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 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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1920
Twentieth Century
as Oscar Jaffe
1934
Midnight
as Georges Flammarion
1939
Grand Hotel
as Baron Felix von Gaigern
1932
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
The Invisible Woman
as Professor Gibbs
1940
Rasputin and the Empress
as Prince Paul Chegodieff
1932
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
as The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
One on Romance
as Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
1913
The Widow Casey's Return
as The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
Just Pretending
as The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
A Prize Package
as Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
The Incorrigible Dukane
as James Dukane
1915
The Man from Mexico
as Fitzhugh
1914
The Dictator
as Brooke Travers
1915
Marie Antoinette
as King Louis XV
1938
The Red Widow
as Cicero Hannibal Butts
1916
On the Quiet
as Robert Ridgeway
1918
Here Comes the Bride
as Frederick Tile
1919
Maytime
as Nicolai Nazaroff
1937
