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.

Known For

Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 2015
The Casting Couch 1995 ★ 8.3
Going Hollywood: The '30s 1984 ★ 9.0
That's Entertainment, Part II 1976 ★ 7.0
The Invisible Woman 1940 ★ 5.7
Midnight 1939 ★ 7.4
Land of Liberty 1939 ★ 9.0
Marie Antoinette 1938 ★ 6.6
Romeo and Juliet 1936 ★ 6.3
Twentieth Century 1934 ★ 6.8
Dinner at Eight 1933 ★ 6.8
Counsellor at Law 1933 ★ 6.5
Reunion in Vienna 1933 ★ 7.2
Grand Hotel 1932 ★ 7.0
State's Attorney 1932 ★ 6.9
Arsène Lupin 1932 ★ 7.0
Rasputin and the Empress 1932 ★ 5.5
A Bill of Divorcement 1932 ★ 6.3
Moby Dick 1930 ★ 5.6
The Show of Shows 1929 ★ 6.6
The Sea Beast 1926 ★ 6.7
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 1925 ★ 7.3
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1920 ★ 6.7
Here Comes the Bride 1919 ★ 8.0