Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Born: 1909-12-09

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). The son of Douglas Fairbanks and stepson of Mary Pickford, his first marriage was to actress Joan Crawford. In 1969, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Best Dressed List. The moving image collection of Douglas Fairbanks Jr., held at the Academy Film Archive, includes over 90 reels of home movies. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]


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The Prisoner of Zenda

as Rupert of Hentzau
Released: 1937-09-03

An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue...

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Gunga Din

as Thomas Anthony Ballantine
Released: 1939-01-26

British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along...

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Ghost Story

as Edward Charles Wanderley
Released: 1981-12-18

Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old...

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Little Caesar

as Joe Massara
Released: 1931-01-25

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

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Hollywood Uncensored

as Self - Host
Released: 1987-12-01

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards...

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The Stolen Jools

as Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Released: 1931-04-04

Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended...

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Sinbad the Sailor

as Sinbad
Released: 1947-01-13

Daredevil sailor Sinbad embarks on a voyage across the Seven Seas to find the lost riches of...

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Night of 100 Stars III

as Self
Released: 1990-05-21

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

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Green Hell

as Keith Brandon
Released: 1940-01-26

A group of adventurers head deep into South American jungle in search of an ancient Incan treasure.

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Show of Shows

as Ambrose in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
Released: 1929-11-21

Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see...

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Night of 100 Stars

as Self
Released: 1982-03-08

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took...

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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

as Self
Released: 1985-03-03

Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.

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Union Depot

as Charles 'Chick' Miller
Released: 1932-01-14

Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a...

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Hollywood Goes to Town

as Self
Released: 1938-07-07

This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The...

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The Hostage Tower

as Malcolm Philpott
Released: 1980-09-19

A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the...

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Morning Glory

as Joseph Sheridan
Released: 1933-08-18

Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York...

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A Woman of Affairs

as Jeffry Merrick
Released: 1928-12-15

Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and...

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Parachute Jumper

as Bill Keller
Released: 1933-01-28

An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the...

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The Young in Heart

as Richard Carleton
Released: 1938-07-06

A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named...

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The Dawn Patrol

as Douglas 'Doug' Scott
Released: 1930-07-10

World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is...

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Having Wonderful Time

as Chick Kirkland
Released: 1938-07-01

Teddy Shaw, a bored New York office girl, goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains for rest and...

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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2001-10-07

The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's...

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Strong Medicine

as Eli Camperdown
Released: 1986-01-01

TV Movie A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a...

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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2009-07-02

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips...

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The Corsican Brothers

as Lucien Franchi / Mario Franchi
Released: 1941-11-28

Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents'...

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That Lady in Ermine

as Colonel Ladislas Karolyi Teglas / The Duke
Released: 1948-08-24

Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a...

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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1983-02-25

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas,...

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Joan Crawford: Always the Star

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1996-09-30

Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy...

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Chase a Crooked Shadow

as Self - Epilogue (uncredited)
Released: 1958-01-16

A woman who lives in Spain has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her...

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State Secret

as Dr. John Marlowe
Released: 1950-09-11

Visiting in England, an American surgeon Doctor John Marlowe is decoyed to a middle European...

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Stella Dallas

as Richard Grosvenor
Released: 1925-11-16

An eccentric lower class woman struggles to gain respect in high society after marrying a...

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Is Zat So?

as G. Clifton Blackburn
Released: 1927-05-15

A rich man hires a pair of brothers, one to teach him to box and the other to manage him....

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The Life of Jimmy Dolan

as Jimmy
Released: 1933-06-03

Champion boxer Jimmy Dolan has cultivated a wholesome image for himself, but he's a boozer and...

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Love Is a Racket

as James 'Jimmy' Russell
Released: 1932-06-18

A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster.

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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

as Self
Released: 1930-08-01

Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a...

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Scarlet Dawn

as Baron Nikita 'Nikki' Krasnoff
Released: 1932-11-12

During the Russian Revolution, a young nobleman and his peasant maid flee from their homeland to...

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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

as Self
Released: 1990-07-23

Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of...

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Little Accident

as Norman Overbeck
Released: 1930-08-03

On the day before his second wedding, a man finds out that his bride-to-be has had a baby.

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Angels Over Broadway

as Bill O'Brien
Released: 1940-10-02

Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his...

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The Rise of Catherine the Great

as Grand Duke Peter
Released: 1934-02-09

The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she...

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Rulers of the Sea

as David 'Davie' Gillespie
Released: 1939-11-08

The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all...

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The Mikado

as Self
Released: 1983-08-18

Escaping from a distasteful marriage, Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado, arrives in the town of...

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Women Love Diamonds

as Jerry Croker-Kelley
Released: 1927-02-12

A young woman can't marry a millionaire because she was born illegitimately.

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Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

as Self
Released: 1988-06-05

A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and...

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The Exile

as Charles II
Released: 1947-10-17

In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his...

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The Rage of Paris

as Jim Trevor
Released: 1938-06-09

Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to...

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Our Modern Maidens

as Gil Jordan
Released: 1929-09-08

Young vivacious Billie uses her charms on influential businessman Glenn Abbott in hopes of...

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Captured!

as Lieutenant Fred Digby
Released: 1933-08-19

While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his...

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Outward Bound

as Henry
Released: 1930-09-17

A group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of...

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The Power of the Press

as Clem Rogers
Released: 1928-10-30

The naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his...

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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self
Released: 1940-07-31

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including...

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Red, White, and Zero

as Millionaire
Released: 1979-12-21

Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of...

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The Battle Over Citizen Kane

as Self
Released: 1996-01-29

Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles'...

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Joy of Living

as Daniel 'Dan' Brewster
Released: 1938-05-06

Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon...

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Stephen Steps Out

as Stephen Harlow Jr.
Released: 1923-11-25

Stephen Steps Out is a 1923 comedy short.

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Dead Man's Curve

as Vernon Keith
Released: 1928-01-15

A grease monkey discovers a defect in an auto engine being turned out by his employer. But since...

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Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

as Self
Released: 1990-10-22

The life and career of two-time Oscar winner Vivien Leigh, who battled tuberculosis and...

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Accused

as Tony Seymour
Released: 1936-12-18

Tony and his dance partner/wife Gaby headline a Paris musical. Tony becomes the unwilling target...

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Man of the Moment

as Tony Woodward
Released: 1935-09-01

Love blossoms after a young man rescues a pretty girl who attempted to drown herself.

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Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2008-08-29

This documentary traces the life and work of the legendary "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford,...

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The Barker

as Chris Miller
Released: 1928-10-02

A successful carnival barker deals with the arrival of his eager son, who he'd hoped would stay...

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American Aristocracy

as Newsboy (uncredited)
Released: 1916-11-05

A young man fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's...

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The Costume Designer

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1950-07-13

This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The...

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Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2002-08-01

In this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, we learn why she should be remembered as the...

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One Night at Susie's

as Dick Rollins
Released: 1930-10-19

A woman gets help from her gangster friends after her foster son takes the blame for a murder he...

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The Crooked Hearts

as Rex Willoughby
Released: 1972-11-08

A charming but somewhat larcenous widow attempts to snare a rich bachelor through a lonely...

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Man Bait

as Jeff Sanford
Released: 1927-01-18

Silent romantic comedy...

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Success at Any Price

as Joe Martin
Released: 1934-03-16

A young man ruthlessly climbs the corporate ladder only to attempt suicide when the stock market...

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The Way of All Men

as Billy Bear
Released: 1930-09-03

A variety of broad-painted and unlikely characters are trapped in an underground café when a...

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When Thief Meets Thief

as Ricky Morgan
Released: 1937-01-01

A London cat burglar falls for the girlfriend of a stockbroker who used to be his partner.

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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

as Self
Released: 1998-01-01

The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are...

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I Like Your Nerve

as Larry O'Brien
Released: 1931-09-12

Romance and political intrigue highlight director William C. McGann's 1931 comedy about a...

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Hollywood on Parade No. A-1

as Self
Released: 1932-08-25

In the first entry of this series, the show open with a troupe of dancing chorus girls getting a...

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The Toilers

as Steve
Released: 1928-10-01

The Toilers (1928)

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The Sun Never Sets

as John Randolph
Released: 1939-05-31

The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes...

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Safari

as Jim Logan
Released: 1940-06-14

Millionaire Baron de Courland and his fiancée Linda Stewart employ Jim Logan as a guide for...

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Party Girl

as Jay Rountree
Released: 1930-01-01

Jay Rountree, a young, rising businessman and a son of a wealthy manufacturer gets caught up in...

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The Narrow Corner

as Fred Blake
Released: 1933-07-08

An Englishman sought for murder, tries to escape fate to South Seas island.

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The Fighting O'Flynn

as The O'Flynn
Released: 1949-02-26

A swashbuckling Irishman opposes French agents during the Napoleonic wars.

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Loose Ankles

as Gil
Released: 1930-02-02

A grandmother's will leaves her fortune to a few, mostly to her great-niece Ann. Ann will only...

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The Awakening

as Self - Host
Released: 1954-07-14

"The Awakening" is a 1954 short drama film of Douglas Fairbanks Presents anthology series based...

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It's Tough to Be Famous

as Scott 'Scotty' McClenahan
Released: 1932-04-02

Scotty, an unwilling Navy war hero is cast into the limelight. He wants to get married and be an...

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The Careless Age

as Wyn
Released: 1929-09-15

Directed by John Griffith Wray. With Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Carmel Myers, Holmes Herbert,...

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Mr. Drake's Duck

as Donald 'Don' Drake
Released: 1951-09-21

Mr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks...

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Broken Hearts of Hollywood

as Hal Terwilliger
Released: 1926-08-14

Virginia Perry, a former movie star, leaves her family and returns to Hollywood to make a...

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Mimi

as Rodolphe
Released: 1935-03-28

A struggling playwright in 1850s Paris and his mate finds love that furnishes him with the...

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Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2005-10-23

An examination of "Little Caesar" (1931) by film historians and critics.

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Wild Horse Mesa

as Chess Weymer
Released: 1925-09-13

Desperate for money, a rancher decides to trap and sell wild horses, using barbed wire. The...

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Chances

as Jack Ingleside
Released: 1931-07-18

Two brothers, Jack and Tom, are in love with the same woman, Molly. While the two brothers go...

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The Amateur Gentleman

as John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty
Released: 1936-04-26

A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of...

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Red and Blue

as Millionaire
Released: 1968-08-08

Musical short, filmed for the abandoned portmanteau film Red, White and Zero (1967).

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Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

as Self
Released: 2000-09-12

Arguably the quintessential film siren of the silent era, Mary Pickford was known as "America's...

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The Forward Pass

as Marty Reid
Released: 1929-11-10

Marty Reid, the star quarterback at Sanford College, is constantly singled out by the opposition...

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Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

as Self
Released: 1932-10-20

Eddie Kane wanders round the studio back-lot, opening various doors to see which stars pop out.

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Fast Life

as Douglas Stratton
Released: 1929-09-01

A man is tried and convicted for the murder of a man who flirted with his wife., and sentenced...

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The Pirates Of Penzance

as Self - Host
Released: 1982-06-01

As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been...

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The American Venus

as Triton
Released: 1926-01-31

A lost film - Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles,...

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H.M.S. Pinafore

as Self - Host
Released: 1982-06-01

The D'Oyly Carte production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Love blossoms between members...

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A Texas Steer

as Farleigh Bright
Released: 1927-12-04

Laconic cowboy Maverick Brander just happens to be a very wealthy rancher, but the money doesn't...

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From Raquel with Love

as The Almighty
Released: 1980-11-23

Musical Special designed to showcase the minimal talents of Raquel Welch. Highlights include: a...

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The Gondoliers

as Self - Host
Released: 1982-06-01

Marco and Giuseppe marry their sweethearts Gianetta and Tessa, but neither couple is allowed to...

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The Air Mail

as Sandy
Released: 1925-03-15

Russ Kane obtains work as a pilot in the airmail service with the purpose of robbing the mails....

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La Belle Epoque

as Self / Narrator
Released: 1983-01-01

Featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Diana Vreeland, La Belle Epoque evokes "the beautiful era"...

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Iolanthe

as Self - Host
Released: 1982-06-01

Strephon, a shepherd (the son of a Fairy, Iolanthe, and a mortal), is in love with Phyllis, a...

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Padlocked

as Sonny Galloway
Released: 1926-08-02

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The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock

as Narrator
Released: 1978-12-31

Documentary about the early British films by director Alfred Hitchcock.

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Cox and Box

as Self - Host
Released: 1982-06-01

Cox works by day, and Box by night. Their rascally landlord lets the same room to both of them...

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Trial By Jury

as Self - Host
Released: 1982-06-01

In a breach of promise case, the Learned Judge and Jury are somewhat smitten by the pretty...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Love Boat

as Elliott Norman
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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The Love Boat

as Elliott Banning
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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The Bob Hope Show

as Self
First aired: 1950-04-09

The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC...

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The Steve Allen Show

as Self
First aired: 1956-06-24

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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self
First aired: 1956-10-05

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self - Actor
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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ABC Stage 67

as Mr. Otis
First aired: 1966-09-14

ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety...

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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self
First aired: 1967-09-09

An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

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Your Show of Shows

as Self
First aired: 1950-02-25

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United...

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The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self
First aired: 1973-04-02

In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a...

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Great Performances

as Self
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

as Self
First aired: 1971-08-01

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour is an American variety show starring American pop-singer Cher and...

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Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Robert Devlin
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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B.L. Stryker

as White
First aired: 1989-02-13

B.L. Stryker is an American detective drama that aired on ABC from February 13, 1989 to May 5,...

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Route 66

as Charles Clayton
First aired: 1960-10-07

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...

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The Dame Edna Experience

as Self
First aired: 1987-09-12

The Dame Edna Experience is a British television comedy talk-show hosted by Dame Edna Everage....

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Cinépanorama

as Self
First aired: 1956-02-04

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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents

as Self - Host
First aired: 1953-01-07

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents, is a 1950s syndicated anthology series hosted and occasionally...

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Hollywood

as Self
First aired: 1980-01-08

A 1980 documentary series exploring the establishment and development of the Hollywood studios...

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