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