What is Douglas Fairbanks Jr.?
[[File:Douglas Fairbanks Jnr colour Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Fairbanks in 1987]] '''Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Jr.''', [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]], [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|DSC]] (December 9, 1909 &ndash; May 7, 2000) was an [[Americans|American]] actor. He was a highly decorated naval officer of [[World War II]]. He was the son of legendary silent movie actor [[Douglas Fairbanks]].<ref name='navybio'>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/fairbanks_douge.htm|title=Commander Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Jr., USNR|accessdate=September 26, 2008|date=June 14, 2006|work=Biographies in Naval History|publisher=Naval Historical Foundation (U.S.)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007200523/http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/fairbanks_douge.htm|archivedate=October 7, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fairbanks was born on December 9, 1909 in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name='navybio'/> His parents divorced when he was 9 years old. He was raised by his mother, Anna Beth Sully. Fairbanks was raised in New York City, [[Los Angeles]], [[Paris]], and [[London]].<ref name='navybio'/> Some of his well-known movie include ''[[Outward Bound]]'' (1930), ''[[The Dawn Patrol (1930 movie)|The Dawn Patrol]]'' (1930), ''[[Little Caesar (movie)|Little Caesar]]'' (1931), ''[[Prisoner of Zenda (1937 movie)|Prisoner of Zenda]]'' (1937), and ''[[Gunga Din]]'' (1939). His movies began to have more commercial success. In 1941, [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] appointed him a special envoy to [[South America]]. Fairbanks was married to [[Joan Crawford]] from 1929 until they divorced in 1933. Then he was married to Mary Lee Eppling from 1939 until her death in 1988. Then he was married to Vera Shelton from 1991 until his death in 2000. Fairbanks had three children.<ref name='navybio'/> Fairbanks died on May 7, 2000 from a [[heart attack]] in his home in New York City.<ref>{{cite news|title = Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Film Star, TV Pro