John Barrymore

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1882-02-15 – 1942-05-29 · 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.

Grand Hotel (1932) — Baron Felix von Gaigern
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) — Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Dinner at Eight (1933) — Larry Renault
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) — Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Twentieth Century (1934) — Oscar Jaffe
Midnight (1939) — Georges Flammarion
The Invisible Woman (1940) — Professor Gibbs
Svengali (1931) — Svengali
A Bill of Divorcement (1932) — Hilary Fairfield
Romeo and Juliet (1936) — Mercutio
Marie Antoinette (1938) — King Louis XV
Counsellor at Law (1933) — George Simon
Sherlock Holmes (1922) — Sherlock Holmes
Topaze (1933) — Auguste A. Topaze
True Confession (1937) — Charles Jasper
The Mad Genius (1931) — Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Night Flight (1933) — Riviere
Arsène Lupin (1932) — Duke of Charmerace
Movie Maniacs (1936) — Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938) — Colonel Neilson
Tempest (1928) — Sergeant Ivan Markov
The Beloved Rogue (1927) — François Villon
Don Juan (1926) — Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
Beau Brummel (1924) — Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel