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Douglas Fairbanks

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The King of Hollywood


1900s through the 1930s
  • Silent film star.
  • He was married to Mary Pickford.
  • He was a founding member of United Artists (with Chaplin, Griffith, and Pickford).
  • He hosted the very first Academy Awards!
  • He was the first (with Pickford) to do a footprints ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre!
Hollywood Royalty

Updated: July 2026
Posted: January 2026

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS

AKA


  • Elton Banks

MOTION PICTURES STAR

Hollywood Walk of Fame Star DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS

Douglas Fairbanks


Motion Pictures Category Star
  • Ceremony was on February 8, 1960

Motion Pictures Star for Douglas Fairbanks


NO DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS CHRISTMAS MOVIES

Grauman's Chinese Theatre Douglas Fairbanks
1927

Grauman's Chinese Theatre


He and his wife Mary Pickford were the First Official Footprints
  • good luck Sid.
  • *Handprints*
  • Douglas Fairbanks
  • *Footprints*
  • HANd ANd Foot PriNts

TRIVIA
FIRST FOOTPRINTS
The ceremony for him and Pickford was on April 30, 1927!
The grand opening of Grauman's Chinese Theatre was on May 18, 1927!

TCL Chinese Theatre Map Douglas Fairbanks's Footprints Located Upper Center

Douglas Fairbanks's Footprints


Upper CenterTCL Chinese Theatre on Google Maps

8 up from left front corner then 4 over to the left

Ripley's Douglas Fairbanks' Grauman Theater Footprint

Grauman Theater Footprint


Shown here is the actual cement slab in which Douglas Fairbanks placed his footprints.
"The king of Hollywood", Douglas Fairbanks Sr. (1883-1939) made his name in Hollywood history in swashbuckling silent roles such a Robin Hood and the Mask of Zorro. He was a co-founder of United Artists film studio, and in May 1929, he became the first host of the Academy Awards!

First Footprints: Fairbanks, Pickford, & Talmadge
Footprints were too faint so they formally redid them. Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, then Norma Talmadge a few days later.

Ripley's Pickford Fairbanks Grauman Cement Footprint
1927

Pickford, Fairbanks, & Grauman


First Grauman's Chinese Theatre Footprints

Ripley's Mary Pickford Grauman's Chinese Theatre Footprint
1927

Grauman, Pickford, & Fairbanks


First Grauman's Chinese Theatre Footprints
Along with Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and Sid Grauman, Pickford helped establish the tradition of setting one's footprints in cement infront of the Chinese Theater.

Ripley's Sid Grauman Chinese Theatre Footprint

Pickford, Grauman, & Fairbanks


First Grauman's Chinese Theatre Footprints
During the ceremony, Sid Grauman also added his prints to the cement blocks in front of his spectacular Chinese theater.
  • Believe It or Not!, the idea for the prints in wet cement is believed to have come from Mary Pickford accidentally stepping on wet cement on her way to see the theater.

Ripley's Autographs Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks


Autographed Matchbook



Hollywood Forever Cemetery Douglas Fairbanks and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
1883-1939

56 Years Old


Heart Attack
  • With his son Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

GOOD NIGHT SWEET PRINCES
AND FLIGHTS OF ANGELS SING THEE TO THY REST!

Hollywood Forever Cemetery Douglas Fairbanks and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks / Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Grave

Douglas Fairbanks


1883 - 1939

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.


1909 - 2000

Douglas Fairbanks / Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Photo

Grave of Douglas Fairbanks


Hollywood Forever Cemetery

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