Cast & creator
John Barrymore
Best known for MGM Parade, Grand Hotel, Dinner at Eight
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.
Also known as: John Sidney Blyth, Jack Barrymore, John Sidney Blythe Barrymore
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1912–2021 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (97)
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MGM Parade
Self
1955
Grand Hotel
Baron Felix von Gaigern
1932
Dinner at Eight
Larry Renault
1933
Marie Antoinette
King Louis XV
1938
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
Rasputin and the Empress
Prince Paul Chegodieff
1932
Arsène Lupin
Duke of Charmerace
1932
Movie Maniacs
Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
1936The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Self (archive footage)
1974
The Invisible Woman
Professor Gibbs
1940
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1920
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
Spawn of the North
Windy Turlon
1938
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
1961
Maytime
Nicolai Nazaroff
1937
Romeo and Juliet
Mercutio
1936
Twentieth Century
Oscar Jaffe
1934
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
1943
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Col. J.A. Nielson
1937
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
The Show of Shows
Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
1929
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
1938
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
1942
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
1976
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Colonel Neilson
1938
National Red Cross Pageant
The Tyrant - Russian episode
1917
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Game - The Movie
Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
2004
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
Archival Footage
2021
When a Man Loves
Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
1927
Midnight
Georges Flammarion
1939
Moby Dick
Ahab
1930
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1970
A Bill of Divorcement
Hilary Fairfield
1932
The Great Man Votes
Vance
1939
The Casting Couch
1995
Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
2015
Land of Liberty
(archive footage)
1939
Hold That Co-ed
Gabby Harrigan
1938
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
1979
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
1945
Long Lost Father
Carl Bellairs
1934
The Great Profile
Evans Garrick
1940
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Hamlet (archive sound)
1991
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Colonel Neilson
1937
True Confession
Charles Jasper
1937Just Pretending
The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
State's Attorney
Tom Cardigan
1932
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2005
The Horror of It All
Svengali (archive footage)
1983
Don Juan
Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
1926
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
A.J. Raffles
1917
Here Comes the Bride
Frederick Tile
1919
Night Flight
Riviere
1933
The Test of Honor
Martin Wingrave
1919
The Mad Genius
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
1931
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
Hamlet
1933
The Man from Mexico
Fitzhugh
1914
Romance in the Dark
Zoltan Jason
1938
The Sea Beast
Captain Ahab Ceeley
1926
Nearly a King
Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
1916
Counsellor at Law
George Simon
1933
Svengali
Svengali
1931
Okay for Sound
Don Juan (archive footage)
1946
The Beloved Rogue
François Villon
1927
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927
The Man from Blankley's
Lord Strathpeffer
1930
Topaze
Auguste A. Topaze
1933
The Circus: Premiere
Self
1928
Eternal Love
Marcus Paltran
1929
Reunion in Vienna
Rudolf von Hapsburg
1933
Night Club Scandal
Dr. Ernest Tindal
1937
An American Citizen
Berresford Cruger
1914
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
1922
Playmates
John Barrymore
1941
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
1953
Beau Brummel
Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
1924
The Red Widow
Cicero Hannibal Butts
1916
Are You a Mason?
Frank Perry
1915
The Golden Twenties
Self (archive footage)
1950The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
Life in Hollywood
Self
1927
World Premiere
Duncan DeGrasse
1941
Tempest
Sergeant Ivan Markov
1928The Green Goddess
1939
The Incorrigible Dukane
James Dukane
1915
General Crack
Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
1929
Vagabonding On The Pacific
Himself
1926One on Romance
Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
1913
The Lost Bridegroom
Bertie Joyce
1916The Widow Casey's Return
The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
1912
The Dictator
Brooke Travers
1915
On the Quiet
Robert Ridgeway
1918
The Lotus Eater
Jacques Leroi
1921A Prize Package
Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
1912