John Barrymore
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.
Acting
Movie
Grand Hotel
as Baron Felix von Gaigern
1932
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1920
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Dinner at Eight
as Larry Renault
1933
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
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Twentieth Century
as Oscar Jaffe
1934
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Midnight
as Georges Flammarion
1939
Movie
The Invisible Woman
as Professor Gibbs
1940
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Svengali
as Svengali
1931
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A Bill of Divorcement
as Hilary Fairfield
1932
Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
Movie
Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio
1936
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Marie Antoinette
as King Louis XV
1938
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Counsellor at Law
as George Simon
1933
Movie
Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
1922
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Topaze
as Auguste A. Topaze
1933
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True Confession
as Charles Jasper
1937
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The Mad Genius
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
1931
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Arsène Lupin
as Duke of Charmerace
1932
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Night Flight
as Riviere
1933
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Movie Maniacs
as Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
1936
Movie
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Colonel Neilson
1938
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Tempest
as Sergeant Ivan Markov
1928
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The Beloved Rogue
as François Villon
1927
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Don Juan
as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
1926