Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Born February 15, 1882
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.
MovieCoded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021
as Archival Footage
MovieSynthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2015
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
MovieIrving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
MovieComplicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Casting Couch
1995
MovieEmpire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991
as Hamlet (archive sound)
MovieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Horror of It All
1983
as Svengali (archive footage)
MovieThe Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
MovieIt's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBrasileiros em Hollywood
1970
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
TVMGM Parade
1955
as Self
MovieYesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Golden Twenties
1950
as Self (archive footage)
MovieOkay for Sound
1946
as Don Juan (archive footage)
MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePlaymates
1941
as John Barrymore
MovieWorld Premiere
1941
as Duncan DeGrasse
MovieThe Invisible Woman
1940
as Professor Gibbs
MovieThe Great Profile
1940
as Evans Garrick
MovieLand of Liberty
1939
as (archive footage)
The Green Goddess
1939
MovieMidnight
1939
as Georges Flammarion
MovieThe Great Man Votes
1939
as Vance
MovieHold That Co-ed
1938
as Gabby Harrigan
MovieMarie Antoinette
1938
as King Louis XV
MovieSpawn of the North
1938
as Windy Turlon
MovieHollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
MovieRomance in the Dark
1938
as Zoltan Jason
MovieBulldog Drummond's Peril
1938
as Colonel Neilson
MovieTrue Confession
1937
as Charles Jasper
MovieBulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937
as Col. J.A. Nielson
MovieNight Club Scandal
1937
as Dr. Ernest Tindal
MovieBulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937
as Colonel Neilson
MovieMaytime
1937
as Nicolai Nazaroff
MovieRomeo and Juliet
1936
as Mercutio
MovieMovie Maniacs
1936
as Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
MovieTwentieth Century
1934
as Oscar Jaffe
MovieLong Lost Father
1934
as Carl Bellairs
MovieCounsellor at Law
1933
as George Simon
MovieDinner at Eight
1933
as Larry Renault
MovieNight Flight
1933
as Riviere
MovieReunion in Vienna
1933
as Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
MovieHamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
1933
as Hamlet
MovieTopaze
1933
as Auguste A. Topaze
MovieRasputin and the Empress
1932
as Prince Paul Chegodieff
MovieA Bill of Divorcement
1932
as Hilary Fairfield
MovieGrand Hotel
1932
as Baron Felix von Gaigern
MovieState's Attorney
1932
as Tom Cardigan
MovieArsène Lupin
1932
as Duke of Charmerace
MovieThe Mad Genius
1931
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
MovieSvengali
1931
as Svengali
MovieMoby Dick
1930
as Ahab
MovieThe Man from Blankley's
1930
as Lord Strathpeffer
MovieGeneral Crack
1929
as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
MovieThe Show of Shows
1929
as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
MovieEternal Love
1929
as Marcus Paltran
MovieTempest
1928
as Sergeant Ivan Markov
MovieThe Circus: Premiere
1928
as Self
MovieLife in Hollywood No. 4
1927
MovieWhen a Man Loves
1927
as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
MovieThe Beloved Rogue
1927
as François Villon
MovieLife in Hollywood
1927
as Self
MovieDon Juan
1926
as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
MovieThe Sea Beast
1926
as Captain Ahab Ceeley
MovieVagabonding On The Pacific
1926
as Himself
MovieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
MovieBeau Brummel
1924
as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
MovieSherlock Holmes
1922
as Sherlock Holmes
MovieThe Lotus Eater
1921
as Jacques Leroi
MovieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
MovieThe Test of Honor
1919
as Martin Wingrave
MovieHere Comes the Bride
1919
as Frederick Tile
MovieOn the Quiet
1918
as Robert Ridgeway
MovieRaffles, the Amateur Cracksman
1917
as A.J. Raffles
MovieNational Red Cross Pageant
1917
as The Tyrant - Russian episode
MovieThe Red Widow
1916
as Cicero Hannibal Butts
MovieThe Lost Bridegroom
1916
as Bertie Joyce
MovieNearly a King
1916
as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
MovieThe Incorrigible Dukane
1915
as James Dukane
MovieThe Dictator
1915
as Brooke Travers
MovieAre You a Mason?
1915
as Frank Perry
MovieThe Man from Mexico
1914
as Fitzhugh
MovieAn 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)
