John Barrymore
Acting · Born 1882-02-15 · age 60 at death · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Titles
Grand Hotel
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dinner at Eight
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Twentieth Century
Midnight
The Invisible Woman
Svengali
A Bill of Divorcement
That's Entertainment, Part II
Romeo and Juliet
Marie Antoinette
Counsellor at Law
Sherlock Holmes
Topaze
The Mad Genius
True Confession
Arsène Lupin
Night Flight
Movie Maniacs
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
The Beloved Rogue
Tempest
Beau Brummel
Don Juan
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Rasputin and the Empress
Eternal Love
Maytime
Spawn of the North
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Moby Dick
When a Man Loves
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
State's Attorney
Long Lost Father
The Sea Beast
Hold That Co-ed
The Great Man Votes
The Horror of It All
Reunion in Vienna
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
Playmates
Night Club Scandal
The Show of Shows
The Horror Show
The Great Profile
Romance in the Dark
The Test of Honor
The Casting Couch
Okay for Sound
Going Hollywood: The '30s
The Man from Blankley's
World Premiere
Are You a Mason?
Life in Hollywood No. 4
General Crack
Just Pretending
Land of Liberty