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John Barrymore

Born Feb 15, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

John Sidney Blyth Barrymore made his stage debut at the age of 18 in one of his father's productions. His debut on the screen came in 1914 in An American Citizen and his good looks and remarkable talent made him a star. John Barrymore is remembered 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.

Filmography

Shows & movies
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer as John Barrymore
2009
TVT Rating
Documentary | 2h 8m
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Checking Out: Grand Hotel as John Barrymore
2004
TVT Rating
Documentary, Drama | 12m
Complicated Women
Complicated Women as John Barrymore
2003
TVT Rating
Documentary | 55m
Shakespeare's Women and Claire Bloom
Shakespeare's Women and Claire Bloom as Hamlet
1999
TVT Rating
Documentary, Drama | 54m
The Horror Show
The Horror Show as (archive footage)
1981
TVT Rating
Documentary, Horror, Thriller | 1h 40m
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1976
TVT Rating
Documentary, Family | 2h 6m
Hollywood My Home Town
Hollywood My Home Town as Himself
1965
TVT Rating
| 45m
Hollywood: The Golden Years
Hollywood: The Golden Years as Actor 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'
1961
TVT Rating
Documentary, History | 52m
When the Talkies Were Young
When the Talkies Were Young as Maestro Svengali
1955
TVT Rating
Drama, Documentary, History | 20m
The Golden Twenties
The Golden Twenties as John Barrymore
1960
TVT Rating
Documentary | 1h 8m
Okay for Sound
Okay for Sound as Don Juan
1946
TVT Rating
History, Documentary | 20m
Some of the Best
Some of the Best as The Baron in Grand Hotel
1949
TVT Rating
Documentary | 49m
World Premiere
World Premiere as Duncan DeGrasse
1982
TVT Rating
Comedy | 1h 11m
The Great Profile
The Great Profile as Evans Garrick
1941
TVT Rating
Comedy | 1h 22m
The Invisible Woman
The Invisible Woman as Professor Gibbs
1940
TVT Rating
Science Fiction, Comedy | 1h 12m
The Great Man Votes
The Great Man Votes as Vance
1939
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 12m
Midnight
Midnight as Georges Flammarion
1939
TVT Rating
Comedy | 1h 34m
Hollywood Goes to Town
Hollywood Goes to Town as Himself
1938
TVT Rating
| 9m
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Bulldog Drummond's Peril as Col. Neilson
1938
TVT Rating
Adventure, Crime, Thriller | 1h 6m
Romance in the Dark
Romance in the Dark as Zoltan Jason
1938
TVT Rating
| 1h 17m
Hold That Co-ed
Hold That Co-ed as Gabby Harrigan
1938
TVT Rating
Comedy | 1h 20m
Spawn of the North
Spawn of the North as Windy Turlon
1938
TVT Rating
Action | 1h 50m
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette as King Louis XV
1938
TVT Rating
Drama | 2h 29m
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention as John Barrymore
1937
TVT Rating
Documentary | 17m
Night Club Scandal
Night Club Scandal as Dr. Ernest S. Tindal
1939
TVT Rating
Drama, Romance, Thriller | 1h 10m
Maytime
Maytime as Nicolai Nazaroff
1937
TVT Rating
Drama | 2h 12m
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back as Colonel Neilson
1937
TVT Rating
Action, Crime, Thriller | 1h 4m
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge as Col. J.A. Nielson
1937
TVT Rating
Adventure | 57m
True Confession
True Confession as Charles "Charley" Jasper
1937
TVT Rating
Comedy | 1h 25m
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet as Mercutio - Kinsman to the Prince and Friend to Romeo
1936
TVT Rating
Drama | 2h 5m
Long Lost Father
Long Lost Father as Carl Bellairs
1934
TVT Rating
Comedy, Drama | 1h 3m
Twentieth Century
Twentieth Century as Oscar Jaffe
1934
TVT Rating
Comedy | 1h 31m
Night Flight
Night Flight as Riviere
1933
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 24m
Counsellor at Law
Counsellor at Law as George Simon
1933
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 22m
Topaze
Topaze as Professor Auguste A. Topaze
1933
TVT Rating
Comedy, Drama | 1h 18m
Reunion in Vienna
Reunion in Vienna as Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
1933
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 38m
Dinner at Eight
Dinner at Eight as Larry Renault
1933
TVT Rating
Comedy, Drama | 1h 51m
State's Attorney
State's Attorney as Tom Cardigan
1932
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 19m
Rasputin and the Empress
Rasputin and the Empress as Prince Paul Chegodieff
1932
TVT Rating
Drama | 2h 1m
Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin as Duke of Charmerace
1932
TVT Rating
| 1h 24m
A Bill of Divorcement
A Bill of Divorcement as Hilary Fairfield
1932
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 10m
Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel as Baron Felix von Gaigern
1932
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 52m
Svengali
Svengali as Svengali
1931
TVT Rating
Drama, Horror, Fantasy | 1h 21m
The Mad Genius
The Mad Genius as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
1931
TVT Rating
Drama, Horror | 1h 21m
The Man from Blankley's
The Man from Blankley's as Lord Strathpeffer
1930
TVT Rating
Comedy | 1h 7m
General Crack
General Crack as Prince Christian Rudolph Augustus Kettlar, Duke of Kurland
1932
TVT Rating
Romance, War, Action, Drama, History | 1h 37m
Eternal Love
Eternal Love as Marcus Paltran
1929
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 11m
Show of Shows
Show of Shows as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III'
1929
TVT Rating
| 2h 8m
Tempest
Tempest as Sergeant Ivan Markov
1928
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 51m
The Beloved Rogue
The Beloved Rogue as François Villon
1927
TVT Rating
Drama, Action, Adventure | 1h 39m
When a Man Loves
When a Man Loves as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
1927
TVT Rating
| 1h 51m
Vagabonding On The Pacific
Vagabonding On The Pacific as John Barrymore
1926
TVT Rating
Documentary | 13m
The Sea Beast
The Sea Beast as Captain Ahab Ceeley
1926
TVT Rating
Adventure, Fantasy | 2h 16m
Don Juan
Don Juan as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
1926
TVT Rating
Adventure | 1h 52m
Beau Brummel
Beau Brummel as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
1924
TVT Rating
Drama | 2h 7m
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
1922
TVT Rating
Drama, Crime | 1h 25m
The Lotus Eater
The Lotus Eater as Jacques Leroi
1922
TVT Rating
Romance, Drama | 1h 10m
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1920
TVT Rating
Drama, Horror, Science Fiction | 1h 22m
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman as A.J. Raffles
1918
TVT Rating
Adventure, Romance, Crime, Mystery | 1h 10m
The Lost Bridegroom
The Lost Bridegroom as Bertie Joyce
1916
TVT Rating
Comedy | 50m
An American Citizen
An American Citizen as Berresford Cruger
1914
TVT Rating
Comedy, Romance | 40m
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Actor 'Bill of Divorcement'
TVT Rating
Documentary | 52m