John Barrymore
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
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021
as Archival Footage
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991
as Hamlet (archive sound)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
The Horror of It All
1983
as Svengali (archive footage)
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as 'Bill of Divorcement' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
The Golden Twenties
1950
as Self (archive footage)
Okay for Sound
1946
as Don Juan (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
as Self (archive footage)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
Playmates
1941
as John Barrymore
World Premiere
1941
as Duncan DeGrasse
The Invisible Woman
1940
as Professor Gibbs
The Great Profile
1940
as Evans Garrick
Land of Liberty
1939
as (archive footage)
Midnight
1939
as Georges Flammarion
The Great Man Votes
1939
as Vance
Hold That Co-ed
1938
as Gabby Harrigan
Marie Antoinette
1938
as King Louis XV
Spawn of the North
1938
as Windy Turlon
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
Romance in the Dark
1938
as Zoltan Jason
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938
as Colonel Neilson
True Confession
1937
as Charles Jasper
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937
as Col. J.A. Nielson
Night Club Scandal
1937
as Dr. Ernest Tindal
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937
as Colonel Neilson
Maytime
1937
as Nicolai Nazaroff
Romeo and Juliet
1936
as Mercutio
Movie Maniacs
1936
as Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
Twentieth Century
1934
as Oscar Jaffe
Long Lost Father
1934
as Carl Bellairs
Counsellor at Law
1933
as George Simon
Dinner at Eight
1933
as Larry Renault
Night Flight
1933
as Riviere
Reunion in Vienna
1933
as Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
1933
as Hamlet
Topaze
1933
as Auguste A. Topaze
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
as Prince Paul Chegodieff
A Bill of Divorcement
1932
as Hilary Fairfield
Grand Hotel
1932
as Baron Felix von Gaigern
State's Attorney
1932
as Tom Cardigan
Arsène Lupin
1932
as Duke of Charmerace
The Mad Genius
1931
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Svengali
1931
as Svengali
Moby Dick
1930
as Ahab
The Man from Blankley's
1930
as Lord Strathpeffer
General Crack
1929
as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
Show of Shows
1929
as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
Eternal Love
1929
as Marcus Paltran
Tempest
1928
as Sergeant Ivan Markov
The Circus: Premiere
1928
as Self
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927
When a Man Loves
1927
as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
The Beloved Rogue
1927
as François Villon
Don Juan
1926
as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
The Sea Beast
1926
as Captain Ahab Ceeley
Vagabonding On The Pacific
1926
as Himself
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Beau Brummel
1924
as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
Sherlock Holmes
1922
as Sherlock Holmes
The Lotus Eater
1921
as Jacques Leroi
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
The Test of Honor
1919
as Martin Wingrave
Here Comes the Bride
1919
as Frederick Tile
On the Quiet
1918
as Robert Ridgeway
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
1917
as A.J. Raffles
National Red Cross Pageant
1917
as The Tyrant - Russian episode
The Red Widow
1916
as Cicero Hannibal Butts
The Lost Bridegroom
1916
as Bertie Joyce
Nearly a King
1916
as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
The Incorrigible Dukane
1915
as James Dukane
The Dictator
1915
as Brooke Travers
Are You a Mason?
1915
as Frank Perry
The Man from Mexico
1914
as Fitzhugh
An American Citizen
1914
as Berresford Cruger
One on Romance
1913
as Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
A Prize Package
1912
as Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
Just Pretending
1912
as The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
The Widow Casey's Return
1912
as The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
1912
as The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)