John Barrymore
Acting • Born 1882-02-15 – Died 1942-05-29
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.
Filmography
92 credits
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie • 1920
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Twentieth Century
Movie • 1934
Oscar Jaffe
Midnight
Movie • 1939
Georges Flammarion
Grand Hotel
Movie • 1932
Baron Felix von Gaigern
The Horror Show
Movie • 1979
(archive footage)
The Invisible Woman
Movie • 1940
Professor Gibbs
Rasputin and the Empress
Movie • 1932
Prince Paul Chegodieff
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
Movie • 1912
The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)
The Widow Casey's Return
Movie • 1912
The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
Just Pretending
Movie • 1912
The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
A Prize Package
Movie • 1912
Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
One on Romance
Movie • 1913
Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
The Man from Mexico
Movie • 1914
Fitzhugh
The Dictator
Movie • 1915
Brooke Travers
The Incorrigible Dukane
Movie • 1915
James Dukane
Marie Antoinette
Movie • 1938
King Louis XV
The Red Widow
Movie • 1916
Cicero Hannibal Butts
On the Quiet
Movie • 1918
Robert Ridgeway
Maytime
Movie • 1937
Nicolai Nazaroff
Here Comes the Bride
Movie • 1919
Frederick Tile
The Test of Honor
Movie • 1919
Martin Wingrave
Romeo and Juliet
Movie • 1936
Mercutio
Movie Maniacs
Movie • 1936
Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Movie • 1974
Self (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
Movie • 1953
(archive footage)
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Movie • 1937
Colonel Neilson
Svengali
Movie • 1931
Svengali
Dinner at Eight
Movie • 1933
Larry Renault
Life in Hollywood No. 4
Movie • 1927
A Bill of Divorcement
Movie • 1932
Hilary Fairfield
Counsellor at Law
Movie • 1933
George Simon
Sherlock Holmes
Movie • 1922
Sherlock Holmes
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Movie • 1961
Self (archive footage)
Night Flight
Movie • 1933
Riviere
Spawn of the North
Movie • 1938
Windy Turlon
Tempest
Movie • 1928
Sergeant Ivan Markov
Don Juan
Movie • 1926
Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
Eternal Love
Movie • 1929
Marcus Paltran
The Beloved Rogue
Movie • 1927
François Villon
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Movie • 1937
Col. J.A. Nielson
When a Man Loves
Movie • 1927
Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie • 1972
Self (archive footage)
State's Attorney
Movie • 1932
Tom Cardigan
Beau Brummel
Movie • 1924
Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
True Confession
Movie • 1937
Charles Jasper
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Movie • 1938
Colonel Neilson
The Mad Genius
Movie • 1931
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
The Great Profile
Movie • 1940
Evans Garrick
Arsène Lupin
Movie • 1932
Duke of Charmerace
National Red Cross Pageant
Movie • 1917
The Tyrant - Russian episode
Topaze
Movie • 1933
Auguste A. Topaze
Vagabonding On The Pacific
Movie • 1926
Himself
Reunion in Vienna
Movie • 1933
Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
Movie • 1917
A.J. Raffles
Moby Dick
Movie • 1930
Ahab
The Sea Beast
Movie • 1926
Captain Ahab Ceeley
Playmates
Movie • 1941
John Barrymore
Long Lost Father
Movie • 1934
Carl Bellairs
Hold That Co-ed
Movie • 1938
Gabby Harrigan
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Movie • 1945
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie • 1942
Self (archive footage)
General Crack
Movie • 1929
Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Movie • 2004
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
The Show of Shows
Movie • 1929
Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie • 1984
(archive footage)
The Horror of It All
Movie • 1983
Svengali (archive footage)
The Great Man Votes
Movie • 1939
Vance
The Circus: Premiere
Movie • 1928
Self
Land of Liberty
Movie • 1939
(archive footage)
The Golden Twenties
Movie • 1950
Self (archive footage)
Night Club Scandal
Movie • 1937
Dr. Ernest Tindal
World Premiere
Movie • 1941
Duncan DeGrasse
The Man from Blankley's
Movie • 1930
Lord Strathpeffer
The Lotus Eater
Movie • 1921
Jacques Leroi
Hollywood Goes to Town
Movie • 1938
Self
Complicated Women
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
Romance in the Dark
Movie • 1938
Zoltan Jason
Okay for Sound
Movie • 1946
Don Juan (archive footage)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Movie • 1943
Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Nearly a King
Movie • 1916
Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
The Lost Bridegroom
Movie • 1916
Bertie Joyce
It's Showtime
Movie • 1976
Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Movie • 1925
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
Movie • 1933
Hamlet
An American Citizen
Movie • 1914
Berresford Cruger
Are You a Mason?
Movie • 1915
Frank Perry
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Movie • 1991
Hamlet (archive sound)
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
Movie • 2021
Archival Footage
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Movie • 1970
Self (archive footage)
The Green Goddess
Movie • 1939
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Self