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John Barrymore

John Barrymore

Known for
Acting
Born
Feb 15, 1882
Died
May 29, 1942 (aged 60)
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
97

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

MovieRated 7.0

Grand Hotel

1932Movie

Baron Felix von Gaigern

MovieRated 6.7

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1920Movie

Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

MovieRated 6.8

Dinner at Eight

1933Movie

Larry Renault

MovieRated 7.3

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925Movie

Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

MovieRated 6.8

Twentieth Century

1934Movie

Oscar Jaffe

MovieRated 7.4

Midnight

1939Movie

Georges Flammarion

Filmography

MovieRated 6.3

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

2021Movie

Archival Footage

MovieRated 7.0

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Game - The Movie

2015Movie

Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie

Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

2015Movie

Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

MovieRated 10.0

Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood

2005Movie

Self (archive footage)

MovieRated 7.0

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004Movie

Self / Various roles (archive footage)

MovieRated 6.9

Complicated Women

2003Movie

Self (archive footage)

MovieRated 8.3

The Casting Couch

1995Movie

MovieRated 7.6

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

1991Movie

Hamlet (archive sound)

MovieRated 9.0

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984Movie

(archive footage)

MovieRated 8.3

The Horror of It All

1983Movie

Svengali (archive footage)

MovieRated 3.4

The Horror Show

1979Movie

(archive footage)

MovieRated 7.0

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976Movie

(archive footage)

MovieRated 7.5

It's Showtime

1976Movie

Self (archive footage)

MovieRated 7.7

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

1974Movie

Self (archive footage)

MovieRated 7.4

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972Movie

Self (archive footage)

Movie

Brasileiros em Hollywood

1970Movie

Self (archive footage)

MovieRated 7.0

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

1961Movie

Self (archive footage)

TVRated 7.5

MGM Parade

1955TV

Self

MovieRated 7.0

Yesterday and Today

1953Movie

(archive footage)

MovieRated 7.0

The Golden Twenties

1950Movie

Self (archive footage)

MovieRated 6.7

Okay for Sound

1946Movie

Don Juan (archive footage)

MovieRated 10.0

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

1945Movie

Self (archive footage)

MovieRated 6.0

The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943Movie

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

Movie

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942Movie

Self (archive footage)

MovieRated 5.7

Playmates

1941Movie

John Barrymore

MovieRated 6.0

World Premiere

1941Movie

Duncan DeGrasse

MovieRated 5.7

The Invisible Woman

1940Movie

Professor Gibbs

MovieRated 6.8

The Great Profile

1940Movie

Evans Garrick

MovieRated 9.0

Land of Liberty

1939Movie

(archive footage)

Movie

The Green Goddess

1939Movie

MovieRated 7.4

Midnight

1939Movie

Georges Flammarion

MovieRated 6.4

The Great Man Votes

1939Movie

Vance

MovieRated 6.7

Hold That Co-ed

1938Movie

Gabby Harrigan

MovieRated 6.6

Marie Antoinette

1938Movie

King Louis XV

MovieRated 6.1

Spawn of the North

1938Movie

Windy Turlon

MovieRated 7.0

Hollywood Goes to Town

1938Movie

Self

MovieRated 5.2

Romance in the Dark

1938Movie

Zoltan Jason

MovieRated 5.9

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

1938Movie

Colonel Neilson

MovieRated 6.1

True Confession

1937Movie

Charles Jasper

MovieRated 6.0

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

1937Movie

Col. J.A. Nielson

MovieRated 4.3

Night Club Scandal

1937Movie

Dr. Ernest Tindal

MovieRated 6.2

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

1937Movie

Colonel Neilson

MovieRated 6.8

Maytime

1937Movie

Nicolai Nazaroff

MovieRated 6.3

Romeo and Juliet

1936Movie

Mercutio

MovieRated 6.0

Movie Maniacs

1936Movie

Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)

MovieRated 6.8

Twentieth Century

1934Movie

Oscar Jaffe

MovieRated 5.9

Long Lost Father

1934Movie

Carl Bellairs

MovieRated 6.5

Counsellor at Law

1933Movie

George Simon

MovieRated 6.8

Dinner at Eight

1933Movie

Larry Renault

MovieRated 5.6

Night Flight

1933Movie

Riviere

MovieRated 7.2

Reunion in Vienna

1933Movie

Rudolf von Hapsburg

MovieRated 9.0

Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V

1933Movie

Hamlet

MovieRated 6.0

Topaze

1933Movie

Auguste A. Topaze

MovieRated 5.5

Rasputin and the Empress

1932Movie

Prince Paul Chegodieff

MovieRated 6.4

A Bill of Divorcement

1932Movie

Hilary Fairfield

MovieRated 7.0

Grand Hotel

1932Movie

Baron Felix von Gaigern

MovieRated 6.9

State's Attorney

1932Movie

Tom Cardigan

MovieRated 7.0

Arsène Lupin

1932Movie

Duke of Charmerace

MovieRated 6.4

The Mad Genius

1931Movie

Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

MovieRated 6.3

Svengali

1931Movie

Svengali

MovieRated 5.6

Moby Dick

1930Movie

Ahab

MovieRated 7.0

The Man from Blankley's

1930Movie

Lord Strathpeffer

MovieRated 10.0

General Crack

1929Movie

Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian

MovieRated 6.6

The Show of Shows

1929Movie

Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III'

MovieRated 5.8

Eternal Love

1929Movie

Marcus Paltran

MovieRated 6.2

Tempest

1928Movie

Sergeant Ivan Markov

MovieRated 5.4

The Circus: Premiere

1928Movie

Self

MovieRated 10.0

Life in Hollywood No. 4

1927Movie

MovieRated 6.3

When a Man Loves

1927Movie

Chevalier Fabien des Grieux

MovieRated 6.9

The Beloved Rogue

1927Movie

François Villon

Movie

Life in Hollywood

1927Movie

Self

MovieRated 6.6

Don Juan

1926Movie

Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana

MovieRated 6.7

The Sea Beast

1926Movie

Captain Ahab Ceeley

MovieRated 8.0

Vagabonding On The Pacific

1926Movie

Himself

MovieRated 7.3

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925Movie

Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

MovieRated 7.0

Beau Brummel

1924Movie

Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel

MovieRated 6.1

Sherlock Holmes

1922Movie

Sherlock Holmes

MovieRated 9.0

The Lotus Eater

1921Movie

Jacques Leroi

MovieRated 6.7

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1920Movie

Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

MovieRated 4.5

The Test of Honor

1919Movie

Martin Wingrave

MovieRated 8.0

Here Comes the Bride

1919Movie

Frederick Tile

Movie

On the Quiet

1918Movie

Robert Ridgeway

MovieRated 5.8

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman

1917Movie

A.J. Raffles

MovieRated 8.0

National Red Cross Pageant

1917Movie

The Tyrant - Russian episode

Movie

The Red Widow

1916Movie

Cicero Hannibal Butts

Movie

The Lost Bridegroom

1916Movie

Bertie Joyce

Movie

Nearly a King

1916Movie

Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana

MovieRated 3.0

The Incorrigible Dukane

1915Movie

James Dukane

Movie

The Dictator

1915Movie

Brooke Travers

MovieRated 3.0

Are You a Mason?

1915Movie

Frank Perry

Movie

The Man from Mexico

1914Movie

Fitzhugh

Movie

An American Citizen

1914Movie

Berresford Cruger

Movie

One on Romance

1913Movie

Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)

Movie

A Prize Package

1912Movie

Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)

MovieRated 9.0

Just Pretending

1912Movie

The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)

Movie

The Widow Casey's Return

1912Movie

The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)

Movie

The Dream of a Moving Picture Director

1912Movie

The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)

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