William Fairbanks
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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.
Acting
Movie
Wolf Lowry
as Owen Thorpe
1917
Movie
Under the Black Eagle
as Ulrich Muller
1928
Movie
The Beautiful Sinner
as Henry Avery
1924
Movie
Racing for Life
as Jack Grant
1924
Movie
The Vanishing West
as Long Collins
1928
Movie
The Secret Gift
as Larry
1920
Movie
The Down Grade
as Ted Lanning
1927
Movie
One Chance in a Million
as Jerry Blaine
1927
Movie
Through Thick and Thin
as Don Davis
1927
Movie
That Something
1920
Movie
Fighting Youth
as Dick Covington
1925
Movie
The Torrent
as Hale Garrison
1924
Movie
The Flame of the Yukon
as George Fowler
1917
Movie
The Little Brother
as Dillon
1917
Movie
Spoilers of the West
as Benton
1927
Movie
A Western Demon
as Ned Underwood
1922
Movie
The Battling Fool
as Mark Jenkins
1924
Movie
Her Man
1924
Movie
The Great Sensation
as Jack
1925
Movie
Flying High
as Roy Cummins
1926
Movie
The Cowboy and the Flapper
as Dan Patterson
1924
Movie
Vanishing Millions
as Dave Merrill
1926
Movie
Peaceful Peters
as 'Peaceful Peters'
1922
Movie
Marry in Haste
as Wayne Sturgis
1924