John Barrymore
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.
Acting (82 movies)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920
Twentieth Century
1934
Midnight
1939
Grand Hotel
1932
The Horror Show
1979
The Invisible Woman
1940
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
The Incorrigible Dukane
1915
The Man from Mexico
1914
The Dictator
1915
Marie Antoinette
1938
The Red Widow
1916
On the Quiet
1918
Here Comes the Bride
1919
Maytime
1937
The Test of Honor
1919
Romeo and Juliet
1936
Movie Maniacs
1936
Yesterday and Today
1953
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937
Svengali
1931
Dinner at Eight
1933
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927
A Bill of Divorcement
1932
Counsellor at Law
1933
Sherlock Holmes
1922
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Night Flight
1933
Spawn of the North
1938
Tempest
1928
Don Juan
1926
Eternal Love
1929
The Beloved Rogue
1927
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937
When a Man Loves
1927
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
State's Attorney
1932
Beau Brummel
1924
True Confession
1937
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938
The Mad Genius
1931
The Great Profile
1940
Arsène Lupin
1932
National Red Cross Pageant
1917
Topaze
1933
Vagabonding On The Pacific
1926
Reunion in Vienna
1933
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
1917
Moby Dick
1930
The Sea Beast
1926
Playmates
1941
Long Lost Father
1934
Hold That Co-ed
1938
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
General Crack
1929
The Show of Shows
1929
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
The Horror of It All
1983
The Great Man Votes
1939
The Circus: Premiere
1928
Land of Liberty
1939
The Golden Twenties
1950
Night Club Scandal
1937
World Premiere
1941
The Man from Blankley's
1930
The Lotus Eater
1921
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
Complicated Women
2003
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Romance in the Dark
1938
Okay for Sound
1946
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
Nearly a King
1916
The Lost Bridegroom
1916
It's Showtime
1976
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
1933
An American Citizen
1914
Are You a Mason?
1915
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021
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