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