John Barrymore
Acting
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
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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
2004
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
movieComplicated Women
2003
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
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)
movieMidnight
1939
Georges Flammarion
movieHold That Co-ed
1938
Gabby Harrigan
movieMarie Antoinette
1938
King Louis XV
movieSpawn of the North
1938
Windy Turlon
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
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
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
movieWhen a Man Loves
1927
Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
movieThe Beloved Rogue
1927
François Villon
movieDon Juan
1926
Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
movieThe Sea Beast
1926
Captain Ahab Ceeley
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
1913
Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
A Prize Package
1912
Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
Just Pretending
1912
The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
The Widow Casey's Return
1912
The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
1912
The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)