All All. Sign In. Dances with Wolves LA premiere. List activity. Jackie Collins. Actress Writer Producer Danger Man —. She was married to Oscar Lerman and Wallace Austin. Swifty Lazar. Producer Production Manager Neighbors He was married to Mary Van Nuys. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. However, the environment into which he was born and the circumstances naturally led him to be a thespian. Noblesse oblige. He was born Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Jr. Fairbanks, Jr. He proved a gifted boy early in life.
To the end of his life he remained a multi-talented, hyperactive man, not content to appear in the films mentioned above. Very early in his life he developed a taste for the arts as well and became a painter and sculptor. Not content to limiting himself to just one field, he became involved in business, in fields as varied as mining, hotel management, owning a chain of bowling alleys and a firm that manufactured popcorn. Roosevelt 's special envoy for the Special Mission to South America in before becoming a lieutenant in the Navy he was promoted to the rank of captain in and taking part in the Allies' landing in Sicily and Elba in His film career began at the age of 13 when he was signed by Paramount Pictures.
He debuted in Stephen Steps Out but the film flopped and his career stagnated despite a critically acclaimed role in Stella Dallas Things really picked up when he married Lucille Le Sueur, a young starlet who was soon to become better known as Joan Crawford.
The young couple became the toast of the town one "Screen Snapshots" episode echoes this sudden glory and good parts and success followed, such as the hapless partner of Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar a favorably reviewed turn as the villain in The Prisoner of Zenda or more debonair characters in slapstick comedies or adventure yarns.
The s were a fruitful period for Fairbanks, his most memorable role probably being that of the British soldier in Gunga Din ; although it was somewhat of a "swashbuckling" role, Fairbanks made a point of never imitating his father. After the World War II, his star waned and, despite a moving part in Ghost Story , he did not appear in a major movie. Now a legend himself, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Rich Little. Born in Canada, Rich Little got his start just like almost every other comic of his time - night clubs.
