John Barrymore
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 15, 1882
- Died
- May 29, 1942 (aged 60)
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
John Sidney Blyth Barrymore (February 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an acclaimed American actor. He first gained fame as a handsome stage actor in light comedy, then high drama and culminating in groundbreaking portrayals in Shakespearean plays Hamlet and Richard III. His success continued with motion pictures in various genres in both the silent and sound eras. Barrymore's personal life has been the subject of much writing before and since his passing in 1942. Today John Barrymore is mostly known for his roles in movies like Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1920), Grand Hotel (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Twentieth Century (1934), and Don Juan (1926), the first ever movie to use a Vitaphone soundtrack. A member of a multi-generation theatrical dynasty, he was the brother of Lionel Barrymore and Ethel Barrymore, and was the paternal grandfather of Drew Barrymore.
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Filmography
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
Movie · as Archival Footage
Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie · as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Game - The Movie
Movie · as Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (archive footage) (uncredited)
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Movie · as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
Movie
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Movie · as Hamlet (archive sound)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Horror of It All
Movie · as Svengali (archive footage)
The Horror Show
Movie · as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie · as (archive footage)
It's Showtime
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
MGM Parade
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Yesterday and Today
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Golden Twenties
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Okay for Sound
Movie · as Don Juan (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Movie · as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Playmates
Movie · as John Barrymore
World Premiere
Movie · as Duncan DeGrasse
The Invisible Woman
Movie · as Professor Gibbs
The Great Profile
Movie · as Evans Garrick
Midnight
Movie · as Georges Flammarion
The Great Man Votes
Movie · as Vance
Land of Liberty
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Green Goddess
Movie
Marie Antoinette
Movie · as King Louis XV
Spawn of the North
Movie · as Windy Turlon
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Movie · as Colonel Neilson
Hold That Co-ed
Movie · as Gabby Harrigan
Hollywood Goes to Town
Movie · as Self
Romance in the Dark
Movie · as Zoltan Jason
Maytime
Movie · as Nicolai Nazaroff
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Movie · as Colonel Neilson
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Movie · as Col. J.A. Nielson
True Confession
Movie · as Charles Jasper
Night Club Scandal
Movie · as Dr. Ernest Tindal
Romeo and Juliet
Movie · as Mercutio
Movie Maniacs
Movie · as Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
Twentieth Century
Movie · as Oscar Jaffe
Long Lost Father
Movie · as Carl Bellairs
Dinner at Eight
Movie · as Larry Renault
Counsellor at Law
Movie · as George Simon
Night Flight
Movie · as Riviere
Topaze
Movie · as Auguste A. Topaze
Reunion in Vienna
Movie · as Rudolf von Hapsburg
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
Movie · as Hamlet
Grand Hotel
Movie · as Baron Felix von Gaigern
Rasputin and the Empress
Movie · as Prince Paul Chegodieff
A Bill of Divorcement
Movie · as Hilary Fairfield
State's Attorney
Movie · as Tom Cardigan
Arsène Lupin
Movie · as Duke of Charmerace
Svengali
Movie · as Svengali
The Mad Genius
Movie · as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Moby Dick
Movie · as Ahab
The Man from Blankley's
Movie · as Lord Strathpeffer
Eternal Love
Movie · as Marcus Paltran
General Crack
Movie · as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
The Show of Shows
Movie · as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III'
Tempest
Movie · as Sergeant Ivan Markov
The Circus: Premiere
Movie · as Self
Life in Hollywood No. 4
Movie
The Beloved Rogue
Movie · as François Villon
When a Man Loves
Movie · as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
Life in Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Don Juan
Movie · as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
Vagabonding On The Pacific
Movie · as Himself
The Sea Beast
Movie · as Captain Ahab Ceeley
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Movie · as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Beau Brummel
Movie · as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
Sherlock Holmes
Movie · as Sherlock Holmes
The Lotus Eater
Movie · as Jacques Leroi
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie · as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Here Comes the Bride
Movie · as Frederick Tile
The Test of Honor
Movie · as Martin Wingrave
On the Quiet
Movie · as Robert Ridgeway
National Red Cross Pageant
Movie · as The Tyrant - Russian episode
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
Movie · as A.J. Raffles
The Red Widow
Movie · as Cicero Hannibal Butts
Nearly a King
Movie · as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
The Lost Bridegroom
Movie · as Bertie Joyce
The Incorrigible Dukane
Movie · as James Dukane
The Dictator
Movie · as Brooke Travers
Are You a Mason?
Movie · as Frank Perry
The Man from Mexico
Movie · as Fitzhugh
An American Citizen
Movie · as Berresford Cruger
One on Romance
Movie · as Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
Movie · as The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)
The Widow Casey's Return
Movie · as The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
Just Pretending
Movie · as The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
A Prize Package
Movie · as Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)