Personal Info
Known Credits
90
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1882-02-15 (143 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known For
John Sidney BlythJack BarrymoreJohn Sidney Blythe Barrymore
John Barrymore
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 know ...
Known For
Acting
2021 --
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
| Archival Footage
2004 --
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
| Self / Various roles (archive footage)
2003 --
Complicated Women
| Self (archive footage)
1991 --
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
| Hamlet (archive sound)
1984 --
Going Hollywood: The '30s
| (archive footage)
1983 --
The Horror of It All
| Svengali (archive footage)
1979 --
The Horror Show
| (archive footage)
1976 --
That's Entertainment, Part II
| (archive footage)
1976 --
It's Showtime
| Self (archive footage)
1974 --
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
| Self (archive footage)
1972 --
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
| Self (archive footage)
1961 --
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
| 'Bill of Divorcement' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961 --
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
| Self (archive footage)
1953 --
Yesterday and Today
| (archive footage)
1950 --
The Golden Twenties
| Self (archive footage)
1946 --
Okay for Sound
| Don Juan (archive footage)
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)
1941 --
Playmates
| John Barrymore
1941 --
World Premiere
| Duncan DeGrasse
1940 --
The Invisible Woman
| Professor Gibbs
1940 --
The Great Profile
| Evans Garrick
1939 --
Land of Liberty
| (archive footage)
1939 --
Midnight
| Georges Flammarion
1939 --
The Great Man Votes
| Vance
1938 --
Hold That Co-ed
| Gabby Harrigan
1938 --
Spawn of the North
| Windy Turlon
1938 --
Marie Antoinette
| King Louis XV
1938 --
Hollywood Goes to Town
| Self
1938 --
Romance in the Dark
| Zoltan Jason
1938 --
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
| Colonel Neilson
1937 --
True Confession
| Charles Jasper
1937 --
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
| Col. J.A. Nielson
1937 --
Night Club Scandal
| Dr. Ernest Tindal
1937 --
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
| Colonel Neilson
1937 --
Maytime
| Nicolai Nazaroff
1936 --
Romeo and Juliet
| Mercutio
1936 --
Movie Maniacs
| Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
1934 --
Twentieth Century
| Oscar Jaffe
1934 --
Long Lost Father
| Carl Bellairs
1933 --
Counsellor at Law
| George Simon
1933 --
Dinner at Eight
| Larry Renault
1933 --
Night Flight
| Riviere
1933 --
Reunion in Vienna
| Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
1933 --
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
| Hamlet
1933 --
Topaze
| Auguste A. Topaze
1932 --
Rasputin and the Empress
| Prince Paul Chegodieff
1932 --
A Bill of Divorcement
| Hilary Fairfield
1932 --
Grand Hotel
| Baron Felix von Gaigern
1932 --
State's Attorney
| Tom Cardigan
1932 --
Arsène Lupin
| Duke of Charmerace
1931 --
The Mad Genius
| Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
1931 --
Svengali
| Svengali
1930 --
Moby Dick
| Ahab
1930 --
The Man from Blankley's
| Lord Strathpeffer
1929 --
General Crack
| Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
1929 --
Show of Shows
| Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
1929 --
Eternal Love
| Marcus Paltran
1928 --
Tempest
| Sergeant Ivan Markov
1928 --
The Circus: Premiere
| Self
1927 --
Life in Hollywood No. 4
|
1927 --
When a Man Loves
| Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
1927 --
The Beloved Rogue
| François Villon
1926 --
Don Juan
| Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
1926 --
The Sea Beast
| Captain Ahab Ceeley
1926 --
Vagabonding On The Pacific
| Himself
1925 --
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
| Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1924 --
Beau Brummel
| Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
1922 --
Sherlock Holmes
| Sherlock Holmes
1921 --
The Lotus Eater
| Jacques Leroi
1920 --
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
| Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1919 --
The Test of Honor
| Martin Wingrave
1919 --
Here Comes the Bride
| Frederick Tile
1918 --
On the Quiet
| Robert Ridgeway
1917 --
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
| A.J. Raffles
1917 --
National Red Cross Pageant
| The Tyrant - Russian episode
1916 --
The Red Widow
| Cicero Hannibal Butts
1916 --
The Lost Bridegroom
| Bertie Joyce
1916 --
Nearly a King
| Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
1915 --
The Incorrigible Dukane
| James Dukane
1915 --
The Dictator
| Brooke Travers
1915 --
Are You a Mason?
| Frank Perry
1914 --
The Man from Mexico
| Fitzhugh
1914 --
An American Citizen
| Berresford Cruger
1913 --
One on Romance
| Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
1912 --
A Prize Package
| Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
1912 --
Just Pretending
| The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
1912 --
The Widow Casey's Return
| The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
1912 --
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
| The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)