John Barrymore
AKA: John Sidney Blyth
Birthday: 1882-02-15
Died: 1942-05-29
Birthplace: 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.
Filmography
Character: Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Character: Georges Flammarion
Character: Baron Felix von Gaigern
Character: Professor Gibbs
Character: Prince Paul Chegodieff
Character: Nicolai Nazaroff
Character: Colonel Neilson
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Character: Hilary Fairfield
Character: Sergeant Ivan Markov
Character: Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
Character: Marcus Paltran
Character: François Villon
Character: Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
Character: Col. J.A. Nielson
Character: Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
Character: Charles Jasper
Character: Colonel Neilson
Character: Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Character: Auguste A. Topaze
Character: Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
Character: Captain Ahab Ceeley
Character: John Barrymore
Character: Gabby Harrigan
Character: Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
Character: Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
Character: Duke of Charmerace
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Dr. Ernest Tindal
Character: Duncan DeGrasse
Character: Lord Strathpeffer
Character: Self (archive footage)
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Character: Don Juan (archive footage)
Character: Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Character: Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Character: Berresford Cruger
Character: The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)
Character: The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
Character: The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
Character: Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
Character: Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
Character: Brooke Travers
Character: Cicero Hannibal Butts
Character: Robert Ridgeway
Character: Frederick Tile
Character: Martin Wingrave
Character: Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: The Tyrant - Russian episode
Character: Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
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Character: 'Bill of Divorcement' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: Svengali (archive footage)
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Character: Self (archive footage)