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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 15, 1882
Died
May 29, 1942
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- John Sidney Blyth
- Jack Barrymore
- John Sidney Blythe Barrymore
John Barrymore
0.7 Popularity
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
6.3
Archival Footage
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021
🎬
7.0
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
7.5
Hamlet (archive sound)
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991
10.0
(archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
8.0
Svengali (archive footage)
The Horror of It All
1983
3.8
(archive footage)
The Horror Show
1979
6.9
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
7.0
Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976
🎬
7.7
Self (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
Credits
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
as Archival Footage
2021
6.3
🎬
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
2004
7.0
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
6.7
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
as Hamlet (archive sound)
1991
7.5
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
10.0
The Horror of It All
as Svengali (archive footage)
1983
8.0
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
3.8
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1976
7.0
🎬
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)
1974
7.7
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
1961
0.0
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
1953
0.0
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
1950
0.0
Okay for Sound
as Don Juan (archive footage)
1946
5.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)
1945
0.0
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
1943
5.3
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
1942
0.0
Playmates
as John Barrymore
1941
5.2
World Premiere
as Duncan DeGrasse
1941
5.0
The Invisible Woman
as Professor Gibbs
1940
5.7
The Great Profile
as Evans Garrick
1940
6.3
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
1939
0.0
Midnight
as Georges Flammarion
1939
7.3
The Great Man Votes
as Vance
1939
6.1
Hold That Co-ed
as Gabby Harrigan
1938
6.3
Marie Antoinette
as King Louis XV
1938
6.5
Spawn of the North
as Windy Turlon
1938
5.7
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
1938
7.0
Romance in the Dark
as Zoltan Jason
1938
3.0
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Colonel Neilson
1938
5.7
True Confession
as Charles Jasper
1937
5.8
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
as Col. J.A. Nielson
1937
5.8
Night Club Scandal
as Dr. Ernest Tindal
1937
3.8
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
as Colonel Neilson
1937
6.1
Maytime
as Nicolai Nazaroff
1937
6.5
Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio
1936
6.2
Movie Maniacs
as Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
1936
5.6
Twentieth Century
as Oscar Jaffe
1934
6.8
Long Lost Father
as Carl Bellairs
1934
5.7
Counsellor at Law
as George Simon
1933
6.4
Dinner at Eight
as Larry Renault
1933
6.7
Night Flight
as Riviere
1933
5.6
Reunion in Vienna
as Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
1933
6.6
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
as Hamlet
1933
0.0
Topaze
as Auguste A. Topaze
1933
5.9
Rasputin and the Empress
as Prince Paul Chegodieff
1932
5.1
A Bill of Divorcement
as Hilary Fairfield
1932
6.2
Grand Hotel
as Baron Felix von Gaigern
1932
7.0
State's Attorney
as Tom Cardigan
1932
6.7
Arsène Lupin
as Duke of Charmerace
1932
6.9
The Mad Genius
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
1931
6.3
Svengali
as Svengali
1931
6.1
Moby Dick
as Ahab
1930
5.3
The Man from Blankley's
as Lord Strathpeffer
1930
6.0
General Crack
as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
1929
0.0
The Show of Shows
as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
1929
5.5
Eternal Love
as Marcus Paltran
1929
5.5
Tempest
as Sergeant Ivan Markov
1928
6.2
The Circus: Premiere
as Self
1928
5.4
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927
0.0
When a Man Loves
as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
1927
5.9
The Beloved Rogue
as François Villon
1927
6.6
Don Juan
as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
1926
6.4
The Sea Beast
as Captain Ahab Ceeley
1926
6.4
Vagabonding On The Pacific
as Himself
1926
0.0
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
7.3
Beau Brummel
as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
1924
6.8
Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
1922
6.2
The Lotus Eater
as Jacques Leroi
1921
0.0
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1920
6.7
The Test of Honor
as Martin Wingrave
1919
2.7
Here Comes the Bride
as Frederick Tile
1919
0.0
On the Quiet
as Robert Ridgeway
1918
0.0
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
as A.J. Raffles
1917
5.8
National Red Cross Pageant
as The Tyrant - Russian episode
1917
0.0
The Red Widow
as Cicero Hannibal Butts
1916
0.0
The Lost Bridegroom
as Bertie Joyce
1916
0.0
Nearly a King
as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
1916
0.0
The Incorrigible Dukane
as James Dukane
1915
3.0
The Dictator
as Brooke Travers
1915
0.0
Are You a Mason?
as Frank Perry
1915
3.0
The Man from Mexico
as Fitzhugh
1914
0.0
An American Citizen
as Berresford Cruger
1914
0.0
🎬
One on Romance
as Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
1913
0.0
🎬
A Prize Package
as Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
0.0
🎬
Just Pretending
as The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
0.0
🎬
The Widow Casey's Return
as The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
0.0
🎬
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
as The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
0.0