John Barrymore
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Barrymore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- Born:
- Feb 15, 1882 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 81
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Dream of a Moving Picture Director 1912-06-05
- Latest Project:
- Movie Checking Out: Grand Hotel 2004-02-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self / Various roles (archive footage) | 2004-02-03 |
| Movie | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
| Movie | The Casting Couch | (archive footage) | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | The Horror of It All | Svengali (archive footage) | 1983-02-23 |
| Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
| Movie | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | 1976-03-31 |
| Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
| Movie | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) | 1974-02-20 |
| Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | Self (archive footage) | 1965-12-31 |
| Movie | The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | Self (archive footage) | 1961-05-24 |
| Movie | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | 'Bill of Divorcement' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1961-12-31 |
| Movie | The Golden Twenties | Self (archive footage) | 1950-04-08 |
| Movie | Okay for Sound | Don Juan (archive footage) | 1946-09-07 |
| Movie | Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary | Self (archive footage) | 1945-09-06 |
| Movie | Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) | Self (archive footage) | 1942-01-01 |
| Movie | World Premiere | Duncan DeGrasse | 1941-08-21 |
| Movie | Playmates | John Barrymore | 1941-12-26 |
| Movie | The Great Profile | Evans Garrick | 1940-08-30 |
| Movie | The Invisible Woman | Professor Gibbs | 1940-12-28 |
| Movie | The Great Man Votes | Vance | 1939-01-13 |
| Movie | Midnight | Georges Flammarion | 1939-03-24 |
| Movie | Romance in the Dark | Zoltan Jason | 1938-03-24 |
| Movie | Bulldog Drummond's Peril | Colonel Neilson | 1938-03-18 |
| Movie | Hollywood Goes to Town | Self | 1938-07-07 |
| Movie | Spawn of the North | Windy Turlon | 1938-08-26 |
| Movie | Hold That Co-ed | Gabby Harrigan | 1938-09-16 |
| Movie | Marie Antoinette | King Louis XV | 1938-08-26 |
| Movie | Maytime | Nicolai Nazaroff | 1937-03-26 |
| Movie | Bulldog Drummond Comes Back | Colonel Neilson | 1937-09-24 |
| Movie | True Confession | Charles Jasper | 1937-12-24 |
| Movie | Bulldog Drummond's Revenge | Col. J.A. Nielson | 1937-12-16 |
| Movie | Night Club Scandal | Dr. Ernest Tindal | 1937-11-11 |
| Movie | Movie Maniacs | Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited) | 1936-02-20 |
| Movie | Romeo and Juliet | Mercutio | 1936-09-03 |
| Movie | Long Lost Father | Carl Bellairs | 1934-01-19 |
| Movie | Twentieth Century | Oscar Jaffe | 1934-05-11 |
| Movie | Night Flight | Riviere | 1933-10-06 |
| Movie | Topaze | Auguste A. Topaze | 1933-02-24 |
| Movie | Reunion in Vienna | Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg | 1933-06-16 |
| Movie | Dinner at Eight | Larry Renault | 1933-12-22 |
| Movie | Counsellor at Law | George Simon | 1933-12-25 |
| Movie | Arsène Lupin | Duke of Charmerace | 1932-02-26 |
| Movie | State's Attorney | Tom Cardigan | 1932-05-20 |
| Movie | Grand Hotel | Baron Felix von Gaigern | 1932-05-25 |
| Movie | Rasputin and the Empress | Prince Paul Chegodieff | 1932-12-23 |
| Movie | A Bill of Divorcement | Hilary Fairfield | 1932-09-28 |
| Movie | Svengali | Svengali | 1931-05-20 |
| Movie | The Mad Genius | Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov | 1931-09-30 |
| Movie | The Man from Blankley's | Lord Strathpeffer | 1930-03-28 |
| Movie | Moby Dick | Ahab | 1930-09-20 |
| Movie | Eternal Love | Marcus Paltran | 1929-05-11 |
| Movie | Show of Shows | Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited) | 1929-11-21 |
| Movie | General Crack | Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian | 1929-12-16 |
| Movie | The Circus: Premiere | Self | 1928-01-13 |
| Movie | Tempest | Sergeant Ivan Markov | 1928-05-27 |
| Movie | The Beloved Rogue | François Villon | 1927-03-12 |
| Movie | When a Man Loves | Chevalier Fabien des Grieux | 1927-08-21 |
| Movie | The Sea Beast | Captain Ahab Ceeley | 1926-01-15 |
| Movie | Don Juan | Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana | 1926-08-06 |
| Movie | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | 1925-12-25 |
| Movie | Beau Brummel | Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel | 1924-03-30 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 1922-03-07 |
| Movie | The Lotus Eater | Jacques Leroi | 1921-11-27 |
| Movie | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde | 1920-03-18 |
| Movie | Here Comes the Bride | Frederick Tile | 1919-01-19 |
| Movie | The Test of Honor | Martin Wingrave | 1919-04-16 |
| Movie | On the Quiet | Robert Ridgeway | 1918-09-01 |
| Movie | National Red Cross Pageant | The Tyrant - Russian episode | 1917-12-01 |
| Movie | Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman | A.J. Raffles | 1917-12-14 |
| Movie | Nearly a King | Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana | 1916-01-20 |
| Movie | The Red Widow | Cicero Hannibal Butts | 1916-05-04 |
| Movie | The Lost Bridegroom | Bertie Joyce | 1916-03-20 |
| Movie | Are You a Mason? | Frank Perry | 1915-03-15 |
| Movie | The Incorrigible Dukane | James Dukane | 1915-09-02 |
| Movie | An American Citizen | Berresford Cruger | 1914-01-10 |
| Movie | One on Romance | Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore) | 1913-04-14 |
| Movie | The Dream of a Moving Picture Director | The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore) | 1912-06-05 |
| Movie | The Widow Casey's Return | The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore) | 1912-06-17 |
| Movie | Just Pretending | The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore) | 1912-07-05 |
| Movie | A Prize Package | Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore) | 1912-08-05 |