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Fairbanks
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Fair·banks  (fârbngks)
A city of central Alaska north-northeast of Anchorage. It was founded in 1902 as a gold-mining camp. Population: 31,100.
Fairbanks, Douglas Originally Douglas Elton Ulman. 1883-1939.
American actor known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as Robin Hood (1922). His son Douglas, Jr. (1909-2000), played similar roles in motion pictures such as Gunga Din (1939).
Fairbanks [ˈfɛəˌbæŋks]
n
(Placename) a city in central Alaska, at the terminus of the Alaska Highway. Pop.: 30 800 (1990)
Fairbanks2
n
1. (Biographies / Fairbanks, Douglas (Elton) (1883-1939) M, US, FILMS AND TV: actor, FILMS AND TV: producer) Douglas (Elton), real name Julius Ullman. 1883-1939, US film actor and producer
2. (Biographies / Fairbanks, Douglas, Jnr (1909-2000) M, US, FILMS AND TV: actor) his son, Douglas, Jnr. 1909-2000, US film actor
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Noun1.FairbanksFairbanks - United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
2.FairbanksFairbanks - United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939)
Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Julius Ullman


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The Aaron Spelling-produced show set sail on ABC in 1977 and provided a springboard for little-known actors like Tom Hanks, Billy Crystal and Jamie Lee Curtis, while offering aging stars like Lana Turner, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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But the losses won't deter the club, which has had such celebrity members such as Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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In the late 1930s, Berman made ``The Hunchback of Notre Dame,'' starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara, and ``Gunga Din'' with Cary Grant and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
BERMAN, 91, PRODUCER OF FILM CLASSICS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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