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