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John Barrymore
Actor, Writer
Born February 15, 1882Died May 29, 1942 (60 years)
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.
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.
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Filmography
| 2021 | Coded · as Archival Footage |
| 2007 | The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk · as Don Juan De Marana |
| 2005 | Filmmakers vs. Tycoons · as Svengali (in "svengali") |
| 2005 | Garbo · as Baron Felix Von Geigern |
| 2005 | Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood · as Cast |
| 2004 | Monster Movie Trivia Quiz · as Cast |
| 1999 | Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom · as Hamlet |
| 1998 | Universal Horror · as Cast |
| 1997 | Judy Garland's Hollywood · as Cast |
| 1995 | The Casting Couch · as Cast |
| 1991 | Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio · as Hamlet (archive Sound) |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s · as (archive Footage) |
| 1983 | The Horror of It All · as Svengali (archive Footage) |
| 1979 | The Horror Show · as (archive Footage) |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive Footage) |
| 1969 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years · as 'bill Of Divorcement' (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Hollywood: The Golden Years · as Actor 'dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde' |
| 1944 | Some of the Best · as The Baron In Grand Hotel |
| 1941 | World Premiere · as Duncan Degrasse |
| 1940 | The Invisible Woman · as Professor Gibbs |
| 1940 | The Great Profile · as Evans Garrick |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty · as (archive Footage) |
| 1939 | Midnight · as Georges Flammarion |
| 1939 | The Great Man Votes · as Vance |
| 1938 | Hold That Co-ed · as Gabby Harrigan |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette · as King Louis Xv |
| 1938 | Spawn of the North · as Windy Turlon |
| 1938 | Romance in the Dark · as Zoltan Jason |
| 1938 | Bulldog Drummond's Peril · as Colonel Neilson |
| 1937 | True Confession · as Charles Jasper |
| 1937 | Bulldog Drummond's Revenge · as Col. J.a. Nielson |
| 1937 | Night Club Scandal · as Dr. Ernest Tindal |
| 1937 | Bulldog Drummond Comes Back · as Colonel Neilson |
| 1937 | Maytime · as Nicolai Nazaroff |
| 1936 | Romeo and Juliet · as Mercutio |
| 1936 | Movie Maniacs · as Photograph Of John Barrymore (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Twentieth Century · as Oscar Jaffe |
| 1934 | Long Lost Father · as Carl Bellairs |
| 1933 | Counsellor at Law · as George Simon |
| 1933 | Dinner at Eight · as Larry Renault |
| 1933 | Night Flight · as Riviere |
| 1933 | Reunion in Vienna · as Archduke Rudolf Von Hapsburg |
| 1933 | Topaze · as Auguste A. Topaze |
| 1932 | Rasputin and the Empress · as Prince Paul Chegodieff |
| 1932 | A Bill of Divorcement · as Hilary Fairfield |
| 1932 | Grand Hotel · as Baron Felix Von Gaigern |
| 1932 | State's Attorney · as Tom Cardigan |
| 1932 | Arsène Lupin · as Duke Of Charmerace |
| 1931 | The Mad Genius · as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov |
| 1931 | The House That Shadows Built · as Cast |
| 1931 | |
| 1930 | Moby Dick · as Ahab |
| 1930 | The Man from Blankley's · as Lord Strathpeffer |
| 1929 | Show of Shows · as Richard Iii In 'henry Vi Part Iii' (uncredited) |
| 1929 | General Crack · as Duke Of Kurland / Prince Christian |
| 1929 | Eternal Love · as Marcus Paltran |
| 1928 | Tempest · as Sergeant Ivan Markov |
| 1927 | When a Man Loves · as Chevalier Fabien Des Grieux |
| 1927 | The Beloved Rogue · as François Villon |
| 1926 | Don Juan · as Don Jose De Marana / Don Juan De Marana |
| 1926 | The Sea Beast · as Captain Ahab Ceeley |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ · as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1924 | Beau Brummel · as Gordon Bryon 'beau' Brummel |
| 1922 | Sherlock Holmes · as Sherlock Holmes |
| 1921 | The Lotus Eater · as Jacques Leroi |
| 1920 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde |
| 1919 | Here Comes the Bride · as Frederick Tile |
| 1917 | Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman · as A.j. Raffles |
| 1915 | The Dictator · as Brooke Travers |
| 1914 | An American Citizen · as Berresford Cruger |