Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1882-02-15
- Day of Death1942-05-29 (60 years)
- Place of BirthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also Known AsJohn Sidney BlythJack BarrymoreJohn Sidney Blythe Barrymore
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2021
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
As: Archival Footage
- 1991
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
As: Hamlet (archive sound)
- 1941
Playmates
As: John Barrymore
- 1941
World Premiere
As: Duncan DeGrasse
- 1940
The Invisible Woman
As: Professor Gibbs
- 1940
The Great Profile
As: Evans Garrick
- 1939
Midnight
As: Georges Flammarion
- 1939
The Great Man Votes
As: Vance
1938Hold That Co-ed
As: Gabby Harrigan
1938Marie Antoinette
As: King Louis XV
1938Spawn of the North
As: Windy Turlon
1938Romance in the Dark
As: Zoltan Jason
1938Bulldog Drummond's Peril
As: Colonel Neilson
1937True Confession
As: Charles Jasper
1937Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
As: Col. J.A. Nielson
1937Night Club Scandal
As: Dr. Ernest Tindal
1937Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
As: Colonel Neilson
1937Maytime
As: Nicolai Nazaroff
1936Romeo and Juliet
As: Mercutio
1936Movie Maniacs
As: Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
- 1934
Twentieth Century
As: Oscar Jaffe
1934Long Lost Father
As: Carl Bellairs
1933Counsellor at Law
As: George Simon
- 1933
Dinner at Eight
As: Larry Renault
1933Night Flight
As: Riviere
1933Reunion in Vienna
As: Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
1933Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
As: Hamlet
1933Topaze
As: Auguste A. Topaze
1932Rasputin and the Empress
As: Prince Paul Chegodieff
1932A Bill of Divorcement
As: Hilary Fairfield
- 1932
Grand Hotel
As: Baron Felix von Gaigern
1932State's Attorney
As: Tom Cardigan
1932Arsène Lupin
As: Duke of Charmerace
1931The Mad Genius
As: Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
1931Svengali
As: Svengali
1930Moby Dick
As: Ahab
1930The Man from Blankley's
As: Lord Strathpeffer
1929General Crack
As: Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
1929Show of Shows
As: Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
1929Eternal Love
As: Marcus Paltran
1928Tempest
As: Sergeant Ivan Markov
1927When a Man Loves
As: Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
1927The Beloved Rogue
As: François Villon
1926Don Juan
As: Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
1926The Sea Beast
As: Captain Ahab Ceeley
- 1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
As: Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1924Beau Brummel
As: Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
1922Sherlock Holmes
As: Sherlock Holmes
1921The Lotus Eater
As: Jacques Leroi
- 1920
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
As: Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1919The Test of Honor
As: Martin Wingrave
1919Here Comes the Bride
As: Frederick Tile
1918On the Quiet
As: Robert Ridgeway
1917Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
As: A.J. Raffles
1917National Red Cross Pageant
As: The Tyrant - Russian episode
1916The Red Widow
As: Cicero Hannibal Butts
1916The Lost Bridegroom
As: Bertie Joyce
1916Nearly a King
As: Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
1915The Incorrigible Dukane
As: James Dukane
1915The Dictator
As: Brooke Travers
1915Are You a Mason?
As: Frank Perry
1914The Man from Mexico
As: Fitzhugh
1914An American Citizen
As: Berresford Cruger