Douglas fairbanks junior biography

Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Jr., KBE, DSC (December 9, &#; May 7, ) was an American actor. He was a highly decorated naval officer of World War II.

He was the son of legendary silent movie actor Douglas Fairbanks.^[1]

Fairbanks was born on December 9, in New York City, New York.^[1] His parents divorced when he was 9 years old.

Douglas fairbanks junior biography

He was raised by his mother, Anna Beth Sully. Fairbanks was raised in New York City, Los Angeles, Paris, and London.^[1]

Some of his well-known movie include Outward Bound (), The Dawn Patrol (), Little Caesar (), Prisoner of Zenda (), and Gunga Din ().

His movies began to have more commercial success.

In , PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt appointed him a special envoy to South America.

Fairbanks was married to Joan Crawford from until they divorced in Then he was married to Mary Lee Eppling from until her death in Then he was married to Vera Shelton from until his death in Fairbanks had three