Acting · b. 1882 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

John Barrymore

Biography

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 (19...

Acting
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker Archival Footage 2021 Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde 2015 Checking Out: Grand Hotel Self / Various roles (archive footage) 2004 Complicated Women Self (archive footage) 2003 The Casting Couch 1995 Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio Hamlet (archive sound) 1991 Going Hollywood: The '30s (archive footage) 1984 The Horror of It All Svengali (archive footage) 1983 The Horror Show (archive footage) 1979 That's Entertainment, Part II (archive footage) 1976 It's Showtime Self (archive footage) 1976 The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute Self (archive footage) 1974 Hollywood: The Dream Factory Self (archive footage) 1972 Brasileiros em Hollywood Self (archive footage) 1970 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino Self (archive footage) 1961 Yesterday and Today (archive footage) 1953 The Golden Twenties Self (archive footage) 1950 Okay for Sound Don Juan (archive footage) 1946 Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary Self (archive footage) 1945 The Voice That Thrilled the World Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage) 1943 Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) Self (archive footage) 1942 Playmates John Barrymore 1941 World Premiere Duncan DeGrasse 1941 The Invisible Woman Professor Gibbs 1940 The Great Profile Evans Garrick 1940 Midnight Georges Flammarion 1939 The Great Man Votes Vance 1939 Land of Liberty (archive footage) 1939 The Green Goddess 1939 Marie Antoinette King Louis XV 1938
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