John Barrymore

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

144

Movies

Born: February 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942
From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Works

95 films

Grand Hotel

19327.0

Here Comes the Bride

19198.0

Dinner at Eight

19336.8

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

19257.3

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

19747.7

Counsellor at Law

19336.5

Romeo and Juliet

19366.3

The Show of Shows

19296.6

That's Entertainment, Part II

19767.0

Complicated Women

20036.9

Moby Dick

19305.6

Rasputin and the Empress

19325.5

It's Showtime

19767.5

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

19206.7

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

19617.0

State's Attorney

19326.9

Midnight

19397.4

Brasileiros em Hollywood

1970

Arsène Lupin

19327.0

Marie Antoinette

19386.6

The Invisible Woman

19405.7

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

19727.3

Going Hollywood: The '30s

19849.0

The Casting Couch

19958.3

Twentieth Century

19346.8

Night Flight

19335.8

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

19376.0

The Sea Beast

19266.7

Don Juan

19266.6

Reunion in Vienna

19337.2

Hollywood Goes to Town

19387.0

Maytime

19376.8

Spawn of the North

19386.1

A Bill of Divorcement

19326.3

The Horror of It All

19838.3

The Great Profile

19406.8

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

19917.6

National Red Cross Pageant

19178.0

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman

19175.8

Nearly a King

1916

Sherlock Holmes

19226.1

The Incorrigible Dukane

19153.0

Land of Liberty

19399.0

Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

2015

The Red Widow

1916

Life in Hollywood

1927

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

19385.9

The Mad Genius

19316.4

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942

Movie Maniacs

19366.0

The Horror Show

19793.4

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

20047.0

Just Pretending

19129.0

Beau Brummel

19247.0

The Man from Mexico

1914

An American Citizen

1914

Night Club Scandal

19374.3

The Voice That Thrilled the World

19436.0

The Circus: Premiere

19285.4

The Great Man Votes

19396.4

Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood

200510.0

True Confession

19376.1

When a Man Loves

19276.0

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

20216.3

Romance in the Dark

19385.3

Hold That Co-ed

19386.7

Long Lost Father

19345.9

Svengali

19316.2

The Beloved Rogue

19276.9

Eternal Love

19295.8

The Golden Twenties

19507.0

One on Romance

1913

Topaze

19336.0

Playmates

19415.7

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

19376.2

Okay for Sound

19466.7

The Lost Bridegroom

1916

The Dream of a Moving Picture Director

1912

Yesterday and Today

19537.0

General Crack

192910.0

Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V

19339.0

Tempest

19286.2

Are You a Mason?

19153.0

The Green Goddess

1939

The Man from Blankley's

19307.0

The Dictator

1915

A Prize Package

1912

World Premiere

19416.0

On the Quiet

1918

Vagabonding On The Pacific

19268.0

The Lotus Eater

19219.0

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

194510.0

Life in Hollywood No. 4

192710.0

The Test of Honor

19194.5

The Widow Casey's Return

1912