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John Barrymore (I) (1882–1942)

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American stage and screen actor whose rise to superstardom and subsequent decline is one of the legendary tragedies of Hollywood. A member of the most famous generation of the most famous theatrical family in America, he was also its most acclaimed star. His father was Maurice Blyth (or Blythe; family spellings vary)... See full bio »

Born:

John Sidney Blyth
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 60) in Los Angeles, California, USA
John Barrymore c. 1932 Paramount **I.V. John Barrymore Film Set/MGM Grand Hotel (1932) 0022958
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1941 Playmates
John Barrymore
 
1941 World Premiere
Duncan DeGrasse
 
1940 The Invisible Woman
Professor Gibbs
 
1940 The Great Profile
Evans Garrick
 
1939 Midnight
Georges Flammarion
 
1939 The Great Man Votes
Vance
 
1938 Hold That Co-ed
Governor Gabby Harrigan
 
1938 Spawn of the North
Windy Turlon
 
1938 Marie Antoinette
King Louis XV
 
1938 Romance in the Dark
Zoltan Jason
 
1938 Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Col. Neilson
 
1937 True Confession
Charles "Charley" Jasper
 
1937 Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Col. J.A. Nielson
 
1937 Night Club Scandal
Dr. Ernest Tindal
 
1937 Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Colonel Neilson
 
1937 Maytime
Nicolai Nazaroff
 
1936 Romeo and Juliet
Mercutio - Kinsman to the Prince and Friend to Romeo
 
1934 Twentieth Century
Oscar Jaffe
 
1934 Long Lost Father
Carl Bellairs
 
1933 Counsellor at Law
George Simon
 
1933 Night Flight
Riviere
 
1933 Dinner at Eight
Larry Renault
 
1933 Reunion in Vienna
Archduke Rudolf von Habsburg
 
1933/I Topaze
Professor Auguste A. Topaze
 
1933 Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
Hamlet
 
1932 Rasputin and the Empress
Prince Chegodieff
 
1932 A Bill of Divorcement
Hilary
 
1932 State's Attorney
Tom Cardigan
 
1932 Grand Hotel
The Baron
 
1932 Arsène Lupin
Duke of Charmerace
 
1931 The Mad Genius
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
 
1931 Svengali
Svengali
 
1930 Moby Dick
Ahab
 
1930 The Man from Blankley's
Lord Strathpeffer
 
1930 General Crack
Duke of Kurland/Prince Christian
 
1929 The Show of Shows
Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III'
 
1929 Eternal Love
Marcus Paltran
 
1928 Tempest
Sergeant Ivan Markov
 
1927 The Beloved Rogue
François Villon
 
1927 When a Man Loves
Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
 
1926 Don Juan
Don Jose de Marana/Don Juan de Marana
 
1926 The Sea Beast
Captain Ahab Ceeley
 
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
 
1924 Beau Brummel
Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
 
1922 Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
 
1921 The Lotus Eater
Jacques Leroi
 
1920/I Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
 
1919 The Test of Honor
Martin Wingrave
 
1919 Here Comes the Bride
Frederick Tile
 
1918 On the Quiet
Robert Ridgeway
 
1917 National Red Cross Pageant
The Tyrant - Russian episode
 
1917 Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
A.J. Raffles
 
1916 The Red Widow (short)
Cicero Hannibal Butts
 
1916 The Lost Bridegroom
Bertie Joyce
 
1916 Nearly a King
Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
 
1915 The Incorrigible Dukane (short)
James Dukane
 
1915 The Dictator
Brooke Travers
 
1915 Are You a Mason?
Frank Perry
 
1914 The Man from Mexico
Fitzhugh
 
1914 An American Citizen
Beresford Kruger
 
1913 One on Romance (short)
Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
 
1912 A Prize Package (short)
Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
 
1912 Just Pretending (short)
The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
 
1912 The Widow Casey's Return (short)
The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
 
1912 The Dream of a Moving Picture Director (short)
The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)
 
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1941 Playmates (performer: "Baa! Baa! Black Sheep")
 
1940 The Great Profile (performer: "The Stars and Stripes Forever" 1896 - uncredited, "Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum" 1881 - uncredited)
 
1932 A Bill of Divorcement (performer: "Unfinished Sonata" - uncredited)
 
1932 State's Attorney (performer: "The Wedding March" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1927 The Beloved Rogue (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2009 The New Bike (short) (acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
1941/I Unusual Occupations (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1938 Hollywood Goes to Town (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 For Auld Lang Syne (documentary short)
Himself - Arriving Celebrity (uncredited)
 
1937 The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1927 Life in Hollywood No. 4 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1926 Vagabonding on the Pacific (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (39 titles)
2009 Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (documentary)
Svengali (in "Svengali") (uncredited)
 
2005 Garbo (documentary)
Baron Felix von Geigern
 
2004 Checking Out: Grand Hotel (video documentary short)
Himself/Various roles
 
2003 Complicated Women (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001-2002 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1999 Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom (TV documentary)
Hamlet
 
1998 Famous Families (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Universal Horror (TV documentary)
 
1997 Judy Garland's Hollywood (video documentary)
 
1995 The Casting Couch (video documentary)
 
1991 Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (documentary)
Hamlet (archive sound) (uncredited)
 
1988 Cinema Paradiso
The Baron (uncredited)
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 
1983 Historia del cine: Epoca muda (video documentary)
Various roles
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1979 The Horror Show (documentary)
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clip from 'Grand Hotel'
 
1976 It's Showtime (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory (TV documentary)
 
1970 Hamlet Revisited: Approaches to Hamlet (TV documentary)
Hamlet
 
1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV documentary)
Himself, film clip from 'Bill of Divorcement' (uncredited)
 
1966 The Invisible Woman (short)
Prof. Gibbs
 
1965 Inside Daisy Clover
Himself (uncredited)
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Himself
 
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1963 Fractured Flickers (TV series)
 
1962 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
 
1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (video documentary)
Himself
 
1956 Some of the Greatest (short)
Don Juan
 
1956 MGM Parade (TV series)
 
1955 When the Talkies Were Young (short)
Maestro Svengali (uncredited)
 
1953 Yesterday and Today
 
1950 The Golden Twenties (documentary)
Himself
 
1949 Let's Go to the Movies (documentary short)
 
1946 Okay for Sound (documentary short)
Don Juan
 
1945 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary (documentary short)
Himself
 
1943 The Voice That Thrilled the World (documentary short)
Himself (segments "Don Juan" & "Richard III") (uncredited)
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1940-42) Radio series: Appeared on "The Rudy Vallee Sealtest Program". See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies  | 14 Print Biographies  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Jack Barrymore

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Paper napkins never return from the laundry. Nor love from a trip to the law courts. See more »

Trivia:

He was the greatest Hamlet and Richard III of his time, and he is still considered the greatest American actor to play those roles. See more »

Nickname:

The Great Profile See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius