John Barrymore
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
MGM Parade
Self
1955
Film
Grand Hotel
Baron Felix von Gaigern
1932
Film
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
Film
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
1976
Film
Maytime
Nicolai Nazaroff
1937
Film
Romeo and Juliet
Mercutio
1936
Film
Marie Antoinette
King Louis XV
1938
Film
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
1938
Film
Arsène Lupin
Duke of Charmerace
1932
Film
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1920
Film
Moby Dick
Ahab
1930
Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Film
Movie Maniacs
Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
1936
Film
Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
2015
Film
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
A.J. Raffles
1917
Film
The Invisible Woman
Professor Gibbs
1940
Film
The Horror of It All
Svengali (archive footage)
1983
Film
Reunion in Vienna
Rudolf von Hapsburg
1933
Film
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Game - The Movie
Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
Film
Rasputin and the Empress
Prince Paul Chegodieff
1932
Film
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Col. J.A. Nielson
1937
Film
Dinner at Eight
Larry Renault
1933
Film
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1970
Film
The Casting Couch
1995
Film
Midnight
Georges Flammarion
1939
Film
Spawn of the North
Windy Turlon
1938
Film
A Bill of Divorcement
Hilary Fairfield
1932
Film
Twentieth Century
Oscar Jaffe
1934
Film
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
1979
Film
The Great Profile
Evans Garrick
1940
Film
Okay for Sound
Don Juan (archive footage)
1946
Film
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
Film
National Red Cross Pageant
The Tyrant - Russian episode
1917
Film
Svengali
Svengali
1931
Film
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
1961
Film
Night Flight
Riviere
1933
Film
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Hamlet (archive sound)
1991
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Self (archive footage)
1974
Film
The Sea Beast
Captain Ahab Ceeley
1926
Film
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
Film
An American Citizen
Berresford Cruger
1914
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
2004
Film
When a Man Loves
Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
1927
Just Pretending
The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
Film
The Show of Shows
Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III'
1929
Film
Are You a Mason?
Frank Perry
1915
Film
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
Hamlet
1933
Film
The Man from Blankley's
Lord Strathpeffer
1930
Film
Land of Liberty
(archive footage)
1939
Film
Here Comes the Bride
Frederick Tile
1919
Film
Night Club Scandal
Dr. Ernest Tindal
1937
Film
Playmates
John Barrymore
1941
Film
Counsellor at Law
George Simon
1933
The Green Goddess
1939
Film
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
Archival Footage
2021
Film
State's Attorney
Tom Cardigan
1932
Film
True Confession
Charles Jasper
1937
Film
The Test of Honor
Martin Wingrave
1919
Film
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Colonel Neilson
1937
Film
Long Lost Father
Carl Bellairs
1934
Film
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
1945
Film
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927
Film
Don Juan
Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
1926
Film
The Great Man Votes
Vance
1939
Film
Eternal Love
Marcus Paltran
1929
Film
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Colonel Neilson
1938
Film
The Man from Mexico
Fitzhugh
1914
Film
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
1943
Film
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Topaze
Auguste A. Topaze
1933
Film
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
The Circus: Premiere
Self
1928
Film
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
1942
Film
The Golden Twenties
Self (archive footage)
1950
Film
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
1953
Film
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
1922
Film
Hold That Co-ed
Gabby Harrigan
1938
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
Film
The Beloved Rogue
François Villon
1927
Film
Life in Hollywood
Self
1927
Film
World Premiere
Duncan DeGrasse
1941
Film
General Crack
Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
1929
Film
The Lost Bridegroom
Bertie Joyce
1916
Film
Tempest
Sergeant Ivan Markov
1928
Film
Romance in the Dark
Zoltan Jason
1938
Film
The Incorrigible Dukane
James Dukane
1915
Film
Beau Brummel
Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
1924
Film
Nearly a King
Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
1916
A Prize Package
Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
Film
The Mad Genius
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
1931
Film
The Lotus Eater
Jacques Leroi
1921
Film
On the Quiet
Robert Ridgeway
1918
One on Romance
Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
1913
The Widow Casey's Return
The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
Film
The Red Widow
Cicero Hannibal Butts
1916
Film
The Dictator
Brooke Travers
1915
Film
Vagabonding On The Pacific
Himself
1926