John Barrymore
Known For
Acting
Born
1882-02-15 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
1942-05-29
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.
Most Known For
MGM Parade
as Self
Moby Dick
as Ahab
Arsène Lupin
as Duke of Charmerace
Movie Maniacs
as Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
as A.J. Raffles
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Grand Hotel
as Baron Felix von Gaigern
Midnight
as Georges Flammarion
The Invisible Woman
as Professor Gibbs
Twentieth Century
as Oscar Jaffe
General Crack
as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
Dinner at Eight
as Larry Renault
Marie Antoinette
as King Louis XV
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
as Colonel Neilson
Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
as Col. J.A. Nielson
The Mad Genius
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Colonel Neilson