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.

Known For

MGM Parade

Grand Hotel

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Marie Antoinette

Dinner at Eight

That's Entertainment, Part II

Moby Dick

Midnight

All Movies (94)

• Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker2021 · as Archival Footage
• Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde2015 · as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
• Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• Checking Out: Grand Hotel2004 · as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
• Complicated Women2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Casting Couch1995
• Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio1991 · as Hamlet (archive sound)
• Going Hollywood: The '30s1984 · as (archive footage)
• The Horror of It All1983 · as Svengali (archive footage)
• The Horror Show1979 · as (archive footage)
• That's Entertainment, Part II1976 · as (archive footage)
• It's Showtime1976 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute1974 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood: The Dream Factory1972 · as Self (archive footage)
• Brasileiros em Hollywood1970 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Legend of Rudolph Valentino1961 · as Self (archive footage)
• Yesterday and Today1953 · as (archive footage)
• The Golden Twenties1950 · as Self (archive footage)
• Okay for Sound1946 · as Don Juan (archive footage)
• Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary1945 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Voice That Thrilled the World1943 · as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
• Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)1942 · as Self (archive footage)
• Playmates1941 · as John Barrymore
• World Premiere1941 · as Duncan DeGrasse
• The Invisible Woman1940 · as Professor Gibbs
• The Great Profile1940 · as Evans Garrick
• Land of Liberty1939 · as (archive footage)
• The Green Goddess1939
• Midnight1939 · as Georges Flammarion
• The Great Man Votes1939 · as Vance
• Hold That Co-ed1938 · as Gabby Harrigan
• Marie Antoinette1938 · as King Louis XV
• Spawn of the North1938 · as Windy Turlon
• Hollywood Goes to Town1938 · as Self
• Romance in the Dark1938 · as Zoltan Jason
• Bulldog Drummond's Peril1938 · as Colonel Neilson
• True Confession1937 · as Charles Jasper
• Bulldog Drummond's Revenge1937 · as Col. J.A. Nielson
• Night Club Scandal1937 · as Dr. Ernest Tindal
• Bulldog Drummond Comes Back1937 · as Colonel Neilson
• Maytime1937 · as Nicolai Nazaroff
• Romeo and Juliet1936 · as Mercutio
• Movie Maniacs1936 · as Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
• Twentieth Century1934 · as Oscar Jaffe
• Long Lost Father1934 · as Carl Bellairs
• Counsellor at Law1933 · as George Simon
• Dinner at Eight1933 · as Larry Renault
• Night Flight1933 · as Riviere
• Reunion in Vienna1933 · as Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
• Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V1933 · as Hamlet
• Topaze1933 · as Auguste A. Topaze
• Rasputin and the Empress1932 · as Prince Paul Chegodieff
• A Bill of Divorcement1932 · as Hilary Fairfield
• Grand Hotel1932 · as Baron Felix von Gaigern
• State's Attorney1932 · as Tom Cardigan
• Arsène Lupin1932 · as Duke of Charmerace
• The Mad Genius1931 · as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
• Svengali1931 · as Svengali
• Moby Dick1930 · as Ahab
• The Man from Blankley's1930 · as Lord Strathpeffer
• General Crack1929 · as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
• The Show of Shows1929 · as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
• Eternal Love1929 · as Marcus Paltran
• Tempest1928 · as Sergeant Ivan Markov
• The Circus: Premiere1928 · as Self
• Life in Hollywood No. 41927
• When a Man Loves1927 · as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
• The Beloved Rogue1927 · as François Villon
• Don Juan1926 · as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
• The Sea Beast1926 · as Captain Ahab Ceeley
• Vagabonding On The Pacific1926 · as Himself
• Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ1925 · as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
• Beau Brummel1924 · as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
• Sherlock Holmes1922 · as Sherlock Holmes
• The Lotus Eater1921 · as Jacques Leroi
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1920 · as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
• The Test of Honor1919 · as Martin Wingrave
• Here Comes the Bride1919 · as Frederick Tile
• On the Quiet1918 · as Robert Ridgeway
• Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman1917 · as A.J. Raffles
• National Red Cross Pageant1917 · as The Tyrant - Russian episode
• The Red Widow1916 · as Cicero Hannibal Butts
• The Lost Bridegroom1916 · as Bertie Joyce
• Nearly a King1916 · as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
• The Incorrigible Dukane1915 · as James Dukane
• The Dictator1915 · as Brooke Travers
• Are You a Mason?1915 · as Frank Perry
• The Man from Mexico1914 · as Fitzhugh
• An American Citizen1914 · as Berresford Cruger
• One on Romance1913 · as Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
• A Prize Package1912 · as Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
• Just Pretending1912 · as The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
• The Widow Casey's Return1912 · as The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
• The Dream of a Moving Picture Director1912 · as The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)

All TV Shows (1)

• MGM Parade1955 · as Self