1942-05-29
1882-02-15144 years, 8 months, and 19 days old
Place of birth:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Adult:
No
Gender:
Male
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 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.
Images Gallery
Best Credits: 97
| Title | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde | 6.7 | 1920-03-18 | 1.9642 | ||
Twentieth Century | Oscar Jaffe | 6.8 | 1934-05-11 | 1.086 | ||
Midnight | Georges Flammarion | 7.4 | 1939-03-24 | 1.177 | ||
Grand Hotel | Baron Felix von Gaigern | 7 | 1932-09-11 | 2.7246 | ||
The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 3.4 | 1979-02-06 | 1.148 | ||
The Invisible Woman | Professor Gibbs | 5.7 | 1940-12-27 | 1.3711 | ||
Rasputin and the Empress | Prince Paul Chegodieff | 5.4 | 1932-12-23 | 1.4844 | ||
One on Romance | Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore) | 0 | 1913-04-14 | 0.7536 | ||
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director | The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore) | 0 | 1912-06-05 | 0.7052 | ||
The Widow Casey's Return | The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore) | 0 | 1912-06-17 | 0.6375 |