Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Fairbanks has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures at 6318 Hollywood Boulevard and one for television at 6665 Hollywood Boulevard. Gordon was 6 foot 5 inches tall and consequently known as Long Tall Dex. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California, in the same crypt as his father. Gordon is a member of the Jazz Hall of Fame and was voted musician of the year by Down Beat magazine in 1978 and 1980. He died of a heart attack in New York. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the role. In 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed him a special envoy to South America. In 1986, he starred in the movie 'Round Midnight, in which he played the role of a musician much like himself; some have suggested the role is thinly-veiled autobiography.

support for Britain during World War II, and was created a KBE in 1949. After this appearance he would release several more albums that proved he was as good if not better than before his years in Europe and finally gained appreciation as one of the great jazz tenors. He advocated U.S. Gordon finally returned to the United States for good in 1976, and appeared in the Village Vanguard, NY for a gig that was dubbed as his "homecoming". Three years later, on May 30, 1991 he married Vera Shelton. He also visited the States occasionally for recording dates, resulting in several albums being released under his name. Mary Lee Fairbanks died of cancer in 1988. He concerted regularly with fellow ex-pat jazzmen like Bud Powell, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Kenny Drew, Horace Parlan and Billy Higgins.

On April 22, 1939, he married Mary Lee Hartford (née Mary Lee Epling), a former wife of George Huntington Hartford, the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company heir: they had three daughters. After that, he spent 15 years playing and living in Europe, mostly in Paris and Copenhaegen. was one of the naked men in the incriminating photos which were used as evidence in the divorce trial of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll. He was composer, musician, and actor in the play The Connection in 1960. It has been claimed that Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. He portrayed an inmate playing in the prison band in Unchained, though the soundtrack was later overdubbed. He became active in both society and politics, but Joan Crawford did not enjoy these activities and they were divorced in May 1933. The first movie appearance occurred, oddly enough, while in prison for possession of heroin.

He went on a delayed honeymoon to England, where he was entertained by Noel Coward and George, Duke of Kent. Gordon notably made two appearances in cinema during his life. Faribanks starred in several pictures with Loretta Young, and with Little Caesar, Outward Bound and The Dawn Patrol his movies began to have more success. He was also known for his habit of reciting the lyrics of all ballads before performing them. Malachy’s Church, New York, New York, they were married. While never considered as revolutionary as Charlie Parker or John Coltrane, his influence can still be heard in many jazz saxophonists. On June 3, 1929, in St. One of his major influences was Lester Young.

He was also noticed by Joan Crawford, who began to date him. Gordon's sound has been characterized as "large" and his tendency to play behind the beat has often been emphasized. After making some undistinguished films, he took to the stage, where he impressed his father, his step-mother Mary Pickford, and Charlie Chaplin, who encouraged him to continue with acting. He was particularly noted for his titanic saxophone duels with fellow tenorman Wardell Gray, a popular live attraction that also produced several albums between 1947 and 1952. Largely on the basis of his name, he was given a contract at age fourteen with Paramount Pictures. for a few weeks in 1947. With his mother, he lived for a time in California, Paris, and London. He also played with the Fletcher Henderson band in L.A.

and his first wife Anna Beth Sully. His parents divorced when he was ten years old. From 1940 to 1980, he played with such jazz greats as Lionel Hampton, Tadd Dameron, Charles Mingus, Louis Armstrong and Billy Eckstine. He was born in New York, the son of actor Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. He is considered the first important hard bop tenor player. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (December 9, 1909 - May 7, 2000) was an American actor. Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 - April 25, 1990) was an American tenor saxophone musician. Ghost Story - 1981.

State Secret - 1950. The Fighting O'Flynn - 1949. Sinbad the Sailor - 1947. The Corsican Brothers - 1941.

Angels Over Broadway - 1940. Gunga Din - 1939. The Prisoner of Zenda - 1937. Catherine the Great - 1934.

Morning Glory - 1933. Little Caesar - 1931. The Jazz Age - 1929. Our Modern Maidens - 1929 (with then wife Joan Crawford).

Stella Dallas - 1925.