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William Fairbanks
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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 ro…
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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.
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1928
The Vanishing West
Movie Long Collins
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1928
Under the Black Eagle
Movie Ulrich Muller
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1928
Wyoming
Movie Buffalo Bill
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1927
Spoilers of the West
Movie Benton
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1927
Through Thick and Thin
Movie Don Davis
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1927
When Danger Calls
Movie Ralph Spencer
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1927
The Down Grade
Movie Ted Lanning
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1927
Catch-As-Catch-Can
Movie Reed Powers
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1927
One Chance in a Million
Movie Jerry Blaine
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1926
Flying High
Movie Roy Cummins
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1926
The Winning Wallop
Movie Rex Barton
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1926
Vanishing Millions
Movie Dave Merrill
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1925
The Handsome Brute
Movie Larry O'Day
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1925
A Fight to the Finish
Movie Jim Davis
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1925
The Great Sensation
Movie Jack
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1925
The New Champion
Movie Bob
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1925
Speed Mad
Movie Bill Sanford
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1925
Fighting Youth
Movie Dick Covington
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1924
Women First
Movie Billy Decker
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1924
The Beautiful Sinner
Movie Henry Avery
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1924
The Fatal Mistake
Movie Jack Darwin
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1924
The Cowboy and the Flapper
Movie Dan Patterson
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1924
Racing for Life
Movie Jack Grant
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1924
The Battling Fool
Movie Mark Jenkins
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1924
The Torrent
Movie Hale Garrison
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1924
Her Man
Movie
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1924
Marry in Haste
Movie Wayne Sturgis
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1924
Do It Now
Movie
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1923
The Law Rustlers
Movie Phil Stanley
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1923
Spawn of the Desert
Movie Duke Steele
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1922
Sheriff of Sun Dog
Movie 'Silent' Davidson
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1922
Peaceful Peters
Movie 'Peaceful Peters'
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1922
A Western Demon
Movie Ned Underwood
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1920
The Secret Gift
Movie Larry
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1920
What Women Love
Movie Jack Mortimer
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1920
That Something
Movie
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1918
The Hired Man
Movie Stuart Morley
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1917
The Medicine Man
Movie Luther Hill
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1917
The Mother Instinct
Movie Raoul Bergere
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1917
The Flame of the Yukon
Movie George Fowler
