
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.
Acted in 74
2020s
- 2021
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
Archival Footage
2010s
- 2015
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Game - The Movie
Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990s
- 1995
The Casting Couch
Movie
- 1991
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Hamlet (archive sound)
1980s
- 1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
- 1983
1970s
- 1979
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
- 1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1950s
- 1953
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
1940s
- 1946
Okay for Sound
Don Juan (archive footage)
- 1941
Playmates
John Barrymore
World Premiere
Duncan DeGrasse
- 1940
The Invisible Woman
Professor Gibbs
The Great Profile
Evans Garrick
1930s
- 1939
Land of Liberty
(archive footage)
Midnight
Georges Flammarion
The Great Man Votes
Vance
- 1938
Hold That Co-ed
Gabby Harrigan
Spawn of the North
Windy Turlon
Romance in the Dark
Zoltan Jason
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Colonel Neilson
- 1937
True Confession
Charles Jasper
Night Club Scandal
Dr. Ernest Tindal
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Colonel Neilson
Maytime
Nicolai Nazaroff
- 1936
Romeo and Juliet
Mercutio
Movie Maniacs
Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
- 1934
Long Lost Father
Carl Bellairs
- 1933
Counsellor at Law
George Simon
Night Flight
Riviere
Reunion in Vienna
Rudolf von Hapsburg
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
Hamlet
Topaze
Auguste A. Topaze
- 1932
Rasputin and the Empress
Prince Paul Chegodieff
A Bill of Divorcement
Hilary Fairfield
State's Attorney
Tom Cardigan
Arsène Lupin
Duke of Charmerace
- 1931
The Mad Genius
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Svengali
Svengali
- 1930
The Man from Blankley's
Lord Strathpeffer
1920s
- 1929
General Crack
Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
The Show of Shows
Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III'
Eternal Love
Marcus Paltran
- 1928
Tempest
Sergeant Ivan Markov
- 1927
Life in Hollywood No. 4
Movie
When a Man Loves
Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
The Beloved Rogue
François Villon
- 1926
The Sea Beast
Captain Ahab Ceeley
- 1925
- 1924
Beau Brummel
Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
- 1922
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
- 1921
The Lotus Eater
Jacques Leroi
- 1920
1910s
- 1919
The Test of Honor
Martin Wingrave
Here Comes the Bride
Frederick Tile
- 1918
On the Quiet
Robert Ridgeway
- 1917
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
A.J. Raffles
National Red Cross Pageant
The Tyrant - Russian episode
- 1916
The Red Widow
Cicero Hannibal Butts
The Lost Bridegroom
Bertie Joyce
Nearly a King
Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
- 1915
The Incorrigible Dukane
James Dukane
The Dictator
Brooke Travers
Are You a Mason?
Frank Perry
- 1914
The Man from Mexico
Fitzhugh
An American Citizen
Berresford Cruger
Appearances15
2000s
- 2005
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
- 2003
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
1970s
- 1976
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
- 1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
- 1970
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1960s
- 1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
1950s
- 1955
- 1950
The Golden Twenties
Self (archive footage)
1940s
- 1945
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
- 1943
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
- 1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
1930s
- 1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
1920s
- 1928
The Circus: Premiere
Self
- 1927
Life in Hollywood
Self
- 1926
Vagabonding On The Pacific
Himself