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