John Barrymore
Birthday
1882/02/15
Day of death
1942/05/29 (60 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
John Sidney Blyth, Jack Barrymore, John Sidney Blythe 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 know...Read more
Acting
(1920) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
(1934) Twentieth Century
as Oscar Jaffe
(1939) Midnight
as Georges Flammarion
(1932) Grand Hotel
as Baron Felix von Gaigern
(1979) The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
(1940) The Invisible Woman
as Professor Gibbs
(1932) Rasputin and the Empress
as Prince Paul Chegodieff
(1913) One on Romance
as Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
(1912) The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
as The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)
(1912) The Widow Casey's Return
as The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
(1912) Just Pretending
as The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
(1912) A Prize Package
as Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
(1915) The Dictator
as Brooke Travers
(1914) The Man from Mexico
as Fitzhugh
(1915) The Incorrigible Dukane
as James Dukane
(1938) Marie Antoinette
as King Louis XV
(1916) The Red Widow
as Cicero Hannibal Butts
(1918) On the Quiet
as Robert Ridgeway
(1919) Here Comes the Bride
as Frederick Tile
(1937) Maytime
as Nicolai Nazaroff
(1919) The Test of Honor
as Martin Wingrave
(1936) Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio
(1936) Movie Maniacs
as Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
(1974) The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)
(1953) Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
(1937) Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
as Colonel Neilson
(1931) Svengali
as Svengali
(1933) Dinner at Eight
as Larry Renault
(1927) Life in Hollywood No. 4
as ---
(1932) A Bill of Divorcement
as Hilary Fairfield
(1933) Counsellor at Law
as George Simon
(1922) Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
(1961) The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
(1933) Night Flight
as Riviere
(1938) Spawn of the North
as Windy Turlon
(1928) Tempest
as Sergeant Ivan Markov
(1926) Don Juan
as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
(1929) Eternal Love
as Marcus Paltran
(1927) The Beloved Rogue
as François Villon
(1937) Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
as Col. J.A. Nielson
(1927) When a Man Loves
as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
(1972) Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1932) State's Attorney
as Tom Cardigan
(1924) Beau Brummel
as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
(1937) True Confession
as Charles Jasper
(1938) Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Colonel Neilson
(1931) The Mad Genius
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
(1940) The Great Profile
as Evans Garrick
(1932) Arsène Lupin
as Duke of Charmerace
(1917) National Red Cross Pageant
as The Tyrant - Russian episode
(1933) Topaze
as Auguste A. Topaze
(1926) Vagabonding On The Pacific
as Himself
(1933) Reunion in Vienna
as Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
(1917) Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
as A.J. Raffles
(1930) Moby Dick
as Ahab
(1926) The Sea Beast
as Captain Ahab Ceeley
(1941) Playmates
as John Barrymore
(1934) Long Lost Father
as Carl Bellairs
(1938) Hold That Co-ed
as Gabby Harrigan
(1942) Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
(1945) Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)
(1929) General Crack
as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
(2004) Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
(1929) Show of Shows
as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
(1984) Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1961) Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'Bill of Divorcement' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1983) The Horror of It All
as Svengali (archive footage)
(1939) The Great Man Votes
as Vance
(1928) The Circus: Premiere
as Self
(1939) Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
(1950) The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
(1937) Night Club Scandal
as Dr. Ernest Tindal
(1941) World Premiere
as Duncan DeGrasse
(1930) The Man from Blankley's
as Lord Strathpeffer
(1921) The Lotus Eater
as Jacques Leroi
(1938) Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
(2003) Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1938) Romance in the Dark
as Zoltan Jason
(1946) Okay for Sound
as Don Juan (archive footage)
(1943) The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
(1916) Nearly a King
as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
(1916) The Lost Bridegroom
as Bertie Joyce
(1976) It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
(1925) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
(1933) Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
as Hamlet
(1914) An American Citizen
as Berresford Cruger
(1915) Are You a Mason?
as Frank Perry
(1991) Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
as Hamlet (archive sound)
(2021) Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
as Archival Footage