John Barrymore
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 15 February 1882 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- 29 May 1942
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 96
- 2021Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker as Archival Footage
- 2015Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Game - The Movie as Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2015Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
- 2005Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2004Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
- 2003Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
- 1995The Casting Couch
- 1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio as Hamlet (archive sound)
- 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
- 1983The Horror of It All as Svengali (archive footage)
- 1979The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1976That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1976It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)
- 1974The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute as Self (archive footage)
- 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1970Brasileiros em Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1961The Legend of Rudolph Valentino as Self (archive footage)
- 1953Yesterday and Today as (archive footage)
- 1950The Golden Twenties as Self (archive footage)
- 1946Okay for Sound as Don Juan (archive footage)
- 1945Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary as Self (archive footage)
- 1943The Voice That Thrilled the World as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
- 1942Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) as Self (archive footage)
- 1941Playmates as John Barrymore
- 1941World Premiere as Duncan DeGrasse
- 1940The Invisible Woman as Professor Gibbs
- 1940The Great Profile as Evans Garrick
- 1939Land of Liberty as (archive footage)
- 1939The Green Goddess
- 1939Midnight as Georges Flammarion
- 1939The Great Man Votes as Vance
- 1938Hold That Co-ed as Gabby Harrigan
- 1938Marie Antoinette as King Louis XV
- 1938Spawn of the North as Windy Turlon
- 1938Hollywood Goes to Town as Self
- 1938Romance in the Dark as Zoltan Jason
- 1938Bulldog Drummond's Peril as Colonel Neilson
- 1937True Confession as Charles Jasper
- 1937Bulldog Drummond's Revenge as Col. J.A. Nielson
- 1937Night Club Scandal as Dr. Ernest Tindal
- 1937Bulldog Drummond Comes Back as Colonel Neilson
- 1937Maytime as Bleh
- 1936Romeo and Juliet as Mercutio
- 1936Movie Maniacs as Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
- 1934Twentieth Century as Oscar Jaffe
- 1934Long Lost Father as Carl Bellairs
- 1933Counsellor at Law as George Simon
- 1933Dinner at Eight as Larry Renault
- 1933Night Flight as Riviere
- 1933Reunion in Vienna as Rudolf von Hapsburg
- 1933Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V as Hamlet
- 1933Topaze as Auguste A. Topaze
- 1932Rasputin and the Empress as Prince Paul Chegodieff
- 1932A Bill of Divorcement as Hilary Fairfield
- 1932Grand Hotel as Baron Felix von Gaigern
- 1932State's Attorney as Tom Cardigan
- 1932Arsène Lupin as Duke of Charmerace
- 1931The Mad Genius as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
- 1931Svengali as Svengali
- 1930Moby Dick as Ahab
- 1930The Man from Blankley's as Lord Strathpeffer
- 1929General Crack as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
- 1929The Show of Shows as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
- 1929Eternal Love as Marcus Paltran
- 1928Tempest as Sergeant Ivan Markov
- 1928The Circus: Premiere as Self
- 1927Life in Hollywood No. 4
- 1927When a Man Loves as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
- 1927The Beloved Rogue as François Villon
- 1927Life in Hollywood as Self
- 1926Don Juan as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
- 1926The Sea Beast as Captain Ahab Ceeley
- 1926Vagabonding On The Pacific as Himself
- 1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- 1924Beau Brummel as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
- 1922Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
- 1921The Lotus Eater as Jacques Leroi
- 1920Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
- 1919The Test of Honor as Martin Wingrave
- 1919Here Comes the Bride as Frederick Tile
- 1918On the Quiet as Robert Ridgeway
- 1917Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman as A.J. Raffles
- 1917National Red Cross Pageant as The Tyrant - Russian episode
- 1916The Red Widow as Cicero Hannibal Butts
- 1916The Lost Bridegroom as Bertie Joyce
- 1916Nearly a King as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
- 1915The Incorrigible Dukane as James Dukane
- 1915The Dictator as Brooke Travers
- 1915Are You a Mason? as Frank Perry
- 1914The Man from Mexico as Fitzhugh
- 1914An American Citizen as Berresford Cruger
- 1913One on Romance as Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
- 1912A Prize Package as Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
- 1912Just Pretending as The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
- 1912The Widow Casey's Return as The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
- 1912The Dream of a Moving Picture Director as The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)