John Barrymore
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday15 February 1882
Died29 May 1942 (age 60)
Place of birthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known credits96
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 (19…
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021 · Archival Footage
Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2015 · Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004 · Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003 · Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
1995
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991 · Hamlet (archive sound)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · (archive footage)
The Horror of It All
1983 · Svengali (archive footage)
The Horror Show
1979 · (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976 · Self (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970 · Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Self (archive footage)
MGM Parade
1955 · Self
Yesterday and Today
1953 · (archive footage)
The Golden Twenties
1950 · Self (archive footage)
Okay for Sound
1946 · Don Juan (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945 · Self (archive footage)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943 · Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942 · Self (archive footage)
Playmates
1941 · John Barrymore
World Premiere
1941 · Duncan DeGrasse
The Invisible Woman
1940 · Professor Gibbs
The Great Profile
1940 · Evans Garrick
Land of Liberty
1939 · (archive footage)
The Green Goddess
1939
Midnight
1939 · Georges Flammarion
The Great Man Votes
1939 · Vance
Hold That Co-ed
1938 · Gabby Harrigan
Marie Antoinette
1938 · King Louis XV
Spawn of the North
1938 · Windy Turlon
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938 · Self
Romance in the Dark
1938 · Zoltan Jason
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938 · Colonel Neilson
True Confession
1937 · Charles Jasper
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937 · Col. J.A. Nielson
Night Club Scandal
1937 · Dr. Ernest Tindal
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937 · Colonel Neilson
Maytime
1937 · Nicolai Nazaroff
Romeo and Juliet
1936 · Mercutio
Movie Maniacs
1936 · Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
Twentieth Century
1934 · Oscar Jaffe
Long Lost Father
1934 · Carl Bellairs
Counsellor at Law
1933 · George Simon
Dinner at Eight
1933 · Larry Renault
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