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Son of Hezekiah Charles Ullman, a New York attorney, and Ella Adelaide Marsh, who previously was married to a man named John Fairbanks. Ullman left the family when Douglas was five years old.

Brother-in-law of Lottie Pickford and Jack Pickford.

Good friend of Charles Chaplin.

Father-in-law of Joan Crawford.

Founder of United Artists along with Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin and D. W. Griffith.

Uncle of Lucile Fairbanks

Father of Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Brother of Robert Fairbanks.

Son-in-law of Charlotte Smith.

Among those in attendance at his funeral in 1939 were Viola Dana, Antonio Moreno, Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman and May McAvoy.

Lived in retirement with Sylvia Ashley at 705 Ocean Front (now Pacific Coast Highway) in Santa Monica, California.

During his European honeymoon with Mary Pickford, the couple was greeted by crowds of up to 300,000 people in London and Paris, which made them Hollywood`s first celebrity couple.

According to legend, the thing that sparked his interest in acting occurred when he fell off the roof as a young child and hurt himself.

Suffered from depression as a child.

Founder of United Artists along with Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin and D.W. Griffith.

His last words were "Never felt better".

First president of the AMPAS from 1927 to 1929

Hosted the very first Academy Awards in 1929 alongside William C. de Mille

The Hollywood mansion he and Mary Pickford owned was called Pickfair.

Was Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel`s basis for the overall physical look of Superman.

Pictured on a 20¢ US commemorative postage stamp in the Performing Arts USA series, issued 23 May 1984.

He frequently requested that his name be listed last in the film credits.

Interred at Hollywood Memorial Cemetery (now called Hollywood Forever), Hollywood, California, USA.

Performed most of the stunts in his films himself. He was an excellent athlete and used his physical abilities to his best advantage. However, there were instances when a stuntman was used (as in the "sliding down the sail" and "swinging through the mast" scenes in The Black Pirate (1926)), as these types of stunts were deemed too risky for the star.

One of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)