47 years, Mary Lee, who is undergoing tests at Methodist Hospital.
