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