John Barrymore
Acting
Born: 1882-02-15 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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
MGM Parade
Self
Grand Hotel
Baron Felix von Gaigern
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Dinner at Eight
Larry Renault
Marie Antoinette
King Louis XV
Arsène Lupin
Duke of Charmerace
The Invisible Woman
Professor Gibbs
Midnight
Georges Flammarion
Romeo and Juliet
Mercutio
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Moby Dick
Ahab
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Movie Maniacs
Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
Twentieth Century
Oscar Jaffe
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Land of Liberty
(archive footage)
Okay for Sound
Don Juan (archive footage)
Maytime
Nicolai Nazaroff
Reunion in Vienna
Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
When a Man Loves
Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
The Sea Beast
Captain Ahab Ceeley
Don Juan
Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Col. J.A. Nielson
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
The Great Profile
Evans Garrick
The Show of Shows
Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
Svengali
Svengali
The Casting Couch
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
State's Attorney
Tom Cardigan
True Confession
Charles Jasper
The Red Widow
Cicero Hannibal Butts
Night Flight
Riviere
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Spawn of the North
Windy Turlon
The Beloved Rogue
François Villon