Birth Day: 1882-02-15
Place of birth: 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.
Credits
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As Archival Footage -
As Self / Various roles (archive footage)
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As Self (archive footage) -
As Hamlet (archive sound) -
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As Svengali (archive footage) -
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As Self (archive footage) -
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As Self (archive footage)
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As Self (archive footage) -
As 'Bill of Divorcement' (archive footage) (uncredited) -
As Self (archive footage) -
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As Self (archive footage) -
As Don Juan (archive footage) -
As Self (archive footage) -
As Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage) -
As Self (archive footage) -
As John Barrymore -
As Duncan DeGrasse -
As Evans Garrick -
As Professor Gibbs -
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As Vance -
As Georges Flammarion -
As Gabby Harrigan -
As Self -
As Zoltan Jason -
As Windy Turlon -
As Colonel Neilson -
As King Louis XV -
As Dr. Ernest Tindal -
As Nicolai Nazaroff -
As Colonel Neilson -
As Col. J.A. Nielson -
As Charles Jasper -
As Mercutio -
As Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited) -
As Oscar Jaffe -
As Carl Bellairs -
As George Simon -
As Hamlet -
As Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg -
As Larry Renault -
As Auguste A. Topaze -
As Riviere -
As Duke of Charmerace -
As Baron Felix von Gaigern -
As Tom Cardigan -
As Prince Paul Chegodieff -
As Hilary Fairfield -
As Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov -
As Svengali -
As Lord Strathpeffer -
As Ahab -
As Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian -
As Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited) -
As Marcus Paltran -
As Self -
As Sergeant Ivan Markov -
As Chevalier Fabien des Grieux -
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As François Villon -
As Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana -
As Captain Ahab Ceeley -
As Himself -
As Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) -
As Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Jacques Leroi -
As Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde -
As Martin Wingrave -
As Frederick Tile -
As Robert Ridgeway -
As The Tyrant - Russian episode -
As A.J. Raffles -
As Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana -
As Bertie Joyce -
As Cicero Hannibal Butts -
As Frank Perry -
As Brooke Travers -
As James Dukane -
As Berresford Cruger -
As Fitzhugh -
As Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
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As The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
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As The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
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As Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
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As The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)