John Barrymore

John Barrymore

b. 1882 — d. 1942 (aged 60) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Actor Soundtrack Writer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Barrymore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Svengali

Grand Hotel

Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century

The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman

Filmography

Coded

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Actor 'Bill of Divorcement'

Hollywood: The Golden Years

Actor 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'

When the Talkies Were Young

When the Talkies Were Young

Maestro Svengali

Let's Go to the Movies

Let's Go to the Movies

Some of the Best

Some of the Best

The Baron in Grand Hotel

Screen Snapshots, Series 22, No. 1

Playmates

World Premiere

Duncan DeGrasse

Unusual Occupations L-0-5

Picture People No. 5

The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman

Professor Gibbs

The Great Profile

Midnight

Georges Flammarion

The Great Man Votes

The Great Man Votes

The Green Goddess

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Colonel Nielson

Spawn of the North

Spawn of the North

Hold That Co-ed

Hold That Co-ed

For Auld Lang Syne

Hollywood Goes to Town

Hollywood Goes to Town

Romance in the Dark

Romance in the Dark

True Confession

True Confession

Maytime

Nicolai Nazaroff

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

Colonel Neilson

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

Colonel Nielson

Night Club Scandal

Night Club Scandal

Dr. Ernest S. Tindal

The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Mercutio - Kinsman to the Prince and Friend to Romeo

Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century

Long Lost Father

Long Lost Father

Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight

Counsellor at Law

Counsellor at Law

Topaze

Professor Auguste A. Topaze

Night Flight

Reunion in Vienna

Reunion in Vienna

Archduke Rudolf von Habsburg

Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V

Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V

Grand Hotel

Baron Felix von Geigern

A Bill of Divorcement

A Bill of Divorcement

Hilary Fairfield

Arsène Lupin

Duke of Charmerace

Rasputin and the Empress

Rasputin and the Empress

Prince Chegodieff

State's Attorney

State's Attorney

Svengali

The Mad Genius

Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

Moby Dick

Captain Ahab Ceely

The Man from Blankley's

The Man from Blankley's

Lord Strathpeffer

Eternal Love

Show of Shows

Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III'

General Crack

Prince Christian Rudolph Augustus Kettlar - Duke of Kurland

Tempest

Sgt. Ivan Markov

The Circus: Premiere

The Circus: Premiere

The Beloved Rogue

The Beloved Rogue

1927 Actor Writer

François Villon

When a Man Loves

When a Man Loves

Chevalier Fabien des Grieux

Life in Hollywood No. 4

Life in Hollywood No. 4

Don Juan

Don Juan de Marana

The Sea Beast

Captain Ahab Ceeley

Vagabonding on the Pacific

Beau Brummel

George Bryon 'Beau' Brummel

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

The Lotus Eater

The Lotus Eater

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Mr. Edward Hyde

Here Comes the Bride

Here Comes the Bride

The Test of Honor

The Test of Honor

Martin Wingrave

On the Quiet

Robert Ridgeway

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman

Nearly a King

Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana

The Lost Bridegroom

The Lost Bridegroom

The Red Widow

Cicero Hannibal Butts

The Dictator

Are You a Mason?

Are You a Mason?

The Incorrigible Dukane

The Incorrigible Dukane

The Man from Mexico

The Man from Mexico

An American Citizen

An American Citizen

Berresford Cruger

The Widow Casey's Return

The Rejected Suitor

Just Pretending

The Dream of a Moving Picture Director

The Movie Villain

A Prize Package

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