John Barrymore

Known for ActingBorn 1882-02-15Died 1942-05-29Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

General Crack

Life in Hollywood No. 4

Going Hollywood: The '30s

MGM Parade

Land of Liberty

Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V

The Casting Couch

The Lotus Eater

The Horror of It All

Just Pretending

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

Vagabonding On The Pacific

It's Showtime

Here Comes the Bride

National Red Cross Pageant

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Complicated Women

Midnight

That's Entertainment, Part II

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Yesterday and Today

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

The Golden Twenties

Reunion in Vienna

Okay for Sound

Hollywood Goes to Town

Grand Hotel

Arsène Lupin

The Man from Blankley's

Beau Brummel

State's Attorney

Maytime

The Great Profile

Twentieth Century

Dinner at Eight

The Beloved Rogue

Hold That Co-ed

The Show of Shows

The Sea Beast

Marie Antoinette

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Counsellor at Law

Don Juan