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