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John Barrymore

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1882-02-14

Deathday: 1942-05-29 (60 years old)

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 (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.

Filmography

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Movies 104

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John Barrymore

Biography

Filmography

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Movies 104

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Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker (2021)

Sherlock Holmes Against Conan Doyle (2018)

Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009)

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008)

Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005)

Monster Movie Trivia Quiz (2004)

Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)

Complicated Women (2003)

Shakespeare's Women and Claire Bloom (1999)

The Casting Couch (1995)

100 Years at the Movies (1994)

Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)

The Horror of It All (1983)

The Horror Show (1979)

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

It's Showtime (1976)

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

Hollywood My Home Town (1965)

Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)

Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961)

When the Talkies Were Young (1955)

Yesterday and Today (1953)

The Golden Twenties (1950)

Let's Go to the Movies (1949)

Okay for Sound (1946)

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary (1945)

Some of the Best (1944)

The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942)

Playmates (1941)

World Premiere (1941)

The Invisible Woman (1940)

The Great Profile (1940)

Land of Liberty (1939)

Midnight (1939)

The Great Man Votes (1939)

Hold That Co-ed (1938)

Marie Antoinette (1938)

Spawn of the North (1938)

Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)

Romance in the Dark (1938)

Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)

True Confession (1937)

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)

Night Club Scandal (1937)

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)

Maytime (1937)

The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention (1937)

Romeo and Juliet (1936)

Movie Maniacs (1936)

Twentieth Century (1934)

Long Lost Father (1934)

Counsellor at Law (1933)

Dinner at Eight (1933)

Night Flight (1933)

Reunion in Vienna (1933)

Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V (1933)

Topaze (1933)

Rasputin and the Empress (1932)

A Bill of Divorcement (1932)

Grand Hotel (1932)

State's Attorney (1932)

Arsène Lupin (1932)

The Mad Genius (1931)

The House That Shadows Built (1931)

Svengali (1931)

Moby Dick (1930)

The Man from Blankley's (1930)

General Crack (1929)

Show of Shows (1929)

Eternal Love (1929)

Tempest (1928)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1882-02-14

Deathday
1942-05-29 (60 years old)

Birth Place
Philadelphia, United States

Relationships
Elaine Barrie (1936 - 1940), Dolores Costello (1928 - 1934), Blanche Oelrichs (1920 - 1928), Katherine Corri Harris (1910 - 1917)

Children
Diana Barrymore, John Drew Barrymore

Father
Maurice Barrymore

Mother
Georgiana Drew

Siblings
Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
John Sidney Blyth, Jack Barrymore, John Sidney Blythe Barrymore

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame