John Barrymore
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1882-02-15 (60 years old)
Deathday
1942-05-29
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known As
John Sidney Blyth
Jack Barrymore
John Sidney Blythe Barrymore
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)...
Acting
1920
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1934
as Oscar Jaffe
1939
as Georges Flammarion
1932
as Baron Felix von Gaigern
1979
as (archive footage)
1940
as Professor Gibbs
1932
as Prince Paul Chegodieff
1912
as The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)
1913
as Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
as The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
as The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
as Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
1915
as James Dukane
1914
as Fitzhugh
1915
as Brooke Travers
1938
as King Louis XV
1916
as Cicero Hannibal Butts
1918
as Robert Ridgeway
1919
as Frederick Tile
1937
as Nicolai Nazaroff
1919
as Martin Wingrave
1936
as Mercutio
1936
as Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
1974
as Self (archive footage)
1953
as (archive footage)
1937
as Colonel Neilson
1931
as Svengali
1933
as Larry Renault
1932
as Hilary Fairfield
1933
as George Simon
1922
as Sherlock Holmes
1961
as Self (archive footage)
1933
as Riviere
1938
as Windy Turlon
1928
as Sergeant Ivan Markov
1926
as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
1929
as Marcus Paltran
1927
as François Villon
1937
as Col. J.A. Nielson
1927
as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
1972
as Self (archive footage)
1932
as Tom Cardigan
1924
as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
1937
as Charles Jasper
1938
as Colonel Neilson
1931
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
1940
as Evans Garrick
1932
as Duke of Charmerace
1917
as The Tyrant - Russian episode
1933
as Auguste A. Topaze
1926
as Himself
1933
as Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
1917
as A.J. Raffles
1930
as Ahab
1926
as Captain Ahab Ceeley
1941
as John Barrymore
1934
as Carl Bellairs
1938
as Gabby Harrigan
1945
as Self (archive footage)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
1929
as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
2004
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
1929
as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
1984
as (archive footage)
1961
as 'Bill of Divorcement' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
as Svengali (archive footage)
1939
as Vance
1928
as Self
1939
as (archive footage)
1950
as Self (archive footage)
1937
as Dr. Ernest Tindal
1941
as Duncan DeGrasse
1930
as Lord Strathpeffer
1921
as Jacques Leroi
1938
as Self
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1976
as (archive footage)
1938
as Zoltan Jason
1946
as Don Juan (archive footage)
1943
as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
1916
as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
1916
as Bertie Joyce
1976
as Self (archive footage)
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1933
as Hamlet
1914
as Berresford Cruger
1915
as Frank Perry
1991
as Hamlet (archive sound)
2021
as Archival Footage
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