John Barrymore


    Starbirth:
    February 15, 1882
    Supernova:
    May 29, 1942
    Birthplace:
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Overview

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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Checking Out: Grand Hotel Self / Various roles (archive footage) 2004
Complicated Women Self (archive footage) 2003
The Casting Couch (archive footage) 1995
Going Hollywood: The '30s (archive footage) 1984
The Horror of It All Svengali (archive footage) 1983
The Horror Show (archive footage) 1979
That's Entertainment, Part II (archive footage) 1976
It's Showtime Self (archive footage) 1976
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute Self (archive footage) 1974
Hollywood: The Dream Factory Self (archive footage) 1972
Hollywood: The Selznick Years 'Bill of Divorcement' (archive footage) (uncredited) 1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino Self (archive footage) 1961
Yesterday and Today (archive footage) 1953
The Golden Twenties Self (archive footage) 1950
Okay for Sound Don Juan (archive footage) 1946
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary Self (archive footage) 1945
The Voice That Thrilled the World Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage) 1943
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) Self (archive footage) 1942
Playmates John Barrymore 1941
World Premiere Duncan DeGrasse 1941
The Invisible Woman Professor Gibbs 1940
The Great Profile Evans Garrick 1940
Land of Liberty (archive footage) 1939
Midnight Georges Flammarion 1939
The Great Man Votes Vance 1939
Hold That Co-ed Gabby Harrigan 1938
Spawn of the North Windy Turlon 1938
Marie Antoinette King Louis XV 1938
Hollywood Goes to Town Self 1938
Romance in the Dark Zoltan Jason 1938
Bulldog Drummond's Peril Colonel Neilson 1938
True Confession Charles Jasper 1937
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge Col. J.A. Nielson 1937
Night Club Scandal Dr. Ernest Tindal 1937
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back Colonel Neilson 1937
Maytime Nicolai Nazaroff 1937
Romeo and Juliet Mercutio 1936
Movie Maniacs Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited) 1936
Twentieth Century Oscar Jaffe 1934
Long Lost Father Carl Bellairs 1934
Counsellor at Law George Simon 1933
Dinner at Eight Larry Renault 1933
Night Flight Riviere 1933
Reunion in Vienna Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg 1933
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V Hamlet 1933
Topaze Auguste A. Topaze 1933
Rasputin and the Empress Prince Paul Chegodieff 1932
A Bill of Divorcement Hilary Fairfield 1932
Grand Hotel Baron Felix von Gaigern 1932
State's Attorney Tom Cardigan 1932
Arsène Lupin Duke of Charmerace 1932
The Mad Genius Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov 1931
Svengali Svengali 1931
Moby Dick Ahab 1930
The Man from Blankley's Lord Strathpeffer 1930
General Crack Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian 1929
Show of Shows Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited) 1929
Eternal Love Marcus Paltran 1929
Tempest Sergeant Ivan Markov 1928
The Circus: Premiere Self 1928
Life in Hollywood No. 4 1927
When a Man Loves Chevalier Fabien des Grieux 1927
The Beloved Rogue François Villon 1927
Don Juan Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana 1926
The Sea Beast Captain Ahab Ceeley 1926
Vagabonding On The Pacific Himself 1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) 1925
Beau Brummel Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel 1924
Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes 1922
The Lotus Eater Jacques Leroi 1921
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde 1920
The Test of Honor Martin Wingrave 1919
Here Comes the Bride Frederick Tile 1919
On the Quiet Robert Ridgeway 1918
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman A.J. Raffles 1917
National Red Cross Pageant The Tyrant - Russian episode 1917
The Red Widow Cicero Hannibal Butts 1916
The Lost Bridegroom Bertie Joyce 1916
Nearly a King Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana 1916
The Incorrigible Dukane James Dukane 1915
The Dictator Brooke Travers 1915
Are You a Mason? Frank Perry 1915
The Man from Mexico Fitzhugh 1914
An American Citizen Berresford Cruger 1914
One on Romance Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore) 1913
A Prize Package Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore) 1912
Just Pretending The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore) 1912
The Widow Casey's Return The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore) 1912
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore) 1912
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