John Barrymore
Born: 1882-02-15
From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
About: 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.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
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Rasputin and the Empress
Prince Paul Chegodieff
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Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
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The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)
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The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
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The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
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Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
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Movie Maniacs
Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
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Self (archive footage)
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Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
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Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Colonel Neilson
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A Bill of Divorcement
Hilary Fairfield
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
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Don Juan
Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
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Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Col. J.A. Nielson
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When a Man Loves
Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
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Beau Brummel
Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
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Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Colonel Neilson
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The Mad Genius
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
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National Red Cross Pageant
The Tyrant - Russian episode
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Reunion in Vienna
Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
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Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
A.J. Raffles
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
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Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
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General Crack
Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
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Self / Various roles (archive footage)
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The Show of Shows
Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
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The Horror of It All
Svengali (archive footage)
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The Golden Twenties
Self (archive footage)
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The Man from Blankley's
Lord Strathpeffer
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Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
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That's Entertainment, Part II
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Okay for Sound
Don Juan (archive footage)
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The Voice That Thrilled the World
Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
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Nearly a King
Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
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Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
Hamlet
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An American Citizen
Berresford Cruger
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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Hamlet (archive sound)
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Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
Archival Footage
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