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.
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PHOTOS
TV Series
Movies
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
6.728
Twentieth Century
6.8
Midnight
7.3
Grand Hotel
6.943
The Horror Show
3.75
The Invisible Woman
5.721
Rasputin and the Empress
5.333
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
0
One on Romance
0
The Widow Casey's Return
0
Just Pretending
0
A Prize Package
0
The Incorrigible Dukane
3
The Man from Mexico
0
The Dictator
0
Marie Antoinette
6.6
The Red Widow
0
On the Quiet
0
Here Comes the Bride
0
Maytime
6.5
The Test of Honor
3.5
Romeo and Juliet
6.2
Movie Maniacs
5.588
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
7.7
Yesterday and Today
0
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
6.1
Svengali
6.146
Dinner at Eight
6.715
Life in Hollywood No. 4
0
A Bill of Divorcement
6.2
Counsellor at Law
6.6
Sherlock Holmes
6.1
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
0
Night Flight
5.8
Spawn of the North
5.55
Tempest
6.4
Don Juan
6.5
Eternal Love
5.542
The Beloved Rogue
6.5
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
5.8
When a Man Loves
6.4
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
6
State's Attorney
6.7
Beau Brummel
6.8
True Confession
5.8
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
5.7
The Mad Genius
6.3
The Great Profile
6.3
Arsène Lupin
6.9
National Red Cross Pageant
0
Topaze
6.143
Vagabonding On The Pacific
0
Reunion in Vienna
6.6
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
5.8
Moby Dick
5.3
The Sea Beast
6.4
Playmates
5.2
Long Lost Father
5.714
Hold That Co-ed
6.3
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
0
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
0
General Crack
0
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
7
The Show of Shows
5.5
Going Hollywood: The '30s
10
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
3.3
The Horror of It All
8
The Great Man Votes
6.1
The Circus: Premiere
5.4
Land of Liberty
0
The Golden Twenties
0
Night Club Scandal
4
World Premiere
5
The Man from Blankley's
6
The Lotus Eater
0
Hollywood Goes to Town
7
Complicated Women
6.7
That's Entertainment, Part II
6.855
Romance in the Dark
3
Okay for Sound
5
The Voice That Thrilled the World
5.3
Nearly a King
0
The Lost Bridegroom
0
It's Showtime
7
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
7.305
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
0
An American Citizen
0
Are You a Mason?
3
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
7.5
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
7.4