Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 15, 1882
Place of Birth:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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John Barrymore
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker | Archival Footage |
| 2004 | Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self / Various roles (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio | Hamlet (archive sound) |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) |
| 1983 | The Horror of It All | Svengali (archive footage) |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) |
| 1976 | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) |
| 1974 | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) |
| 1961 | The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | Self (archive footage) |
| 1961 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | 'Bill of Divorcement' (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) |
| 1950 | The Golden Twenties | Self (archive footage) |
| 1946 | Okay for Sound | Don Juan (archive footage) |
| 1945 | Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary | Self (archive footage) |
| 1943 | The Voice That Thrilled the World | Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage) |
| 1942 | Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) | Self (archive footage) |
| 1941 | Playmates | John Barrymore |
| 1941 | World Premiere | Duncan DeGrasse |
| 1940 | The Invisible Woman | Professor Gibbs |
| 1940 | The Great Profile | Evans Garrick |
| 1939 | Midnight | Georges Flammarion |
| 1939 | The Great Man Votes | Vance |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty | (archive footage) |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette | King Louis XV |
| 1938 | Spawn of the North | Windy Turlon |
| 1938 | Bulldog Drummond's Peril | Colonel Neilson |
| 1938 | Hold That Co-ed | Gabby Harrigan |
| 1938 | Hollywood Goes to Town | Self |
| 1938 | Romance in the Dark | Zoltan Jason |
| 1937 | Maytime | Nicolai Nazaroff |
| 1937 | Bulldog Drummond Comes Back | Colonel Neilson |
| 1937 | Bulldog Drummond's Revenge | Col. J.A. Nielson |
| 1937 | True Confession | Charles Jasper |
| 1937 | Night Club Scandal | Dr. Ernest Tindal |
| 1936 | Romeo and Juliet | Mercutio |
| 1936 | Movie Maniacs | Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Twentieth Century | Oscar Jaffe |
| 1934 | Long Lost Father | Carl Bellairs |
| 1933 | Dinner at Eight | Larry Renault |
| 1933 | Counsellor at Law | George Simon |
| 1933 | Night Flight | Riviere |
| 1933 | Topaze | Auguste A. Topaze |
| 1933 | Reunion in Vienna | Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg |
| 1933 | Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V | Hamlet |
| 1932 | Grand Hotel | Baron Felix von Gaigern |
| 1932 | Rasputin and the Empress | Prince Paul Chegodieff |
| 1932 | A Bill of Divorcement | Hilary Fairfield |
| 1932 | State's Attorney | Tom Cardigan |
| 1932 | Arsène Lupin | Duke of Charmerace |
| 1931 | Svengali | Svengali |
| 1931 | The Mad Genius | Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov |
| 1930 | Moby Dick | Ahab |
| 1930 | The Man from Blankley's | Lord Strathpeffer |
| 1929 | Eternal Love | Marcus Paltran |
| 1929 | General Crack | Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian |
| 1929 | Show of Shows | Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited) |
| 1928 | Tempest | Sergeant Ivan Markov |
| 1928 | The Circus: Premiere | Self |
| 1927 | Life in Hollywood No. 4 | |
| 1927 | The Beloved Rogue | François Villon |
| 1927 | When a Man Loves | Chevalier Fabien des Grieux |
| 1926 | Don Juan | Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana |
| 1926 | Vagabonding On The Pacific | Himself |
| 1926 | The Sea Beast | Captain Ahab Ceeley |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1924 | Beau Brummel | Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel |
| 1922 | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1921 | The Lotus Eater | Jacques Leroi |
| 1920 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde |
| 1919 | Here Comes the Bride | Frederick Tile |
| 1919 | The Test of Honor | Martin Wingrave |
| 1918 | On the Quiet | Robert Ridgeway |
| 1917 | National Red Cross Pageant | The Tyrant - Russian episode |
| 1917 | Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman | A.J. Raffles |
| 1916 | The Red Widow | Cicero Hannibal Butts |
| 1916 | Nearly a King | Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana |
| 1916 | The Lost Bridegroom | Bertie Joyce |
| 1915 | The Dictator | Brooke Travers |
| 1915 | The Incorrigible Dukane | James Dukane |
| 1915 | Are You a Mason? | Frank Perry |
| 1914 | The Man from Mexico | Fitzhugh |
| 1914 | An American Citizen | Berresford Cruger |
| 1913 | One on Romance | Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore) |
| 1912 | The Dream of a Moving Picture Director | The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore) |
| 1912 | The Widow Casey's Return | The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore) |
| 1912 | Just Pretending | The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore) |
| 1912 | A Prize Package | Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore) |
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