Acting
John Barrymore
Born 1882-02-15
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Department: 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.
Known For
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Grand Hotel
1932
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920
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Dinner at Eight
1933
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
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Twentieth Century
1934
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Midnight
1939
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MGM Parade
1955
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The Invisible Woman
1940
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Svengali
1931
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That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (96 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker | Archival Footage | Movie | 2021 |
 | Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde | Movie | 2015 |
 | Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2005 |
| Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self / Various roles (archive footage) | Movie | 2004 | |
 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Casting Couch | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1995 |
 | Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio | Hamlet (archive sound) | Movie | 1991 |
 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Horror of It All | Svengali (archive footage) | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | Movie | 1979 |
 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | Movie | 1976 |
 | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1976 |
| The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1974 | |
 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1972 |
 | Brasileiros em Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1961 |
 | MGM Parade | Self | TV Series | 1955 |
 | Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) | Movie | 1953 |
 | The Golden Twenties | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1950 |
 | Okay for Sound | Don Juan (archive footage) | Movie | 1946 |
 | Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1945 |
 | The Voice That Thrilled the World | Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage) | Movie | 1943 |
 | Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1942 |
 | Playmates | John Barrymore | Movie | 1941 |
 | World Premiere | Duncan DeGrasse | Movie | 1941 |
 | The Invisible Woman | Professor Gibbs | Movie | 1940 |
 | The Great Profile | Evans Garrick | Movie | 1940 |
 | Land of Liberty | (archive footage) | Movie | 1939 |
| The Green Goddess | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1939 | |
 | Midnight | Georges Flammarion | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Great Man Votes | Vance | Movie | 1939 |
 | Hold That Co-ed | Gabby Harrigan | Movie | 1938 |
 | Marie Antoinette | King Louis XV | Movie | 1938 |
 | Spawn of the North | Windy Turlon | Movie | 1938 |
 | Hollywood Goes to Town | Self | Movie | 1938 |
 | Romance in the Dark | Zoltan Jason | Movie | 1938 |
 | Bulldog Drummond's Peril | Colonel Neilson | Movie | 1938 |
 | True Confession | Charles Jasper | Movie | 1937 |
 | Bulldog Drummond's Revenge | Col. J.A. Nielson | Movie | 1937 |
 | Night Club Scandal | Dr. Ernest Tindal | Movie | 1937 |
 | Bulldog Drummond Comes Back | Colonel Neilson | Movie | 1937 |
 | Maytime | Nicolai Nazaroff | Movie | 1937 |
 | Romeo and Juliet | Mercutio | Movie | 1936 |
 | Movie Maniacs | Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited) | Movie | 1936 |
 | Twentieth Century | Oscar Jaffe | Movie | 1934 |
 | Long Lost Father | Carl Bellairs | Movie | 1934 |
 | Counsellor at Law | George Simon | Movie | 1933 |
 | Dinner at Eight | Larry Renault | Movie | 1933 |
 | Night Flight | Riviere | Movie | 1933 |
 | Reunion in Vienna | Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg | Movie | 1933 |
 | Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V | Hamlet | Movie | 1933 |
 | Topaze | Auguste A. Topaze | Movie | 1933 |
 | Rasputin and the Empress | Prince Paul Chegodieff | Movie | 1932 |
 | A Bill of Divorcement | Hilary Fairfield | Movie | 1932 |
 | Grand Hotel | Baron Felix von Gaigern | Movie | 1932 |
 | State's Attorney | Tom Cardigan | Movie | 1932 |
 | Arsène Lupin | Duke of Charmerace | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Mad Genius | Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov | Movie | 1931 |
 | Svengali | Svengali | Movie | 1931 |
 | Moby Dick | Ahab | Movie | 1930 |
 | The Man from Blankley's | Lord Strathpeffer | Movie | 1930 |
 | General Crack | Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian | Movie | 1929 |
 | The Show of Shows | Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited) | Movie | 1929 |
 | Eternal Love | Marcus Paltran | Movie | 1929 |
 | Tempest | Sergeant Ivan Markov | Movie | 1928 |
 | The Circus: Premiere | Self | Movie | 1928 |
 | Life in Hollywood No. 4 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1927 |
 | When a Man Loves | Chevalier Fabien des Grieux | Movie | 1927 |
 | The Beloved Rogue | François Villon | Movie | 1927 |
 | Life in Hollywood | Self | Movie | 1927 |
 | Don Juan | Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana | Movie | 1926 |
 | The Sea Beast | Captain Ahab Ceeley | Movie | 1926 |
 | Vagabonding On The Pacific | Himself | Movie | 1926 |
 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | Movie | 1925 |
 | Beau Brummel | Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel | Movie | 1924 |
 | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | Movie | 1922 |
 | The Lotus Eater | Jacques Leroi | Movie | 1921 |
 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde | Movie | 1920 |
 | The Test of Honor | Martin Wingrave | Movie | 1919 |
 | Here Comes the Bride | Frederick Tile | Movie | 1919 |
 | On the Quiet | Robert Ridgeway | Movie | 1918 |
 | Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman | A.J. Raffles | Movie | 1917 |
 | National Red Cross Pageant | The Tyrant - Russian episode | Movie | 1917 |
 | The Red Widow | Cicero Hannibal Butts | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Lost Bridegroom | Bertie Joyce | Movie | 1916 |
 | Nearly a King | Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Incorrigible Dukane | James Dukane | Movie | 1915 |
 | The Dictator | Brooke Travers | Movie | 1915 |
 | Are You a Mason? | Frank Perry | Movie | 1915 |
 | The Man from Mexico | Fitzhugh | Movie | 1914 |
 | An American Citizen | Berresford Cruger | Movie | 1914 |
| One on Romance | Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore) | Movie | 1913 | |
| A Prize Package | Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore) | Movie | 1912 | |
| Just Pretending | The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore) | Movie | 1912 | |
| The Widow Casey's Return | The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore) | Movie | 1912 | |
| The Dream of a Moving Picture Director | The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore) | Movie | 1912 |