How tall is Douglas Fairbanks?

Douglas Fairbanks's listed height was 170 cm (5'7"). He was taller than about 44% of men in the United States.

Where 170 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 44% of men in the United States born in 1883 (average 171.1 cm).

Fairbanks next to his co-stars

Harold Lloyd is 8 cm taller than Douglas Fairbanks (178 cm), Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ co-star.

Clark Gable is 14 cm taller than Douglas Fairbanks (184 cm), Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ co-star.

Gary Cooper is 21 cm taller than Douglas Fairbanks (191 cm), Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ co-star.

About Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks was an American actor and filmmaker, born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman on 23 May 1883 in Denver, Colorado. He started acting at an early age and had established himself as an accomplished stage actor on Broadway by the late 1800s. He died on 12 December 1939 at the age of 56.

Fairbanks made his film debut in 1915 and quickly became one of the most popular and highest paid actors in Hollywood. He was the first actor to play the masked vigilante Zorro, in The Mark of Zorro in 1920, and found further success in Robin Hood in 1922 and The Thief of Bagdad in 1924. In 1919 he co-founded United Artists with Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D. W. Griffith, and he married Pickford in 1920. He hosted the first Academy Awards in 1929.

At a listed 170 cm (5'7"), Fairbanks stood shorter than Harold Lloyd, who is listed at 178 cm (5'10") and was 8 cm taller. Clark Gable, listed at 184 cm (6'0"), was 14 cm taller than Fairbanks, and Gary Cooper, listed at 191 cm (6'3"), was 21 cm taller. All three are linked to him through Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

Frequently asked

How tall is Douglas Fairbanks in feet and inches? Douglas Fairbanks was 5'7" tall, which is 170 cm, 66.9 inches or 1.70 m.

How tall is Douglas Fairbanks compared to Harold Lloyd? Harold Lloyd is 8 cm taller than Douglas Fairbanks: 178 cm (5'10") vs 170 cm (5'7").

How tall is Douglas Fairbanks compared to Clark Gable? Clark Gable is 14 cm taller than Douglas Fairbanks: 184 cm (6'0") vs 170 cm (5'7").

How tall is Douglas Fairbanks compared to Gary Cooper? Gary Cooper is 21 cm taller than Douglas Fairbanks: 191 cm (6'3") vs 170 cm (5'7").

Is Douglas Fairbanks tall for men in the United States? At 170 cm he was taller than about 44% of men in the United States born in 1883, whose average height is 171.1 cm.

Sources

• Douglas Fairbanks on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Douglas Fairbanks on Wikidata — nationality and dates.
• Douglas Fairbanks on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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