John Barrymore
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Feb 15, 1882 (144 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2021 | Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. LeyendeckerArchival Footage | |
| 2015 | Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde | |
| 2004 | Checking Out: Grand HotelSelf / Various roles (archive footage) | |
| 2003 | Complicated WomenSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1995 | The Casting Couch | |
| 1991 | Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made RadioHamlet (archive sound) | |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s(archive footage) | |
| 1983 | The Horror of It AllSvengali (archive footage) | |
| 1979 | The Horror Show(archive footage) | |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage) | |
| 1976 | It's ShowtimeSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1974 | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster SaluteSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage) | |
| 1970 | Brasileiros em HollywoodSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1961 | The Legend of Rudolph ValentinoSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1955 | MGM ParadeSelf | |
| 1953 | Yesterday and Today(archive footage) | |
| 1950 | The Golden TwentiesSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1946 | Okay for SoundDon Juan (archive footage) | |
| 1945 | Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th AnniversarySelf (archive footage) | |
| 1943 | The Voice That Thrilled the WorldSelf (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage) | |
| 1942 | Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)Self (archive footage) | |
| 1941 | PlaymatesJohn Barrymore | |
| 1941 | World PremiereDuncan DeGrasse | |
| 1940 | The Invisible WomanProfessor Gibbs | |
| 1940 | The Great ProfileEvans Garrick | |
| 1939 | MidnightGeorges Flammarion | |
| 1939 | The Great Man VotesVance | |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty(archive footage) | |
| 1939 | The Green Goddess | |
| 1938 | Marie AntoinetteKing Louis XV | |
| 1938 | Spawn of the NorthWindy Turlon | |
| 1938 | Bulldog Drummond's PerilColonel Neilson | |
| 1938 | Hold That Co-edGabby Harrigan | |
| 1938 | Hollywood Goes to TownSelf | |
| 1938 | Romance in the DarkZoltan Jason | |
| 1937 | MaytimeNicolai Nazaroff | |
| 1937 | Bulldog Drummond Comes BackColonel Neilson | |
| 1937 | Bulldog Drummond's RevengeCol. J.A. Nielson | |
| 1937 | True ConfessionCharles Jasper | |
| 1937 | Night Club ScandalDr. Ernest Tindal | |
| 1936 | Romeo and JulietMercutio | |
| 1936 | Movie ManiacsPhotograph of John Barrymore (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | Twentieth CenturyOscar Jaffe | |
| 1934 | Long Lost FatherCarl Bellairs | |
| 1933 | Dinner at EightLarry Renault | |
| 1933 | Counsellor at LawGeorge Simon | |
| 1933 | Night FlightRiviere | |
| 1933 | TopazeAuguste A. Topaze | |
| 1933 | Reunion in ViennaArchduke Rudolf von Hapsburg | |
| 1933 | Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and VHamlet | |
| 1932 | Grand HotelBaron Felix von Gaigern | |
| 1932 | Rasputin and the EmpressPrince Paul Chegodieff | |
| 1932 | A Bill of DivorcementHilary Fairfield | |
| 1932 | State's AttorneyTom Cardigan | |
| 1932 | Arsène LupinDuke of Charmerace | |
| 1931 | SvengaliSvengali | |
| 1931 | The Mad GeniusVladimar Ivan Tsarakov | |
| 1930 | Moby DickAhab | |
| 1930 | The Man from Blankley'sLord Strathpeffer | |
| 1929 | Eternal LoveMarcus Paltran | |
| 1929 | General CrackDuke of Kurland / Prince Christian | |
| 1929 | The Show of ShowsRichard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited) | |
| 1928 | TempestSergeant Ivan Markov | |
| 1928 | The Circus: PremiereSelf | |
| 1927 | Life in Hollywood No. 4 | |
| 1927 | The Beloved RogueFrançois Villon | |
| 1927 | When a Man LovesChevalier Fabien des Grieux | |
| 1926 | Don JuanDon Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana | |
| 1926 | Vagabonding On The PacificHimself | |
| 1926 | The Sea BeastCaptain Ahab Ceeley | |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristChariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | |
| 1924 | Beau BrummelGordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel | |
| 1922 | Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes | |
| 1921 | The Lotus EaterJacques Leroi | |
| 1920 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde | |
| 1919 | Here Comes the BrideFrederick Tile | |
| 1919 | The Test of HonorMartin Wingrave | |
| 1918 | On the QuietRobert Ridgeway | |
| 1917 | National Red Cross PageantThe Tyrant - Russian episode | |
| 1917 | Raffles, the Amateur CracksmanA.J. Raffles | |
| 1916 | The Red WidowCicero Hannibal Butts | |
| 1916 | Nearly a KingJack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana | |
| 1916 | The Lost BridegroomBertie Joyce | |
| 1915 | The DictatorBrooke Travers | |
| 1915 | The Incorrigible DukaneJames Dukane | |
| 1915 | Are You a Mason?Frank Perry | |
| 1914 | The Man from MexicoFitzhugh | |
| 1914 | An American CitizenBerresford Cruger | |
| 1913 | One on RomanceJack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore) | |
| 1912 | The Dream of a Moving Picture DirectorThe Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore) | |
| 1912 | The Widow Casey's ReturnThe Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore) | |
| 1912 | Just PretendingThe Policeman (as Jack Barrymore) | |
| 1912 | A Prize PackageSi Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore) |