John Barrymore

Known for acting · Born 15 February 1882 · Died 29 May 1942 · aged 60 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

97 credits

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.

Known for

Grand Hotel

1932

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1920

Dinner at Eight

1933

Twentieth Century

1934

Midnight

1939

The Invisible Woman

1940

Svengali

1931

A Bill of Divorcement

1932

Romeo and Juliet

1936

Marie Antoinette

1938

Counsellor at Law

1933

Sherlock Holmes

1922

Acting (97)

2021Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. LeyendeckerArchival FootageFilm

2015Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Game - The MovieDr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (archive footage) (uncredited)Film

2015Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward HydeFilm

2005Irving Thalberg: Prince of HollywoodSelf (archive footage)Film

2004Checking Out: Grand HotelSelf / Various roles (archive footage)Film

2003Complicated WomenSelf (archive footage)Film

1995The Casting CouchFilm

1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made RadioHamlet (archive sound)Film

1984Going Hollywood: The '30s(archive footage)Film

1983The Horror of It AllSvengali (archive footage)Film

1979The Horror Show(archive footage)Film

1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)Film

1976It's ShowtimeSelf (archive footage)Film

1974The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster SaluteSelf (archive footage)Film

1972Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)Film

1970Brasileiros em HollywoodSelf (archive footage)Film

1961The Legend of Rudolph ValentinoSelf (archive footage)Film

1955MGM ParadeSelfSeries

1953Yesterday and Today(archive footage)Film

1950The Golden TwentiesSelf (archive footage)Film

1946Okay for SoundDon Juan (archive footage)Film

1945Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th AnniversarySelf (archive footage)Film

1943The Voice That Thrilled the WorldSelf (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)Film

1942Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)Self (archive footage)Film

1941PlaymatesJohn BarrymoreFilm

1941World PremiereDuncan DeGrasseFilm

1940The Invisible WomanProfessor GibbsFilm

1940The Great ProfileEvans GarrickFilm

1939MidnightGeorges FlammarionFilm

1939The Great Man VotesVanceFilm

1939Land of Liberty(archive footage)Film

1939The Green GoddessFilm

1938Marie AntoinetteKing Louis XVFilm

1938Bulldog Drummond's PerilColonel NeilsonFilm

1938Spawn of the NorthWindy TurlonFilm

1938Hold That Co-edGabby HarriganFilm

1938Hollywood Goes to TownSelfFilm

1938Romance in the DarkZoltan JasonFilm

1937True ConfessionCharles JasperFilm

1937Bulldog Drummond Comes BackColonel NeilsonFilm

1937MaytimeNicolai NazaroffFilm

1937Bulldog Drummond's RevengeCol. J.A. NielsonFilm

1937Night Club ScandalDr. Ernest TindalFilm

1936Romeo and JulietMercutioFilm

1936Movie ManiacsPhotograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)Film

1934Twentieth CenturyOscar JaffeFilm

1934Long Lost FatherCarl BellairsFilm

1933Dinner at EightLarry RenaultFilm

1933Counsellor at LawGeorge SimonFilm

1933TopazeAuguste A. TopazeFilm

1933Night FlightRiviereFilm

1933Reunion in ViennaRudolf von HapsburgFilm

1933Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and VHamletFilm

1932Grand HotelBaron Felix von GaigernFilm

1932A Bill of DivorcementHilary FairfieldFilm

1932Arsène LupinDuke of CharmeraceFilm

1932Rasputin and the EmpressPrince Paul ChegodieffFilm

1932State's AttorneyTom CardiganFilm

1931SvengaliSvengaliFilm

1931The Mad GeniusVladimar Ivan TsarakovFilm

1930Moby DickAhabFilm

1930The Man from Blankley'sLord StrathpefferFilm

1929Eternal LoveMarcus PaltranFilm

1929The Show of ShowsRichard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)Film

1929General CrackDuke of Kurland / Prince ChristianFilm

1928TempestSergeant Ivan MarkovFilm

1928The Circus: PremiereSelfFilm

1927The Beloved RogueFrançois VillonFilm

1927When a Man LovesChevalier Fabien des GrieuxFilm

1927Life in Hollywood No. 4Film

1927Life in HollywoodSelfFilm

1926Don JuanDon Jose de Marana / Don Juan de MaranaFilm

1926The Sea BeastCaptain Ahab CeeleyFilm

1926Vagabonding On The PacificHimselfFilm

1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristChariot Race Spectator (uncredited)Film

1924Beau BrummelGordon Bryon 'Beau' BrummelFilm

1922Sherlock HolmesSherlock HolmesFilm

1921The Lotus EaterJacques LeroiFilm

1920Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward HydeFilm

1919The Test of HonorMartin WingraveFilm

1919Here Comes the BrideFrederick TileFilm

1918On the QuietRobert RidgewayFilm

1917Raffles, the Amateur CracksmanA.J. RafflesFilm

1917National Red Cross PageantThe Tyrant - Russian episodeFilm

1916The Red WidowCicero Hannibal ButtsFilm

1916Nearly a KingJack Merriwell, Prince of BulwanaFilm

1916The Lost BridegroomBertie JoyceFilm

1915Are You a Mason?Frank PerryFilm

1915The Incorrigible DukaneJames DukaneFilm

1915The DictatorBrooke TraversFilm

1914The Man from MexicoFitzhughFilm

1914An American CitizenBerresford CrugerFilm

1913One on RomanceJack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)Film

1912Just PretendingThe Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)Film

1912The Dream of a Moving Picture DirectorThe Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)Film

1912The Widow Casey's ReturnThe Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)Film

1912A Prize PackageSi Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)Film