John Barrymore
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1882-02-15
Day of Death
1942-05-29 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
John Barrymore
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
Acting
(2021)
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
as Archival Footage
(2004)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
(2003)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
(1991)
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
as Hamlet (archive sound)
(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)
(1974)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)
(1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1961)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
(1961)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'Bill of Divorcement' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1953)
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
(1950)
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
(1946)
Okay for Sound
as Don Juan (archive footage)
(1945)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Self (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)
Midnight
as Georges Flammarion
(1939)
The Great Man Votes
as Vance
(1939)
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
(1938)
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Colonel Neilson
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as King Louis XV
(1938)
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
(1938)
Spawn of the North
as Windy Turlon
(1938)
Hold That Co-ed
as Gabby Harrigan
(1938)
Romance in the Dark
as Zoltan Jason
(1937)
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
as Col. J.A. Nielson
(1937)
True Confession
as Charles Jasper
(1937)
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
as Colonel Neilson
(1937)
Night Club Scandal
as Dr. Ernest Tindal
(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)
Dinner at Eight
as Larry Renault
(1933)
Night Flight
as Riviere
(1933)
Topaze
as Auguste A. Topaze
(1933)
Reunion in Vienna
as Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
(1933)
Counsellor at Law
as George Simon
(1933)
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
as Hamlet
(1932)
Grand Hotel
as Baron Felix von Gaigern
(1932)
Rasputin and the Empress
as Prince Paul Chegodieff
(1932)
Arsène Lupin
as Duke of Charmerace
(1932)
A Bill of Divorcement
as Hilary Fairfield
(1932)
State's Attorney
as Tom Cardigan
(1931)
Svengali
as Svengali
(1931)
The Mad Genius
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
(1930)
Moby Dick
as Ahab
(1930)
The Man from Blankley's
as Lord Strathpeffer
(1929)
Show of Shows
as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
(1929)
Eternal Love
as Marcus Paltran
(1929)
General Crack
as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
(1928)
Tempest
as Sergeant Ivan Markov
(1928)
The Circus: Premiere
as Self
(1927)
The Beloved Rogue
as François Villon
(1927)
When a Man Loves
as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
(1927)
(1926)
Don Juan
as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
(1926)
The Sea Beast
as Captain Ahab Ceeley
(1926)
Vagabonding On The Pacific
as Himself
(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)
Here Comes the Bride
as Frederick Tile
(1919)
The Test of Honor
as Martin Wingrave
(1918)
On the Quiet
as Robert Ridgeway
(1917)
National Red Cross Pageant
as The Tyrant - Russian episode
(1917)
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
as A.J. Raffles
(1916)
The Red Widow
as Cicero Hannibal Butts
(1916)
Nearly a King
as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
(1916)
The Lost Bridegroom
as Bertie Joyce
(1915)
The Dictator
as Brooke Travers
(1915)
Are You a Mason?
as Frank Perry
(1915)
The Incorrigible Dukane
as James Dukane
(1914)
The Man from Mexico
as Fitzhugh
(1914)
An American Citizen
as Berresford Cruger
(1913)
One on Romance
as Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
(1912)
The Widow Casey's Return
as The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
(1912)
A Prize Package
as Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
(1912)
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
as The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)
(1912)
Just Pretending
as The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)