William Fairbanks
Also Known As: Carl Ullman
Biography: 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: May 24, 1894
Age: 130 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 01, 1945
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The Beautiful Sinner
Overview: To help secret serviceman Bill Parsons in pursuit of the thieving Benson gang wealthy criminologist Henry Avery sends his assistant Blinky to cover the waterfront while he attends a reception at the home of Mrs. Cornelius Westervelt. At the soiree he meets gang member Alice Carter while also discover the gang’s cache hidden there. Captured Parsons is saved by Blinky, and the pair foil the gang’s attempt to rob Mrs. Westervelt and her guests.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-10-01
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Racing for Life
Overview: Jack Grant agrees to drive in the big race in order to save his brother Carl from being charged with embezzlement.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-08-08
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The Vanishing West
Overview: 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 fortune.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-15
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The Secret Gift
Overview: Jan Saxe and Peter Harlingen, two young men from Holland, arrive in America with little orphan Bertha Kruger whom they have befriended during the trip and whom they both love. Bertha has come to live with her blind Aunt Sophie, and when Jan secretly raises $500 for an operation to restore her aunt's sight, Bertha marries Peter, believing that he was the donor of the "secret gift."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-09-20
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The Down Grade
Overview: The Down Grade is a 1927 Action film.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-07-25
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One Chance in a Million
Overview: 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 confidence.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-04-01
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Through Thick and Thin
Overview: 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 he meets and falls for a pretty young woman, whose father happens to be the man the agent suspects of heading the gang.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-29
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That Something
Overview: 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 of the power of positive thinking, in the boardinghouse where both reside. Sarah happens to befriend Edwin’s mother and after Mrs. Drake shows her a picture of Edwin Sarah arranges for them to be reunited bringing happiness to all.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-05-02
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Fighting Youth
Overview: 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 then his rival tricks him into accepting an offer to fight Murdering Mooney at a charity show. At first Jean is chagrined, but when the rival insults her, she is anxious for Covington to beat his opponent.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-07-01
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The Torrent
Overview: Hale Garrison, a big game hunter returning from safari in Africa, meets Gloria Manner on shipboard and falls in love with her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-08-01
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The Flame of the Yukon
Overview: 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 he has no money...
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-07-01
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The Little Brother
Overview: 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 interested in the "Big Brother Movement," Jerry is invited to Girard's farm in the country. Later she is sent to a coeducational institution where she assumes the dress and manners of a girl once more.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-03-11
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Do It Now
Overview: 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 lands owned by Rosemary's father. This man evicts the wrong party and later must return west in order to set things right, protecting the honor of a girl from the advances of the crooked foreman.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-02-01
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Spoilers of the West
Overview: A soldier falls in love with a beautiful settler who has refused his order to leave American Indian land.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-10
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A Western Demon
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Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-05-01
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The Battling Fool
Overview: William Fairbanks stars in this fighting feature about a rural rube who enters the ring to earn prize money to help a crippled girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-08-01
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Her Man
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Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-07-10
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Somewhere in France
Overview: Wicked Frenchwoman Marie Chaumontel is the mistress of Captain Henry Ravignac. She steals some papers from him, which she gives to the Germans. Then she escapes to Berlin while her lover is tried for her wrongdoing. He is found guilty of neglect, and he commits suicide. His brother, Lieutenant Charles Ravignac swears revenge, and he becomes a counterspy by going to work for the Germans.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-10-29
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The Great Sensation
Overview: 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 flapper.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-01
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Under the Black Eagle
Overview: A German Shepherd Dog and the people he loves are entangled in World War One.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-24
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Flying High
Overview: While taking a joyride with his sweetie Patricia, daredevil pilot Roy Cummins witnesses the aerial hijacking of a mail plane.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-12-20
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Wolf Lowry
Overview: 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 meets a young settler played by Margery Wilson, herself a director in the early 1920s whose films are all considered lost.
Genres: Western Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-05-27
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The Cowboy and the Flapper
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Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-08-25
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The Hired Man
Overview: Ezry is a hardworking hired man who saves his money carefully in the hopes one day of going to college. But when his girlfriend's brother gets in trouble for bank robbery, Ezry tries to help out by offering his savings in exchange for the stolen funds.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-01-27
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