John Barrymore
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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
Credits
Grand Hotel (1932)
as Baron Felix von Gaigern
The Show of Shows (1929)
as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Dinner at Eight (1933)
as Larry Renault
It's Showtime (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
as Mercutio
The Invisible Woman (1940)
as Professor Gibbs
Moby Dick (1930)
as Ahab
Arsène Lupin (1932)
as Duke of Charmerace
Midnight (1939)
as Georges Flammarion
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
as King Louis XV
Night Flight (1933)
as Riviere
Brasileiros em Hollywood (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Maytime (1937)
as Nicolai Nazaroff
Spawn of the North (1938)
as Windy Turlon
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974)
as Self (archive footage)
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker (2021)
as Archival Footage
Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
as Prince Paul Chegodieff
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
as Hilary Fairfield
Twentieth Century (1934)
as Oscar Jaffe
The Great Profile (1940)
as Evans Garrick
Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2015)
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)
as Hamlet (archive sound)
Reunion in Vienna (1933)
as Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
Complicated Women (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Don Juan (1926)
as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
Land of Liberty (1939)
as (archive footage)
State's Attorney (1932)
as Tom Cardigan
Movie Maniacs (1936)
as Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
The Casting Couch (1995)
Actor
Svengali (1931)
as Svengali
Just Pretending (1912)
as The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
as Self
The Beloved Rogue (1927)
as François Villon
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Sherlock Holmes (1922)
as Sherlock Holmes
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)
as Col. J.A. Nielson
Eternal Love (1929)
as Marcus Paltran
True Confession (1937)
as Charles Jasper
The Incorrigible Dukane (1915)
as James Dukane
Here Comes the Bride (1919)
as Frederick Tile
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
The Sea Beast (1926)
as Captain Ahab Ceeley
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942)
as Self (archive footage)
Romance in the Dark (1938)
as Zoltan Jason
Night Club Scandal (1937)
as Dr. Ernest Tindal
The Mad Genius (1931)
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Topaze (1933)
as Auguste A. Topaze
The Red Widow (1916)
as Cicero Hannibal Butts
Okay for Sound (1946)
as Don Juan (archive footage)
The Great Man Votes (1939)
as Vance
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Nearly a King (1916)
as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)
as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
The Golden Twenties (1950)
as Self (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today (1953)
as (archive footage)
Life in Hollywood (1927)
as Self
National Red Cross Pageant (1917)
as The Tyrant - Russian episode
Counsellor at Law (1933)
as George Simon
Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)
as Colonel Neilson
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
When a Man Loves (1927)
as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
as Colonel Neilson
Beau Brummel (1924)
as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
Hold That Co-ed (1938)
as Gabby Harrigan
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)
as Self (archive footage)
Long Lost Father (1934)
as Carl Bellairs
Playmates (1941)
as John Barrymore
An American Citizen (1914)
as Berresford Cruger
The Circus: Premiere (1928)
as Self
The Man from Mexico (1914)
as Fitzhugh
The Horror of It All (1983)
as Svengali (archive footage)
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917)
as A.J. Raffles
The Dictator (1915)
as Brooke Travers
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary (1945)
as Self (archive footage)
The Man from Blankley's (1930)
as Lord Strathpeffer
Tempest (1928)
as Sergeant Ivan Markov
One on Romance (1913)
as Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
World Premiere (1941)
as Duncan DeGrasse
General Crack (1929)
as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
The Lost Bridegroom (1916)
as Bertie Joyce
The Lotus Eater (1921)
as Jacques Leroi
Are You a Mason? (1915)
as Frank Perry
A Prize Package (1912)
as Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
The Widow Casey's Return (1912)
as The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
The Test of Honor (1919)
as Martin Wingrave
The Green Goddess (1939)
Actor
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V (1933)
as Hamlet
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director (1912)
as The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)
On the Quiet (1918)
as Robert Ridgeway
Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927)
Actor
Vagabonding On The Pacific (1926)
as Himself