The silent-screen star who would become famous for his tireless energy and all-American attitude was born Douglas Ulman in Denver, Colorado, in 1883. Commentator Vachel Lindsay described Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.'s on-screen persona in terms of two...

Douglas Fairbanks is a name shared by two actors, father and...

Herman Brix, the Olympic shot putter who played Tarzan in a 1935 movie, has died. He was 100.Brix, who used the name Bruce Bennett for many of his movies, died Saturday at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center of complications from a broken hip, son Christopher said.Brix,...

Herman Brix, an Olympic shot-putting medalist-turned-actor who played Tarzan in a 1930s movie, has died. He was 100.Brix, who used the name Bruce Bennett for many of his movies, died of complications from a broken hip on Saturday at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, his son...

Pirate films are almost as old as movies themselves. There was Douglas Fairbanks as "The Black Pirate" in 1926. Errol Flynn was "Captain Blood" in 1935. In 1952, Burt Lancaster became "The Crimson Pirate." Thirty years later, Kevin Kline was the Pirate King in 1983's...

Bad news, ladies: the Geezer Roué—the dashing older (and much older) playboy who saw New York as the verdant playing field of seduction; that dignified and slightly sleazy social genus (and genius) who bloomed in New York City like some rank but irresistible flower, spreading...