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.
Filmography (96 titles)
6.3MovieCoded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
Archival Footage · 2021
MovieSynthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde · 2015
10.0MovieIrving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
Self (archive footage) · 2005
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self / Various roles (archive footage) · 2004
6.9MovieComplicated Women
Self (archive footage) · 2003
8.3MovieThe Casting Couch
1995
7.6MovieEmpire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Hamlet (archive sound) · 1991
9.0MovieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage) · 1984
8.3MovieThe Horror of It All
Svengali (archive footage) · 1983
3.4MovieThe Horror Show
(archive footage) · 1979
7.0MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage) · 1976
7.5MovieIt's Showtime
Self (archive footage) · 1976
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Self (archive footage) · 1974
7.3MovieHollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage) · 1972
MovieBrasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage) · 1970
7.0MovieThe Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage) · 1961
7.5ShowMGM Parade
Self · 1955
7.0MovieYesterday and Today
(archive footage) · 1953
7.0MovieThe Golden Twenties
Self (archive footage) · 1950
6.7MovieOkay for Sound
Don Juan (archive footage) · 1946
10.0MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Self (archive footage) · 1945
6.0MovieThe Voice That Thrilled the World
Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage) · 1943
MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage) · 1942
5.7MoviePlaymates
John Barrymore · 1941
6.0MovieWorld Premiere
Duncan DeGrasse · 1941
5.7MovieThe Invisible Woman
Professor Gibbs · 1940
6.8MovieThe Great Profile
Evans Garrick · 1940
9.0MovieLand of Liberty
(archive footage) · 1939
The Green Goddess
1939
7.4MovieMidnight
Georges Flammarion · 1939