John Barrymore

Birthday:
02/15/1882
Place of birth:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA:
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.

Credits

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker (2021)
as Archival Footage
Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2015)
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Complicated Women (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch (1995)
100 Years at the Movies (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)
as Hamlet (archive sound)
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
The Horror of It All (1983)
as Svengali (archive footage)
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
It's Showtime (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
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)
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)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942)
as Self (archive footage)
Playmates (1941)
as John Barrymore
World Premiere (1941)
as Duncan DeGrasse
The Invisible Woman (1940)
as Professor Gibbs
The Great Profile (1940)
as Evans Garrick
Land of Liberty (1939)
as (archive footage)
The Green Goddess (1939)
Midnight (1939)
as Georges Flammarion
The Great Man Votes (1939)
as Vance
Hold That Co-ed (1938)
as Gabby Harrigan
Spawn of the North (1938)
as Windy Turlon
Marie Antoinette (1938)
as King Louis XV
Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
as Self
Romance in the Dark (1938)
as Zoltan Jason
Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)
as Colonel Neilson
True Confession (1937)
as Charles Jasper
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)
as Col. J.A. Nielson
Night Club Scandal (1937)
as Dr. Ernest Tindal
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
as Colonel Neilson
Maytime (1937)
as Nicolai Nazaroff
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
as Mercutio
Movie Maniacs (1936)
as Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
Twentieth Century (1934)
as Oscar Jaffe
Long Lost Father (1934)
as Carl Bellairs
Counsellor at Law (1933)
as George Simon
Dinner at Eight (1933)
as Larry Renault
Night Flight (1933)
as Riviere
Reunion in Vienna (1933)
as Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V (1933)
as Hamlet
Topaze (1933)
as Auguste A. Topaze
Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
as Prince Paul Chegodieff
A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
as Hilary Fairfield
Grand Hotel (1932)
as Baron Felix von Gaigern
State's Attorney (1932)
as Tom Cardigan
Arsène Lupin (1932)
as Duke of Charmerace
The Mad Genius (1931)
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Svengali (1931)
as Svengali
Moby Dick (1930)
as Ahab
The Man from Blankley's (1930)
as Lord Strathpeffer
General Crack (1929)
as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
The Show of Shows (1929)
as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
Eternal Love (1929)
as Marcus Paltran
Tempest (1928)
as Sergeant Ivan Markov
The Circus: Premiere (1928)
as Self
Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927)
When a Man Loves (1927)
as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
The Beloved Rogue (1927)
as François Villon
Don Juan (1926)
as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
The Sea Beast (1926)
as Captain Ahab Ceeley
Vagabonding On The Pacific (1926)
as Himself
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Beau Brummel (1924)
as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
Sherlock Holmes (1922)
as Sherlock Holmes
The Lotus Eater (1921)
as Jacques Leroi
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
The Test of Honor (1919)
as Martin Wingrave
Here Comes the Bride (1919)
as Frederick Tile
On the Quiet (1918)
as Robert Ridgeway
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917)
as A.J. Raffles
National Red Cross Pageant (1917)
as The Tyrant - Russian episode
The Red Widow (1916)
as Cicero Hannibal Butts
The Lost Bridegroom (1916)
as Bertie Joyce
Nearly a King (1916)
as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
The Incorrigible Dukane (1915)
as James Dukane
The Dictator (1915)
as Brooke Travers
Are You a Mason? (1915)
as Frank Perry
The Man from Mexico (1914)
as Fitzhugh
An American Citizen (1914)
as Berresford Cruger
One on Romance (1913)
as Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
A Prize Package (1912)
as Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
Just Pretending (1912)
as The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
The Widow Casey's Return (1912)
as The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director (1912)
as The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)

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