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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
Character:Archival Footage
Release Date:17/06/2021
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Character:Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Release Date:03/02/2004
Complicated Women
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/05/2003
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Character:Hamlet (archive sound)
Release Date:01/10/1991
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1984
The Horror of It All
Character:Svengali (archive footage)
Release Date:23/02/1983
The Horror Show
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:06/02/1979
That's Entertainment, Part II
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/1976
It's Showtime
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/03/1976
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/02/1974
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/01/1972
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1970
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/05/1961
Yesterday and Today
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:02/12/1953
The Golden Twenties
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/04/1950
Okay for Sound
Character:Don Juan (archive footage)
Release Date:07/09/1946
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/09/1945
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Character:Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Release Date:16/10/1943
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1942
Playmates
Character:John Barrymore
Release Date:26/12/1941
World Premiere
Character:Duncan DeGrasse
Release Date:21/08/1941
The Invisible Woman
Character:Professor Gibbs
Release Date:27/12/1940
The Great Profile
Character:Evans Garrick
Release Date:30/08/1940
Land of Liberty
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:15/06/1939
Midnight
Character:Georges Flammarion
Release Date:24/03/1939
The Great Man Votes
Character:Vance
Release Date:13/01/1939
Hold That Co-ed
Character:Gabby Harrigan
Release Date:16/09/1938
Marie Antoinette
Character:King Louis XV
Release Date:26/08/1938
Spawn of the North
Character:Windy Turlon
Release Date:26/08/1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
Character:Self
Release Date:07/07/1938
Romance in the Dark
Character:Zoltan Jason
Release Date:24/03/1938
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Character:Colonel Neilson
Release Date:18/03/1938
True Confession
Character:Charles Jasper
Release Date:24/12/1937
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Character:Col. J.A. Nielson
Release Date:16/12/1937
Night Club Scandal
Character:Dr. Ernest Tindal
Release Date:11/11/1937
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Character:Colonel Neilson
Release Date:24/09/1937
Maytime
Character:Nicolai Nazaroff
Release Date:26/03/1937
Romeo and Juliet
Character:Mercutio
Release Date:03/09/1936
Movie Maniacs
Character:Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
Release Date:20/02/1936
Twentieth Century
Character:Oscar Jaffe
Release Date:11/05/1934
Long Lost Father
Character:Carl Bellairs
Release Date:19/01/1934
Counsellor at Law
Character:George Simon
Release Date:25/12/1933
Dinner at Eight
Character:Larry Renault
Release Date:22/12/1933
Night Flight
Character:Riviere
Release Date:06/10/1933
Reunion in Vienna
Character:Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
Release Date:16/06/1933
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
Character:Hamlet
Release Date:04/04/1933
Topaze
Character:Auguste A. Topaze
Release Date:24/02/1933
Rasputin and the Empress
Character:Prince Paul Chegodieff
Release Date:23/12/1932
A Bill of Divorcement
Character:Hilary Fairfield
Release Date:28/09/1932
Grand Hotel
Character:Baron Felix von Gaigern
Release Date:25/05/1932
State's Attorney
Character:Tom Cardigan
Release Date:20/05/1932
Arsène Lupin
Character:Duke of Charmerace
Release Date:26/02/1932
The Mad Genius
Character:Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Release Date:30/09/1931
Svengali
Character:Svengali
Release Date:20/05/1931
Moby Dick
Character:Ahab
Release Date:20/09/1930
The Man from Blankley's
Character:Lord Strathpeffer
Release Date:28/03/1930
General Crack
Character:Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
Release Date:16/12/1929
The Show of Shows
Character:Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
Release Date:21/11/1929
Eternal Love
Character:Marcus Paltran
Release Date:11/05/1929
Tempest
Character:Sergeant Ivan Markov
Release Date:27/05/1928
The Circus: Premiere
Character:Self
Release Date:13/01/1928
Life in Hollywood No. 4
Character:
Release Date:25/08/1927
When a Man Loves
Character:Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
Release Date:21/08/1927
The Beloved Rogue
Character:François Villon
Release Date:12/03/1927
Don Juan
Character:Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
Release Date:06/08/1926
The Sea Beast
Character:Captain Ahab Ceeley
Release Date:15/01/1926
Vagabonding On The Pacific
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Character:Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Release Date:25/12/1925
Beau Brummel
Character:Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
Release Date:30/03/1924
Sherlock Holmes
Character:Sherlock Holmes
Release Date:07/03/1922
The Lotus Eater
Character:Jacques Leroi
Release Date:27/11/1921
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character:Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Release Date:18/03/1920
The Test of Honor
Character:Martin Wingrave
Release Date:16/04/1919
Here Comes the Bride
Character:Frederick Tile
Release Date:19/01/1919
On the Quiet
Character:Robert Ridgeway
Release Date:01/09/1918
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
Character:A.J. Raffles
Release Date:14/12/1917
National Red Cross Pageant
Character:The Tyrant - Russian episode
Release Date:01/12/1917
The Red Widow
Character:Cicero Hannibal Butts
Release Date:04/05/1916
The Lost Bridegroom
Character:Bertie Joyce
Release Date:20/03/1916
Nearly a King
Character:Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
Release Date:20/01/1916
The Incorrigible Dukane
Character:James Dukane
Release Date:02/09/1915
The Dictator
Character:Brooke Travers
Release Date:21/06/1915
Are You a Mason?
Character:Frank Perry
Release Date:15/03/1915
The Man from Mexico
Character:Fitzhugh
Release Date:02/11/1914
An American Citizen
Character:Berresford Cruger
Release Date:10/01/1914
One on Romance
Character:Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
Release Date:14/04/1913
A Prize Package
Character:Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
Release Date:05/08/1912
Just Pretending
Character:The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
Release Date:05/07/1912
The Widow Casey's Return
Character:The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
Release Date:17/06/1912
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
Character:The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)
Release Date:05/06/1912
Television Appearances
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