John Barrymore
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
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
47 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde | Film |
| 2004 | Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self / Various roles (archive footage) | Film |
| 1995 | The Casting Couch | Film | |
| 1994 | 100 Years at the Movies | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1991 | Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio | Hamlet (archive sound) | Film |
| 1983 | The Horror of It All | Svengali (archive footage) | Film |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | Film |
| 1974 | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1940 | The Great Profile | Evans Garrick | Film |
| 1940 | The Invisible Woman | Professor Gibbs | Film |
| 1939 | Midnight | Georges Flammarion | Film |
| 1938 | Bulldog Drummond's Peril | Colonel Neilson | Film |
| 1938 | Spawn of the North | Windy Turlon | Film |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette | King Louis XV | Film |
| 1937 | True Confession | Charles Jasper | Film |
| 1937 | Bulldog Drummond Comes Back | Colonel Neilson | Film |
| 1937 | Maytime | Nicolai Nazaroff | Film |
| 1937 | Bulldog Drummond's Revenge | Col. J.A. Nielson | Film |
| 1936 | Movie Maniacs | Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited) | Film |
| 1936 | Romeo and Juliet | Mercutio | Film |
| 1934 | Twentieth Century | Oscar Jaffe | Film |
| 1933 | Counsellor at Law | George Simon | Film |
| 1933 | Night Flight | Riviere | Film |
| 1933 | Dinner at Eight | Larry Renault | Film |
| 1933 | Reunion in Vienna | Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg | Film |
| 1933 | Topaze | Auguste A. Topaze | Film |
| 1932 | Rasputin and the Empress | Prince Paul Chegodieff | Film |
| 1932 | Arsène Lupin | Duke of Charmerace | Film |
| 1932 | A Bill of Divorcement | Hilary Fairfield | Film |
| 1932 | Grand Hotel | Baron Felix von Gaigern | Film |
| 1932 | State's Attorney | Tom Cardigan | Film |
| 1931 | Svengali | Svengali | Film |
| 1931 | The Mad Genius | Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov | Film |
| 1930 | Moby Dick | Ahab | Film |
| 1929 | Eternal Love | Marcus Paltran | Film |
| 1928 | Tempest | Sergeant Ivan Markov | Film |
| 1927 | The Beloved Rogue | François Villon | Film |
| 1927 | When a Man Loves | Chevalier Fabien des Grieux | Film |
| 1927 | Life in Hollywood | Self | Film |
| 1926 | Don Juan | Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana | Film |
| 1926 | Vagabonding On The Pacific | Himself | Film |
| 1926 | The Sea Beast | Captain Ahab Ceeley | Film |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | Film |
| 1924 | Beau Brummel | Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel | Film |
| 1922 | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | Film |
| 1920 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde | Film |
| 1917 | Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman | A.J. Raffles | Film |
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