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John Barrymore
John Barrymore

John Barrymore

ActingBorn February 15, 1882Died May 29, 1942 (age 60)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.

Filmography

2021Movie
2015
Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

Movie
2005
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel

as Self / Various roles (archive footage)

Movie
2003
Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1991Movie
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

Movie
1983
The Horror of It All

as Svengali (archive footage)

Movie
1979
The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

Movie
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

Movie
1976
It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1974Movie
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1970
Brasileiros em Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1955
MGM Parade

as Self

TV
1953
Yesterday and Today

as (archive footage)

Movie
1950
The Golden Twenties

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1946
Okay for Sound

as Don Juan (archive footage)

Movie
1943
The Voice That Thrilled the World

as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)

Movie
1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1941
Playmates

as John Barrymore

Movie
1941
World Premiere

as Duncan DeGrasse

Movie
1940
The Invisible Woman

as Professor Gibbs

Movie
1940
The Great Profile

as Evans Garrick

Movie
1939
Land of Liberty

as (archive footage)

Movie
1939
Midnight

as Georges Flammarion

Movie
1939Movie
1938
Hold That Co-ed

as Gabby Harrigan

Movie
1938
Marie Antoinette

as King Louis XV

Movie
1938
Spawn of the North

as Windy Turlon

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Romance in the Dark

as Zoltan Jason

Movie
1938
Bulldog Drummond's Peril

as Colonel Neilson

Movie
1937
True Confession

as Charles Jasper

Movie
1937
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

as Col. J.A. Nielson

Movie
1937
Night Club Scandal

as Dr. Ernest Tindal

Movie
1937
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

as Colonel Neilson

Movie
1937
Maytime

as Nicolai Nazaroff

Movie
1936
Romeo and Juliet

as Mercutio

Movie
1936
Movie Maniacs

as Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Twentieth Century

as Oscar Jaffe

Movie
1934
Long Lost Father

as Carl Bellairs

Movie
1933
Counsellor at Law

as George Simon

Movie
1933
Dinner at Eight

as Larry Renault

Movie
1933
Night Flight

as Riviere

Movie
1933
Reunion in Vienna

as Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg

Movie
1933
Topaze

as Auguste A. Topaze

Movie
1932
Rasputin and the Empress

as Prince Paul Chegodieff

Movie
1932
A Bill of Divorcement

as Hilary Fairfield

Movie
1932
Grand Hotel

as Baron Felix von Gaigern

Movie
1932
State's Attorney

as Tom Cardigan

Movie
1932
Arsène Lupin

as Duke of Charmerace

Movie
1931
The Mad Genius

as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

Movie
1931
Svengali

as Svengali

Movie
1930
Moby Dick

as Ahab

Movie
1930
The Man from Blankley's

as Lord Strathpeffer

Movie
1929
General Crack

as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian

Movie
1929
The Show of Shows

as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)

Movie
1929
Eternal Love

as Marcus Paltran

Movie
1928
Tempest

as Sergeant Ivan Markov

Movie
1928Movie
1927
When a Man Loves

as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux

Movie
1927
The Beloved Rogue

as François Villon

Movie
1926
Don Juan

as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana

Movie
1926
The Sea Beast

as Captain Ahab Ceeley

Movie
1926Movie
1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Movie
1924
Beau Brummel

as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel

Movie
1922
Sherlock Holmes

as Sherlock Holmes

Movie
1921
The Lotus Eater

as Jacques Leroi

Movie
1920
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

Movie
1919
The Test of Honor

as Martin Wingrave

Movie
1919
Here Comes the Bride

as Frederick Tile

Movie
1918
On the Quiet

as Robert Ridgeway

Movie
1917Movie
1917
National Red Cross Pageant

as The Tyrant - Russian episode

Movie
1916
The Red Widow

as Cicero Hannibal Butts

Movie
1916
The Lost Bridegroom

as Bertie Joyce

Movie
1916
Nearly a King

as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana

Movie
1915Movie
1915
The Dictator

as Brooke Travers

Movie
1915
Are You a Mason?

as Frank Perry

Movie
1914Movie
1914
An American Citizen

as Berresford Cruger

Movie
1913
One on Romance

as Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)

Movie
1912
A Prize Package

as Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)

Movie
1912
Just Pretending

as The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)

Movie
1912
The Widow Casey's Return

as The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)

Movie
1912
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director

as The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayFebruary 15, 1882
Day of DeathMay 29, 1942
Place of BirthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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