
John Barrymore
Born February 15, 1882 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
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Marie Antoinette

Maytime

The Invisible Woman

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

Arsène Lupin

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Twentieth Century

The Great Man Votes

Spawn of the North

Moby Dick

Hollywood Goes to Town

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

When a Man Loves

The Show of Shows

Rasputin and the Empress

A Bill of Divorcement

Midnight

The Voice That Thrilled the World

It's Showtime

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

The Horror of It All

Romeo and Juliet

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Hold That Co-ed

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

Brasileiros em Hollywood

The Horror Show

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Complicated Women

National Red Cross Pageant

Here Comes the Bride

Night Flight

Romance in the Dark

Movie Maniacs

Counsellor at Law

The Casting Couch

Long Lost Father

Land of Liberty

Reunion in Vienna

Okay for Sound

True Confession

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman

Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood

The Great Profile

The Mad Genius

State's Attorney

The Circus: Premiere

The Man from Blankley's

Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Life in Hollywood No. 4

Svengali

Night Club Scandal

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

Don Juan

The Beloved Rogue

Eternal Love

The Sea Beast

Yesterday and Today

Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V

Playmates

Beau Brummel

The Man from Mexico

The Test of Honor

An American Citizen

Sherlock Holmes

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Game - The Movie

The Golden Twenties

General Crack

Are You a Mason?

Topaze

World Premiere

Life in Hollywood

The Incorrigible Dukane

Nearly a King

Tempest

The Lotus Eater

The Red Widow

The Dictator

Vagabonding On The Pacific

The Lost Bridegroom




