Portrait of John Barrymore

John Barrymore

Acting

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.

Born: February 15, 1882

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Filmography

2003
Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

1991
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1983
The Horror of It All

as Svengali (archive footage)

1979
The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1976
It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

as Self (archive footage)

1953
Yesterday and Today

as (archive footage)

1950
The Golden Twenties

as Self (archive footage)

1946
Okay for Sound

as Don Juan (archive footage)

1943
The Voice That Thrilled the World

as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)

1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

as Self (archive footage)

1941
Playmates

as John Barrymore

1941
World Premiere

as Duncan DeGrasse

1940
The Invisible Woman

as Professor Gibbs

1940
The Great Profile

as Evans Garrick

1939
Land of Liberty

as (archive footage)

1939
Midnight

as Georges Flammarion

1938
Hold That Co-ed

as Gabby Harrigan

1938
Marie Antoinette

as King Louis XV

1938
Spawn of the North

as Windy Turlon

1938
Romance in the Dark

as Zoltan Jason

1938
Bulldog Drummond's Peril

as Colonel Neilson

1937
True Confession

as Charles Jasper

1937
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

as Col. J.A. Nielson

1937
Night Club Scandal

as Dr. Ernest Tindal

1937
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

as Colonel Neilson

1937
Maytime

as Nicolai Nazaroff

1936
Romeo and Juliet

as Mercutio

1936
Movie Maniacs

as Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)

1934
Twentieth Century

as Oscar Jaffe

1934
Long Lost Father

as Carl Bellairs

1933
Counsellor at Law

as George Simon

1933
Dinner at Eight

as Larry Renault

1933
Night Flight

as Riviere

1933
Reunion in Vienna

as Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg

1933
Topaze

as Auguste A. Topaze

1932
Rasputin and the Empress

as Prince Paul Chegodieff

1932
A Bill of Divorcement

as Hilary Fairfield

1932
Grand Hotel

as Baron Felix von Gaigern

1932
State's Attorney

as Tom Cardigan

1932
Arsène Lupin

as Duke of Charmerace

1931
The Mad Genius

as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

1931
Svengali

as Svengali

1930
Moby Dick

as Ahab

1930
The Man from Blankley's

as Lord Strathpeffer

1929
General Crack

as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian

1929
The Show of Shows

as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)

1929
Eternal Love

as Marcus Paltran

1928
Tempest

as Sergeant Ivan Markov

1927
When a Man Loves

as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux

1927
The Beloved Rogue

as François Villon

1926
Don Juan

as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana

1926
The Sea Beast

as Captain Ahab Ceeley

1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

1924
Beau Brummel

as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel

1922
Sherlock Holmes

as Sherlock Holmes

1921
The Lotus Eater

as Jacques Leroi

1920
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

1919
The Test of Honor

as Martin Wingrave

1919
Here Comes the Bride

as Frederick Tile

1918
On the Quiet

as Robert Ridgeway

1917
National Red Cross Pageant

as The Tyrant - Russian episode

1916
The Red Widow

as Cicero Hannibal Butts

1916
The Lost Bridegroom

as Bertie Joyce

1916
Nearly a King

as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana

1915
1915
The Dictator

as Brooke Travers

1915
Are You a Mason?

as Frank Perry

1914
1914
An American Citizen

as Berresford Cruger

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