John Barrymore
Known for: Acting
Born: February 15, 1882
Died: May 29, 1942
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
95 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
6.3
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021
NR
Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2015
10.0
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
20057.0
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
6.9
Complicated Women
2003
8.3
The Casting Couch
1995
7.6
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991
9.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
8.3
The Horror of It All
1983
3.4
The Horror Show
1979
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
7.5
It's Showtime
19767.7
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
7.2
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
NR
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
7.0
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
7.5
MGM Parade
1955
7.0
Yesterday and Today
1953
7.0
The Golden Twenties
1950
6.7
Okay for Sound
1946
10.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
6.0
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
NR
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
5.7
Playmates
1941
6.0
World Premiere
1941
5.7
The Invisible Woman
1940
6.8
The Great Profile
1940
9.0
Land of Liberty
1939NR
The Green Goddess
1939
7.4
Midnight
1939
6.4
The Great Man Votes
1939
6.7
Hold That Co-ed
1938
6.6
Marie Antoinette
1938
6.0
Spawn of the North
1938
7.0
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
5.3
Romance in the Dark
1938
5.9
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938
6.1
True Confession
1937
6.0
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937
4.3
Night Club Scandal
1937
6.2
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937
6.8
Maytime
1937
6.3
Romeo and Juliet
1936
6.0
Movie Maniacs
1936
6.8
Twentieth Century
1934
5.9
Long Lost Father
1934
6.5
Counsellor at Law
1933
6.8
Dinner at Eight
1933
5.6
Night Flight
1933
7.2
Reunion in Vienna
1933
9.0
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
1933
6.0
Topaze
1933
5.5
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
6.4
A Bill of Divorcement
1932
7.0
Grand Hotel
1932
6.9
State's Attorney
1932
7.0
Arsène Lupin
1932
6.4
The Mad Genius
1931
6.3
Svengali
1931
5.6
Moby Dick
1930
7.0
The Man from Blankley's
1930
10.0
General Crack
1929
6.6
The Show of Shows
1929
5.8
Eternal Love
1929
6.2
Tempest
1928
5.4
The Circus: Premiere
1928
10.0
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927
6.3
When a Man Loves
1927
6.9
The Beloved Rogue
1927
NR
Life in Hollywood
1927
6.6
Don Juan
1926
6.7
The Sea Beast
1926
8.0
Vagabonding On The Pacific
1926
7.3
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
7.0
Beau Brummel
1924
6.1
Sherlock Holmes
1922
9.0
The Lotus Eater
1921
6.7
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920
4.5
The Test of Honor
1919
8.0
Here Comes the Bride
1919
NR
On the Quiet
1918
5.8
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
1917
8.0
National Red Cross Pageant
1917
NR
The Red Widow
1916
NR
The Lost Bridegroom
1916
NR
Nearly a King
1916
3.0
The Incorrigible Dukane
1915
NR
The Dictator
1915
3.0
Are You a Mason?
1915
NR
The Man from Mexico
1914
NR
An American Citizen
1914NR
One on Romance
1913NR
A Prize Package
19129.0
Just Pretending
1912NR
The Widow Casey's Return
1912NR
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
1912