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John Drew Barrymore (1932–2004)

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American actor with a sporadic career, the son of stage and screen legend John Barrymore. His father and mother, actress Dolores Costello divorced in his infancy and he claimed to remember seeing his father only once. His mother attempted to keep him from the acting life, sending him to St. John's Military Academy and intending that he attend college... See full bio »

Born:

John Sidney Blythe Barrymore Jr.
in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died:

(age 72) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1976 Baby Blue Marine (uncredited)
 
1974 Kung Fu (TV series)
Alex McGregor
– A Dream Within a Dream (1974) … Alex McGregor
 
1973 The Clones
Brooks Brothers Hippie (as John Barrymore Jr.)
 
1969 This Savage Land (TV movie)
Stacy Daggart
 
1967 Dundee and the Culhane (TV series)
Royal Bodie
– The Turn the Other Cheek Brief (1967) … Royal Bodie
 
1967 Winchester 73 (TV movie)
Preacher
 
1966 Jericho (TV series)
– Both Ends Against the Riddle (1966)
 
1966 The Road West (TV series)
Stacey Daggart
– This Savage Land: Part 2 (1966) … Stacey Daggart
– This Savage Land: Part 1 (1966) … Stacey Daggart
 
1966 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Goebels
– Hoodlums on Wheels (1966) … Goebels
 
1965 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
American Knife
– The Night of the Double-Edged Knife (1965) … American Knife
 
1959-1965 Rawhide (TV series)
Danny Hawks / Harry Eccles / Harry Tasunka
– Ride a Crooked Mile (1965) … Danny Hawks
– Corporal Dasovik (1964) … Harry Eccles
– Incident of the Haunted Hills (1959) … Harry Tasunka
 
1965 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Anderson / Mace Gore
– Seven Hours to Dawn (1965) … Mace Gore
– One Killer on Ice (1965) … Anderson
 
1964 A Game of Crime
Paul Morand
 
1964 Death on the Fourposter
Anthony
 
1964 Rome Against Rome
Aderbad
 
1963 The Christine Keeler Story
Dr. Stephen Ward
 
1963 Arms of the Avenger
 
1962 Invasion 1700
Bohun
 
1962 Pontius Pilate
Judas / Jesus
 
1961 The Trojan Horse
Ulysses
 
1961 The Centurion
Diaeus
 
1960 The Pharaohs' Woman
Sabaku prince of Bubastis
 
1960 I'll See You in Hell
Walter
 
1960 The Night They Killed Rasputin
Prince Felix Yousoupoff
 
1960 The Cossacks
Giamal
 
1959 Night of the Quarter Moon
Roderic 'Chuck' Nelson
 
1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
Little Horse
– Silent Thunder (1958) … Little Horse
 
1956-1958 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
Hadrian
– End of the Rope (1958) (as John Barrymore Jr.)
– End of the Robe (1958) (as John Barrymore Jr.)
– You Touched Me (1957) … Hadrian
– The Ghost of Greenwich Village (1956)
– The Runaways (1956)
 
1958 Never Love a Stranger
Francis 'Frankie' Kane
 
1958 High School Confidential!
J. I. Coleridge
 
1958 Wagon Train (TV series)
Ruttledge Munroe
– The Ruttledge Munroe Story (1958) … Ruttledge Munroe
 
1956-1957 Climax! (TV series)
Herm Farley / Matt
– Two Tests for Tuesday (1957) … Herm Farley
– The Secret Thread (1956) … Matt (as John Barrymore Jr.)
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
James Keller / Lt. Stegel
– Ain't No Time for Glory (1957) … Lt. Stegel
– The Miracle Worker (1957) … James Keller (as John Barrymore Jr.)
 
1957 The Shadow on the Window
Jess Reber (as John Barrymore Jr.)
 
1957 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Hunt Bromley
– End of a Gun (1957) … Hunt Bromley (as John Barrymore Jr.)
 
1956 While the City Sleeps
Robert Manners (as John Barrymore Jr.)
 
1955 The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (TV series)
– A Night at the Follies (1955)
 
1955 The Adventures of Lt. Contee (TV movie)
Lt. Marcus Contee (as John Barrymore Jr.)
 
1954 The Reluctant Redeemer (TV movie)
Moses (as John Barrymore Dr.)
 
1953 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Boomerang (1953) (as John Barrymore Jr.)
 
1952 Thunderbirds
Pvt. Tom McCreery (as John Barrymore Jr.)
 
1951 The Big Night
George La Main (as John Barrymore Jr.)
 
1951 Quebec
Mark Douglas (as John Barrymore Jr.)
 
1950 High Lonesome
Cooncat (as John Barrymore Jr.)
 
1950 The Sundowners
Jeff Cloud - the Younger Brother (as John Barrymore Jr.)
 
1949 We, the People (TV series)
– Episode dated 9 December 1949 (1949)
 
1949 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
Donalbain
– Macbeth (1949) … Donalbain
 
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1955 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
2013 The Actor (documentary)
 
1962 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 May 1962 (1962) … Himself
 
1950 Life with Linkletter (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 October 1950 (1950) … Himself (as John Barrymore Jr.)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2005 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2002 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1999 Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Guested on Sheilah Graham's program on KNBH on November 8, 1950.

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 1 Print Biography  | 5 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

John Barrymore Jr. | John Barrymore Dr.
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[in 1962, referring to a series of street scuffles in which he was involved] I'm not a nice, clean-cut American kid at all. I'm just a human being. Those things just happen. See more »

Trivia:

In daughter Drew's memoir "Little Girl Lost," she offered a blistering account of her absent father, including his considerable brushes with the law, his alcoholism, drug abuse and penchant for domestic violence. She summed up their relationship as "abusive" and "chaotic." Drew herself battled alcohol and substance abuse at age 12... See more »

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