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 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.

Movies with John Barrymore

6.9

Grand Hotel

May 25, 1932

5.7

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Mar 18, 1938

5.8

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

Dec 16, 1937

7.3

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Dec 25, 1925

6.7

Dinner at Eight

Dec 22, 1933

6.1

Svengali

May 20, 1931

6.8

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Mar 18, 1920

6.8

Twentieth Century

May 11, 1934

6.6

Marie Antoinette

Aug 26, 1938

7.4

Midnight

Mar 24, 1939

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

May 24, 1961

6.9

That's Entertainment, Part II

May 16, 1976