John Barrymore
February 15, 1882 (142 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2004 · Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
- 2003 · Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
- 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 Salute as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 · Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1961 · Hollywood: The Selznick Years as 'Bill of Divorcement' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 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): 25th Anniversary as Self (archive footage)
- 1943 · The Voice That Thrilled the World as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
- 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 · Show of Shows as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
- 1929 · Eternal Love as Marcus Paltran
- 1928 · Tempest as Sergeant Ivan Markov
- 1928 · The Circus: Premiere as Self
- 1927 · Life in Hollywood No. 4 as
- 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)