John Barrymore profile
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John Barrymore

15th February 1882 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Acting

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.

87 Movies 1 TV Shows 96 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Midnight poster
Midnight 24th March 1939 as Georges Flammarion
Maytime poster
Maytime 26th March 1937 as Nicolai Nazaroff
Movie Maniacs poster
Movie Maniacs 20th February 1936 as Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
Topaze poster
Topaze 24th February 1933 as Auguste A. Topaze
Grand Hotel poster
Grand Hotel 11th September 1932 as Baron Felix von Gaigern
General Crack poster
General Crack 16th December 1929 as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
Tempest poster
Tempest 27th May 1928 as Sergeant Ivan Markov
Don Juan poster
Don Juan 6th August 1926 as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
Nearly a King poster
Nearly a King 20th January 1916 as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana