1894-05-24 Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
From Wikipedia William Fairbanks (May 24, 1894 – April 1, 1945) was an American actor. He appeared in over 65 silent era motion pictures between 1916 and 1928. His first film role was as Capt. Pierre Thierry in the war drama Somewhere in France (1916) starring Louise Glaum and Howard C. Hickman. He was then living at 20 Horizon Avenue in Venice, California, where he registered to vote. He appeared in five movies released in 1917, including his role as Dillon in the drama The Little Brother starring Enid Bennett and William Garwood. He was then living at 115 Dudley Avenue in Venice, where he registered for the draft of World War I. He went on to serve as an ensign in the U.S. Navy. Appearing in only one movie released in 1918, as Stuart Morley in the comedy/drama The Hired Man starring Charles Ray and Charles K. French, he was then absent from the screen for over a year due to the war. In 1920, he lived at 1309 Ocean Front in Santa Monica, and four of his movies were released that year. He was elevated to star status by independent producers Phil Goldstone and Ben F. Wilson. His screen name, taken from that of Douglas Fairbanks, whose real surname happened to be the same as his, came about with the release of his starring role in Goldstone's western Hearts of the West (1920) opposite Frances Conrad. Although Fairbanks was a busy movie star through the greater part of the 1920s, after playing Long Collins in The Vanishing West (1928), he retired from the screen. In spite of sharing the same last name, William Fairbanks and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. were not related.
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Wyoming | Buffalo Bill | 1928-03-24 |
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Under the Black Eagle | Ulrich Muller | 1928-03-24 |
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The Vanishing West | Long Collins | 1928-10-15 |
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Spoilers of the West | Benton | 1927-12-10 |
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Catch-As-Catch-Can | Reed Powers | 1927-06-01 |
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Through Thick and Thin | Don Davis | 1927-09-29 |
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One Chance in a Million | Jerry Blaine | 1927-04-01 |
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When Danger Calls | Ralph Spencer | 1927-09-23 |
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The Down Grade | Ted Lanning | 1927-07-25 |
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Flying High | Roy Cummins | 1926-12-20 |
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Vanishing Millions | Dave Merrill | 1926-01-21 |
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The Winning Wallop | Rex Barton | 1926-10-08 |
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The Handsome Brute | Larry O'Day | 1925-12-01 |
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The New Champion | Bob | 1925-09-01 |
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Speed Mad | Bill Sanford | 1925-07-15 |
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A Fight to the Finish | Jim Davis | 1925-11-01 |
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The Great Sensation | Jack | 1925-10-01 |
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Fighting Youth | Dick Covington | 1925-07-01 |
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Women First | Billy Decker | 1924-11-01 |
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Her Man | 1924-07-10 | |
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The Fatal Mistake | Jack Darwin | 1924-09-01 |
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Racing for Life | Jack Grant | 1924-08-08 |
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Marry in Haste | Wayne Sturgis | 1924-02-01 |
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The Torrent | Hale Garrison | 1924-08-01 |
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Do It Now | 1924-02-01 | |
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The Beautiful Sinner | Henry Avery | 1924-10-01 |
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The Cowboy and the Flapper | Dan Patterson | 1924-08-25 |
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The Battling Fool | Mark Jenkins | 1924-08-01 |
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The Law Rustlers | Phil Stanley | 1923-03-30 |
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Spawn of the Desert | Duke Steele | 1923-01-10 |
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A Western Demon | Ned Underwood | 1922-05-01 |
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Sheriff of Sun Dog | 'Silent' Davidson | 1922-12-05 |
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Peaceful Peters | 'Peaceful Peters' | 1922-10-15 |
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The Secret Gift | Larry | 1920-09-20 |
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That Something | 1920-05-02 | |
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What Women Love | Jack Mortimer | 1920-06-01 |
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The Hired Man | Stuart Morley | 1918-01-27 |
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The Medicine Man | Luther Hill | 1917-11-11 |
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Wolf Lowry | Owen Thorpe | 1917-05-27 |
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The Little Brother | Dillon | 1917-03-11 |
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The Mother Instinct | Raoul Bergere | 1917-07-15 |
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The Flame of the Yukon | George Fowler | 1917-07-01 |
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Somewhere in France | Pierre Thierry | 1916-10-29 |
