John Barrymore

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

144

Movies

Born: February 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942
From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Works

95 films

Grand Hotel

19327.0

Here Comes the Bride

19198.0

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

19257.3

The Show of Shows

19296.6

Dinner at Eight

19336.8

Romeo and Juliet

19366.3

State's Attorney

19326.9

That's Entertainment, Part II

19767.0

Complicated Women

20036.9

Brasileiros em Hollywood

1970

Marie Antoinette

19386.6

Rasputin and the Empress

19325.5

Counsellor at Law

19336.5

It's Showtime

19767.5

Arsène Lupin

19327.0

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

19206.7

Don Juan

19266.6

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

19747.7

Midnight

19397.4

Moby Dick

19305.6

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

19617.0

The Horror Show

19793.4

The Incorrigible Dukane

19153.0

Night Flight

19335.8

The Red Widow

1916

Twentieth Century

19346.8

The Invisible Woman

19405.7

Maytime

19376.8

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

19727.3

The Sea Beast

19266.7

A Bill of Divorcement

19326.3

The Casting Couch

19958.3

Land of Liberty

19399.0

Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

2015

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

19917.6

The Great Profile

19406.8

Going Hollywood: The '30s

19849.0

Nearly a King

1916

Just Pretending

19129.0

Life in Hollywood

1927

Reunion in Vienna

19337.2

National Red Cross Pageant

19178.0

Hollywood Goes to Town

19387.0

The Lost Bridegroom

1916

The Beloved Rogue

19276.9

Sherlock Holmes

19226.1

Spawn of the North

19386.1

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman

19175.8

The Horror of It All

19838.3

Beau Brummel

19247.0

General Crack

192910.0

True Confession

19376.1

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

19385.9

One on Romance

1913

Okay for Sound

19466.7

An American Citizen

1914

Svengali

19316.2

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

20047.0

The Mad Genius

19316.4

Night Club Scandal

19374.3

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

19376.0

Topaze

19336.0

Movie Maniacs

19366.0

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

20216.3

The Voice That Thrilled the World

19436.0

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942

Hold That Co-ed

19386.7

Long Lost Father

19345.9

The Circus: Premiere

19285.4

Romance in the Dark

19385.3

Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood

200510.0

The Great Man Votes

19396.4

The Man from Mexico

1914

Tempest

19286.2

A Prize Package

1912

The Golden Twenties

19507.0

Yesterday and Today

19537.0

Eternal Love

19295.8

The Dream of a Moving Picture Director

1912

When a Man Loves

19276.0

The Man from Blankley's

19307.0

Playmates

19415.7

The Lotus Eater

19219.0

The Green Goddess

1939

Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V

19339.0

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

19376.2

The Dictator

1915

The Test of Honor

19194.5

World Premiere

19416.0

On the Quiet

1918

Life in Hollywood No. 4

192710.0

The Widow Casey's Return

1912

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

194510.0

Are You a Mason?

19153.0

Vagabonding On The Pacific

19268.0