John Barrymore
Birthday: 1882-02-15 | Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAJohn 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self (archive footage)
as Professor Gibbs
as Georges Flammarion
as Colonel Neilson
as King Louis XV
as Windy Turlon
as Col. J.A. Nielson
as Colonel Neilson
as Nicolai Nazaroff
as Mercutio
as Oscar Jaffe
as Larry Renault
as Baron Felix von Gaigern
as Duke of Charmerace
as Prince Paul Chegodieff
as Svengali
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
as Sergeant Ivan Markov
as François Villon
as Captain Ahab Ceeley
as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
as Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
as A.J. Raffles
