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Douglas Fairbanks

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Actor

The Resume

    (May 23, 1883-December 12, 1939)
    Birth name was Douglas Elton Ulman
    Died of a heart attack, in his sleep, at 56
    Starred in 'Private Life of Don Juan (1934),' 'Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932),' 'Taming of the Shrew (1929),' 'Iron Mask (1929),' 'Gaucho (1927),' 'Don Q Son of Zorro (1925),' 'Thief of Bagdad (1924),' 'Hollywood (1923),' 'Robin Hood (1922),' 'Non-Sense of Censorship (1921),' Three Musketeers (1921),' 'Mark of Zorro (1920),' 'When the Clouds Roll by (1919),' 'Mr. Fix-It (1918),' 'Wild and Woolly (1917),' 'Modern Musketeer (1917),' 'Reaching for the Moon (1917),' 'Down to Earth (1917),' 'Double Trouble (1915)' and 'The Lamb (1915)'

Why he might be annoying:

    He married three times and divorced twice.
    He left his first wife, shortly after her father's business went bad.
    To avoid scandal, he divorced his first wife, after having a lengthy affair with Mary Pickford.
    Weeks after divorcing his first wife he married Mary Pickford (1920).
    Weeks after divorcing Mary Pickford, he married an ex-chorus girl (1936).
    He and wife Mary Pickford named their estate, 'Hollywood's Pickfair Mansion'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was raised by his southern mother who had separated from her third husband and his father (a Jewish lawyer) when he was five.
    She changed her name from Ulman, back to her first husband's name Fairbanks.
    His father Hezekian Ulman, founded the U.S. Law Association (forerunner of the American Bar Association).
    He was the All-American Boy.
    He was known as a swashbuckler.
    He attended Harvard
    He appeared uncredited in D. W. Griffith's 'Intolerance (1916)'
    He was an excellent athlete who performed most of his stunts.
    He formed United Artists with Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D.W. Griffith (1919).
    Along with 35 others, he founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
    He was the first president of the AMPAS.
    He requests his name be listed last in the film credits.
    He set a world record ship-to-shore phone call, by calling from Honolulu to New York City.
    The character Superman is based on Douglas Fairbanks' portrayal of Robin Hood.
    His last words were: 'I never felt better in my life.'

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 58 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 573 Votes: 58.46% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 239 Votes: 69.04% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 16 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 136 Votes: 55.88% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 58 Votes: 37.93% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 94 Votes: 36.17% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 50 Votes: 32.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 122 Votes: 45.90% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 116 Votes: 52.59% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 218 Votes: 50.92% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 253 Votes: 50.99% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 610 Votes: 45.57% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1266 Votes: 52.05% Annoying