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John Barrymore
Born · February 15, 1882
Died · May 29, 1942 (60 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Bio
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.
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
Archival Footage
7.4
2021
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
7.0
2004
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
6.7
2003
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Hamlet (archive sound)
7.5
1991
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
10.0
1984
The Horror of It All
Svengali (archive footage)
8.0
1983
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
6.0
1979
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
6.9
1976
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
7.0
1976
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Self (archive footage)
7.7
1974
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
6.0
1972
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
'Bill of Divorcement' (archive footage) (uncredited)
3.3
1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1961
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
0.0
1953
The Golden Twenties
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1950
Okay for Sound
Don Juan (archive footage)
5.0
1946
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1945
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
5.3
1943
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1942
Playmates
John Barrymore
5.2
1941
World Premiere
Duncan DeGrasse
5.0
1941
The Invisible Woman
Professor Gibbs
5.7
1940
The Great Profile
Evans Garrick
6.3
1940
Land of Liberty
(archive footage)
0.0
1939
Midnight
Georges Flammarion
7.4
1939
The Great Man Votes
Vance
6.1
1939
Hold That Co-ed
Gabby Harrigan
6.3
1938
Marie Antoinette
King Louis XV
6.6
1938
Spawn of the North
Windy Turlon
5.6
1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
7.0
1938
Romance in the Dark
Zoltan Jason
3.0
1938
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Colonel Neilson
5.7
1938
True Confession
Charles Jasper
5.8
1937
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Col. J.A. Nielson
5.8
1937
Night Club Scandal
Dr. Ernest Tindal
4.0
1937
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Colonel Neilson
6.1
1937
Maytime
Nicolai Nazaroff
6.2
1937
Romeo and Juliet
Mercutio
6.2
1936
Movie Maniacs
Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
5.5
1936
Twentieth Century
Oscar Jaffe
6.8
1934
Long Lost Father
Carl Bellairs
5.7
1934
Counsellor at Law
George Simon
6.6
1933
Dinner at Eight
Larry Renault
6.7
1933
Night Flight
Riviere
5.8
1933
Reunion in Vienna
Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
6.8
1933
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
Hamlet
0.0
1933
Topaze
Auguste A. Topaze
6.1
1933
Rasputin and the Empress
Prince Paul Chegodieff
5.3
1932
A Bill of Divorcement
Hilary Fairfield
6.2
1932
Grand Hotel
Baron Felix von Gaigern
6.9
1932
State's Attorney
Tom Cardigan
6.7
1932
Arsène Lupin
Duke of Charmerace
6.9
1932
The Mad Genius
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
6.3
1931
Svengali
Svengali
6.1
1931
Moby Dick
Ahab
5.3
1930
The Man from Blankley's
Lord Strathpeffer
6.0
1930
General Crack
Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
0.0
1929
Show of Shows
Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
5.5
1929
Eternal Love
Marcus Paltran
5.5
1929
Tempest
Sergeant Ivan Markov
6.4
1928
The Circus: Premiere
Self
5.4
1928
Life in Hollywood No. 4
0.0
1927
When a Man Loves
Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
6.4
1927
The Beloved Rogue
François Villon
7.0
1927
Don Juan
Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
6.5
1926
The Sea Beast
Captain Ahab Ceeley
6.4
1926
Vagabonding On The Pacific
Himself
0.0
1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
7.3
1925
Beau Brummel
Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
6.8
1924
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
6.1
1922
The Lotus Eater
Jacques Leroi
0.0
1921
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
6.8
1920
The Test of Honor
Martin Wingrave
3.5
1919
Here Comes the Bride
Frederick Tile
0.0
1919
On the Quiet
Robert Ridgeway
0.0
1918
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
A.J. Raffles
5.8
1917
National Red Cross Pageant
The Tyrant - Russian episode
0.0
1917
The Red Widow
Cicero Hannibal Butts
0.0
1916
The Lost Bridegroom
Bertie Joyce
0.0
1916
Nearly a King
Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
0.0
1916
The Incorrigible Dukane
James Dukane
3.0
1915
The Dictator
Brooke Travers
0.0
1915
Are You a Mason?
Frank Perry
3.0
1915
The Man from Mexico
Fitzhugh
0.0
1914
An American Citizen
Berresford Cruger
0.0
1914
One on Romance
Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
0.0
1913
A Prize Package
Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
0.0
1912
Just Pretending
The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
0.0
1912
The Widow Casey's Return
The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
0.0
1912
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)
0.0
1912