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John Barrymore

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

15/02/1882

Day of Death

29/05/1942
(60) years old

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

John 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 motio... Read More

Known For

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

Complicated Women

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Going Hollywood: The '30s

The Horror of It All

The Horror Show

That's Entertainment, Part II

It's Showtime

Filmography

Cast

2021

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendeck...

as Archival Footage

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

as Self / Various roles (archive footage)

2003

Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

1991

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radi...

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)

1976

It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

1974

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salut...

as Self (archive footage)

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as 'Bill of Divorcement' (archive footage) ...

1961

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

as Self (archive footage)

1953

Yesterday and Today

as (archive footage)

1950

The Golden Twenties

as Self (archive footage)

1946

Okay for Sound

as Don Juan (archive footage)

1945

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25t...

as Self (archive footage)

1943

The Voice That Thrilled the World

as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III...

1942

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

as Self (archive footage)

1941

Playmates

as John Barrymore

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

Hollywood Goes to Town

as Self

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

Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V

as Hamlet

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

Svengali

as Svengali

1930

Moby Dick

as Ahab

1930

The Man from Blankley's

as Lord Strathpeffer

1929

General Crack

as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian

1929

The Show of Shows

as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncr...

1929

Eternal Love

as Marcus Paltran

1928

Tempest

as Sergeant Ivan Markov

1928

The Circus: Premiere

as Self

1927

Life in Hollywood No. 4

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

1926

Vagabonding On The Pacific

as Himself

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

The Test of Honor

as Martin Wingrave

1919

Here Comes the Bride

as Frederick Tile

1918

On the Quiet

as Robert Ridgeway

1917

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman

as A.J. Raffles

1917

National Red Cross Pageant

as The Tyrant - Russian episode

1916

The Red Widow

as Cicero Hannibal Butts

1916

The Lost Bridegroom

as Bertie Joyce

1916

Nearly a King

as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana

1915

The Incorrigible Dukane

as James Dukane

1915

The Dictator

as Brooke Travers

1915

Are You a Mason?

as Frank Perry

1914

The Man from Mexico

as Fitzhugh

1914

An American Citizen

as Berresford Cruger

1913

One on Romance

as Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)

1912

A Prize Package

as Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)

1912

Just Pretending

as The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)

1912

The Widow Casey's Return

as The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)

1912

The Dream of a Moving Picture Director

as The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)