John Barrymore
Acting
Born 1882-02-15 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Midnight
1939 · Movie
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Movie
Grand Hotel
1932 · Movie
The Horror of It All
1983 · Movie
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991 · Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · Movie
The Casting Couch
1995 · Movie
Arsène Lupin
1932 · Movie
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · Movie
Twentieth Century
1934 · Movie
Beau Brummel
1924 · Movie
Dinner at Eight
1933 · Movie
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
2005 · Movie
General Crack
1929 · Movie
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945 · Movie
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927 · Movie
Reunion in Vienna
1933 · Movie
Land of Liberty
1939 · Movie
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
1933 · Movie
The Lotus Eater
1921 · Movie
Complicated Women
2003 · Movie
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Movie
The Beloved Rogue
1927 · Movie
It's Showtime
1976 · Movie
Here Comes the Bride
1919 · Movie
National Red Cross Pageant
1917 · Movie
Vagabonding On The Pacific
1926 · Movie
State's Attorney
1932 · Movie
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938 · Movie
Maytime
1937 · Movie
The Man from Blankley's
1930 · Movie
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Movie
Yesterday and Today
1953 · Movie
The Golden Twenties
1950 · Movie
The Great Profile
1940 · Movie
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920 · Movie
The Sea Beast
1926 · Movie
Hold That Co-ed
1938 · Movie
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970 · Movie
The Man from Mexico
1914 · Movie
Life in Hollywood
1927 · Movie
Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2015 · Movie
Nearly a King
1916 · Movie
The Red Widow
1916 · Movie
An American Citizen
1914 · Movie
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942 · Movie
The Dictator
1915 · Movie
The Lost Bridegroom
1916 · Movie
On the Quiet
1918 · Movie
Okay for Sound
1946 · Movie
The Show of Shows
1929 · Movie
World Premiere
1941 · Movie
Don Juan
1926 · Movie
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021 · Movie
The Great Man Votes
1939 · Movie
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943 · Movie
Marie Antoinette
1938 · Movie
Counsellor at Law
1933 · Movie
The Incorrigible Dukane
1915 · Movie
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
1917 · Movie