Known For
Acting
Born
May 24, 1894
Died
Apr 01, 1945
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Credits
43 titles
William Fairbanks
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Vanishing West
Long Collins
Under the Black Eagle
Ulrich Muller
Wyoming
Buffalo Bill
Spoilers of the West
Benton
Through Thick and Thin
Don Davis
When Danger Calls
Ralph Spencer
The Down Grade
Ted Lanning
Catch-As-Catch-Can
Reed Powers
One Chance in a Million
Jerry Blaine
Flying High
Roy Cummins
The Winning Wallop
Rex Barton
Vanishing Millions
Dave Merrill
The Handsome Brute
Larry O'Day
A Fight to the Finish
Jim Davis
The Great Sensation
Jack
The New Champion
Bob
Speed Mad
Bill Sanford
Fighting Youth
Dick Covington
Women First
Billy Decker
The Beautiful Sinner
Henry Avery
The Fatal Mistake
Jack Darwin
The Cowboy and the Flapper
Dan Patterson
Racing for Life
Jack Grant
The Battling Fool
Mark Jenkins
The Torrent
Hale Garrison
Her Man
Marry in Haste
Wayne Sturgis
Do It Now
The Law Rustlers
Phil Stanley
Spawn of the Desert
Duke Steele
Sheriff of Sun Dog
'Silent' Davidson
Peaceful Peters
'Peaceful Peters'
A Western Demon
Ned Underwood
The Secret Gift
Larry
What Women Love
Jack Mortimer
That Something
The Hired Man
Stuart Morley
The Medicine Man
Luther Hill
The Mother Instinct
Raoul Bergere
The Flame of the Yukon
George Fowler
Wolf Lowry
Owen Thorpe
The Little Brother
Dillon
Somewhere in France
Pierre Thierry