William Fairbanks

William Fairbanks

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.

  • Title: William Fairbanks
  • Popularity: 1.053
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1894-05-24
  • Place of Birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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  • Also Known As: Carl Ullman
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William Fairbanks Movies

  • 1924
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    The Beautiful Sinner

    The Beautiful Sinner

    1 1924 HD

    The Beautiful Sinner is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring William Fairbanks, Eva Novak, and George Nichols.

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  • 1924
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    Racing for Life

    Racing for Life

    1 1924 HD

    Jack Grant agrees to drive in the big race in order to save his brother Carl from being charged with embezzlement.

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  • 1928
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    The Vanishing West

    The Vanishing West

    1 1928 HD

    A boy's father is an unjustly accused fugitive, and the boy's scheming uncle plots to become the youngster's guardian and take over the family...

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  • 1920
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    The Secret Gift

    The Secret Gift

    1 1920 HD

    Jan Saxe and Peter Harlingen, two young men from Holland, arrive in America with little orphan Bertha Kruger whom they have befriended during the...

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  • 1927
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    The Down Grade

    The Down Grade

    1 1927 HD

    The Down Grade is a 1927 Action film.

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  • 1927
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    One Chance in a Million

    One Chance in a Million

    1 1927 HD

    Secret Service agent Jerry Blaine is hot on the trail of a gang of jewel thieves, Jerry briefly poses as a crook himself to gain the gang's...

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  • 1927
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    Through Thick and Thin

    Through Thick and Thin

    1 1927 HD

    An undercover agent tracks a gang of drug smugglers to their headquarters in Mexico, a nightclub, where he manages to get a job as a bouncer. There...

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  • 1920
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    That Something

    That Something

    1 1920 HD

    Drifter Edwin Drake, estranged from his family, has a prophetic vision and gets his life back on track. Eventually he meets Sarah Holmes, an acolyte...

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  • 1925
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    Fighting Youth

    Fighting Youth

    1 1925 HD

    Dick Covington is a society athlete who is quick with his fists. His fiancée, Jean Manley, hates his fighting and convinces him to stop. But...

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    The Torrent

    The Torrent

    1 1924 HD

    Hale Garrison, a big game hunter returning from safari in Africa, meets Gloria Manner on shipboard and falls in love with her.

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  • 1917
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    The Flame of the Yukon

    The Flame of the Yukon

    1 1917 HD

    George Fowler arrives at the Mias saloon, and the proprietor, "Blak Jack" Hovey, orders a saloon girl, known only as "The Flame," to fleece him, but...

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  • 1917
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    The Little Brother

    The Little Brother

    1 1917 HD

    Jerry Ross dresses as a boy and sells newspapers to make money on the street corner. As the result of a chance meeting with Frank Girard, who is...

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  • 1924
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    Do It Now

    Do It Now

    1 1924 HD

    At the urging of his sweetheart, Rosemary Smith, a man (William Fairbanks) leaves his soft job in the east and goes west to settle a dispute over oil...

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  • 1927
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    Spoilers of the West

    Spoilers of the West

    1 1927 HD

    A soldier falls in love with a beautiful settler who has refused his order to leave American Indian land.

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    The Battling Fool

    The Battling Fool

    1 1924 HD

    William Fairbanks stars in this fighting feature about a rural rube who enters the ring to earn prize money to help a crippled girl.

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  • 1922
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    A Western Demon

    A Western Demon

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1924
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    Her Man

    Her Man

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1916
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    Somewhere in France

    Somewhere in France

    1 1916 HD

    Wicked Frenchwoman Marie Chaumontel is the mistress of Captain Henry Ravignac. She steals some papers from him, which she gives to the Germans. Then...

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  • 1925
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    The Great Sensation

    The Great Sensation

    1 1925 HD

    Jack Ruby (William Fairbanks), the son of a wealthy family, pretends to be a chauffeur and goes to work for Peggy Howell (Pauline Garon), a beautiful...

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  • 1928
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    Under the Black Eagle

    Under the Black Eagle

    3 1928 HD

    A German Shepherd Dog and the people he loves are entangled in World War One.

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  • 1926
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    Flying High

    Flying High

    1 1926 HD

    While taking a joyride with his sweetie Patricia, daredevil pilot Roy Cummins witnesses the aerial hijacking of a mail plane.

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  • 1917
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    Wolf Lowry

    Wolf Lowry

    6 1917 HD

    William S. Hart was the great solitary Western hero of silent film who rode his horse off to new adventures once his job was done. In WOLF LOWRY, he...

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  • 1924
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    The Cowboy and the Flapper

    The Cowboy and the Flapper

    1 1924 HD

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