Douglas Fairbanks

Did you know that the actor who played Robin Hood, Zorro, and d'Artagnan, the so-called "King of Hollywood" was Jewish? No, not a crude hybrid of Kevin Costner, Antonio Banderas, and... Chris O'Donnell?*

No, we're talking about Doulgas Fairbanks, Sr. Fairbanks was born Douglas Elton Ullman, and his father, Hezekiah* Ullman, was a Jew.

Now, we're stretching it a bit here, for Hezekiah abandoned his family when Douglas was five, and it's unlikely that his Catholic mother would say kiddush. Still, we like the sound of a Jewish King of Hollywood, so no 120-years-ago indiscretions are going to stop us from claiming Fairbanks as one of our own.

Seriously, why hasn't there been a quality modern adaptation of "The Three Musketeers" yet? On the other hand, seeing how Hollywood butchered "The Count of Monte Cristo", that's probably for the best...

Not to be confused with his son, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Hezikiah? Have you ever met a Jew named Hezikiah? Then again, what do we know about the naming patterns of 1833?

But of course, you figured that out already.