John Barrymore

Actor Feb 15 (died age 60) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1912–2021 (109 year career)

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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 know…

Known For

Film

Grand Hotel

Baron Felix von Gaigern

Film

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Film

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

Film

Midnight

Georges Flammarion

Film

Dinner at Eight

Larry Renault

Film

Twentieth Century

Oscar Jaffe

Film

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

Film

The Invisible Woman

Professor Gibbs

Filmography

Acting (93)

Movies (92)

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

2021

as Archival Footage

6.3

Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

2015

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004

as Self / Various roles (archive footage)

7.0

Complicated Women

2003

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

1991

as Hamlet (archive sound)

7.5

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

as (archive footage)

10.0

The Horror of It All

1983

as Svengali (archive footage)

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

1974

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Brasileiros em Hollywood

1970

as Self (archive footage)

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

1961

as Self (archive footage)

Yesterday and Today

1953

as (archive footage)

The Golden Twenties

1950

as Self (archive footage)

Okay for Sound

1946

as Don Juan (archive footage)

5.0

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

1945

as Self (archive footage)

The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943

as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)

5.3

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942

as Self (archive footage)

Playmates

as John Barrymore

World Premiere

as Duncan DeGrasse

The Invisible Woman

as Professor Gibbs

The Great Profile

as Evans Garrick

Midnight

as Georges Flammarion

7.4

Land of Liberty

1939

as (archive footage)

The Great Man Votes

1939

as Vance

6.1

The Green Goddess

1939

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

as Colonel Neilson

Marie Antoinette

as King Louis XV

Hollywood Goes to Town

as Self

Spawn of the North

as Windy Turlon

Hold That Co-ed

as Gabby Harrigan

Romance in the Dark

as Zoltan Jason

Maytime

as Nicolai Nazaroff

True Confession

as Charles Jasper

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

as Col. J.A. Nielson

Night Club Scandal

as Dr. Ernest Tindal

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

1937

as Colonel Neilson

6.1

Movie Maniacs

1936

as Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)

Romeo and Juliet

as Mercutio

Twentieth Century

as Oscar Jaffe

Long Lost Father

as Carl Bellairs

Counsellor at Law

as George Simon

Topaze

as Auguste A. Topaze

Dinner at Eight

as Larry Renault

Night Flight

as Riviere

Reunion in Vienna

as Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg

6.6

Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V

1933

as Hamlet

A Bill of Divorcement

1932

as Hilary Fairfield

6.2

Grand Hotel

1932

as Baron Felix von Gaigern

7.0

Arsène Lupin

1932

as Duke of Charmerace

6.9

Rasputin and the Empress

1932

as Prince Paul Chegodieff

State's Attorney

as Tom Cardigan

Svengali

as Svengali

The Mad Genius

as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

6.3

The Man from Blankley's

as Lord Strathpeffer

Moby Dick

as Ahab

Eternal Love

as Marcus Paltran

The Show of Shows

as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)

5.5

General Crack

1929

as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian

The Circus: Premiere

1928

as Self

5.4

Tempest

1928

as Sergeant Ivan Markov

6.2

When a Man Loves

1927

as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux

5.9

The Beloved Rogue

1927

as François Villon

6.6

Life in Hollywood No. 4

1927

The Sea Beast

1926

as Captain Ahab Ceeley

6.4

Don Juan

1926

as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana

6.4

Vagabonding On The Pacific

1926

as Himself

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

7.3

Beau Brummel

1924

as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel

Sherlock Holmes

as Sherlock Holmes

The Lotus Eater

as Jacques Leroi

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1920

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

The Test of Honor

as Martin Wingrave

Here Comes the Bride

as Frederick Tile

On the Quiet

1918

as Robert Ridgeway

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman

1917

as A.J. Raffles

5.8

National Red Cross Pageant

1917

as The Tyrant - Russian episode

The Lost Bridegroom

1916

as Bertie Joyce

The Red Widow

1916

as Cicero Hannibal Butts

Nearly a King

1916

as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana

Are You a Mason?

1915

as Frank Perry

3.0

The Incorrigible Dukane

1915

as James Dukane

3.0

The Dictator

1915

as Brooke Travers

The Man from Mexico

1914

as Fitzhugh

An American Citizen

1914

as Berresford Cruger

One on Romance

1913

as Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)

The Dream of a Moving Picture Director

1912

as The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)

The Widow Casey's Return

1912

as The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)

Just Pretending

1912

as The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)

A Prize Package

1912

as Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)

Television (1)

MGM Parade

1955

as Self