- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 15, 1882
- Place of Birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- May 29, 1942
John Barrymore
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.
Filmography
movieCoded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021 · Archival Footage
movieSynthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2015 · Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
movieIrving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
movieChecking Out: Grand Hotel
2004 · Self / Various roles (archive footage)
movieComplicated Women
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Casting Couch
1995
movie100 Years at the Movies
1994 · Self (archive footage)
movieEmpire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991 · Hamlet (archive sound)
movieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · (archive footage)
movieThe Horror of It All
1983 · Svengali (archive footage)
movieThe Horror Show
1979 · (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
movieIt's Showtime
1976 · Self (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
movieThe Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
movieBrasileiros em Hollywood
1970 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Self (archive footage)
tvMGM Parade
1955 · Self
movieYesterday and Today
1953 · (archive footage)
movieThe Golden Twenties
1950 · Self (archive footage)
movieOkay for Sound
1946 · Don Juan (archive footage)
movieScreen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Voice That Thrilled the World
1943 · Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
movieScreen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942 · Self (archive footage)
moviePlaymates
1941 · John Barrymore
movieWorld Premiere
1941 · Duncan DeGrasse
movieThe Invisible Woman
1940 · Professor Gibbs
movieThe Great Profile
1940 · Evans Garrick
movieLand of Liberty
1939 · (archive footage)
The Green Goddess
movieThe Green Goddess
1939
movieMidnight
1939 · Georges Flammarion
movieThe Great Man Votes
1939 · Vance
movieHold That Co-ed
1938 · Gabby Harrigan
movieMarie Antoinette
1938 · King Louis XV
movieSpawn of the North
1938 · Windy Turlon
movieHollywood Goes to Town
1938 · Self
movieRomance in the Dark
1938 · Zoltan Jason
movieBulldog Drummond's Peril
1938 · Colonel Neilson
movieTrue Confession
1937 · Charles Jasper
movieBulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937 · Col. J.A. Nielson
movieNight Club Scandal
1937 · Dr. Ernest Tindal
movieBulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937 · Colonel Neilson
movieMaytime
1937 · Nicolai Nazaroff
movieRomeo and Juliet
1936 · Mercutio
movieMovie Maniacs
1936 · Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
movieTwentieth Century
1934 · Oscar Jaffe
movieLong Lost Father
1934 · Carl Bellairs
movieCounsellor at Law
1933 · George Simon
movieDinner at Eight
1933 · Larry Renault
movieNight Flight
1933 · Riviere
movieReunion in Vienna
1933 · Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
movieHamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
1933 · Hamlet
movieTopaze
1933 · Auguste A. Topaze
movieRasputin and the Empress
1932 · Prince Paul Chegodieff
movieA Bill of Divorcement
1932 · Hilary Fairfield
movieGrand Hotel
1932 · Baron Felix von Gaigern
movieState's Attorney
1932 · Tom Cardigan
movieArsène Lupin
1932 · Duke of Charmerace
movieThe Mad Genius
1931 · Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
movieSvengali
1931 · Svengali
movieMoby Dick
1930 · Ahab
movieThe Man from Blankley's
1930 · Lord Strathpeffer
movieGeneral Crack
1929 · Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
movieThe Show of Shows
1929 · Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
movieEternal Love
1929 · Marcus Paltran
movieTempest
1928 · Sergeant Ivan Markov
movieThe Circus: Premiere
1928 · Self
movieLife in Hollywood No. 4
1927
movieWhen a Man Loves
1927 · Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
movieThe Beloved Rogue
1927 · François Villon
movieLife in Hollywood
1927 · Self
movieDon Juan
1926 · Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
movieThe Sea Beast
1926 · Captain Ahab Ceeley
movieVagabonding On The Pacific
1926 · Himself
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
movieBeau Brummel
1924 · Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
movieSherlock Holmes
1922 · Sherlock Holmes
movieThe Lotus Eater
1921 · Jacques Leroi
movieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920 · Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
movieThe Test of Honor
1919 · Martin Wingrave
movieHere Comes the Bride
1919 · Frederick Tile
movieOn the Quiet
1918 · Robert Ridgeway
movieRaffles, the Amateur Cracksman
1917 · A.J. Raffles
movieNational Red Cross Pageant
1917 · The Tyrant - Russian episode
movieThe Red Widow
1916 · Cicero Hannibal Butts
movieThe Lost Bridegroom
1916 · Bertie Joyce
movieNearly a King
1916 · Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
movieThe Incorrigible Dukane
1915 · James Dukane
movieThe Dictator
1915 · Brooke Travers
movieAre You a Mason?
1915 · Frank Perry
movieThe Man from Mexico
1914 · Fitzhugh
movieAn American Citizen
1914 · Berresford Cruger
One on Romance
movieOne on Romance
1913 · Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
A Prize Package
movieA Prize Package
1912 · Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
Just Pretending
movieJust Pretending
1912 · The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
The Widow Casey's Return
movieThe Widow Casey's Return
1912 · The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
movieThe Dream of a Moving Picture Director
1912 · The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)