John Barrymore
Actor
- Born
- February 15, 1882 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- May 29, 1942 (age 60)
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
September 11, 1932
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
March 18, 1920
Dinner at Eight
December 22, 1933
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
December 25, 1925
Twentieth Century
May 11, 1934
Midnight
March 24, 1939
The Invisible Woman
December 27, 1940
Svengali
May 20, 1931
A Bill of Divorcement
September 30, 1932
That's Entertainment, Part II
May 16, 1976
Romeo and Juliet
September 3, 1936
Marie Antoinette
August 26, 1938
Acting96
- 2021Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker as Archival Footage
- 2015Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Game - The Movie as Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2015Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
- 2005Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2004Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
- 2003Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
- 1995The Casting Couch
- 1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio as Hamlet (archive sound)
- 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)