
John Barrymore
Known for: Acting
Born: February 15, 1882
Died: May 29, 1942
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

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920

Twentieth Century
1934

Rasputin and the Empress
1932
One on Romance
1913

The Incorrigible Dukane
1915

The Man from Mexico
1914

The Dictator
1915

The Red Widow
1916

On the Quiet
1918

Here Comes the Bride
1919

The Test of Honor
1919

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937

Svengali
1931

Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927

A Bill of Divorcement
1932

Counsellor at Law
1933

Sherlock Holmes
1922

Night Flight
1933

Tempest
1928

Don Juan
1926

Eternal Love
1929

The Beloved Rogue
1927

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937

When a Man Loves
1927

State's Attorney
1932

Beau Brummel
1924

Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938

The Mad Genius
1931

The Great Profile
1940

Arsène Lupin
1932

Topaze
1933

Vagabonding On The Pacific
1926

Reunion in Vienna
1933

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
1917

Moby Dick
1930

The Sea Beast
1926

Long Lost Father
1934

Hold That Co-ed
1938

General Crack
1929

The Great Man Votes
1939

Night Club Scandal
1937

World Premiere
1941

The Man from Blankley's
1930

The Lotus Eater
1921

Okay for Sound
1946

Nearly a King
1916

The Lost Bridegroom
1916

Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
1933

An American Citizen
1914

Are You a Mason?
1915

Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2015

Grand Hotel
1932

The Invisible Woman
1940

Dinner at Eight
1933

Playmates
1941

Midnight
1939
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
1912
The Widow Casey's Return
1912

Marie Antoinette
1938

Maytime
1937

Romeo and Juliet
1936

True Confession
1937

Romance in the Dark
1938
The Green Goddess
1939
A Prize Package
1912

Yesterday and Today
1953
Just Pretending
1912

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961

Spawn of the North
1938

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004

The Golden Twenties
1950

Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
2005

Hollywood Goes to Town
1938

The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943

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

100 Years at the Movies
1994

Life in Hollywood
1927

Movie Maniacs
1936

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984

The Casting Couch
1995

The Horror Show
1979

Land of Liberty
1939

The Circus: Premiere
1928

It's Showtime
1976

The Horror of It All
1983

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972

National Red Cross Pageant
1917

Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970

The Show of Shows
1929

Complicated Women
2003

MGM Parade
1955