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John Barrymore

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.

Aliases
  • Jack Barrymore
English
Filmography
  • Born In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Born February 15, 1882
  • Died May 29, 1942
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That's Entertainment, Part II

1976
as (archive footage)

Some of the Best

1944
as The Baron in Grand Hotel

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

1938
as Col. Neilson

The Golden Twenties

1950
as John Barrymore

Complicated Women

2003
as John Barrymore

When a Man Loves

1927
as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004
as John Barrymore

Romance in the Dark

1938
as Zoltan Jason

The Great Profile

1940
as Evans Garrick

State's Attorney

1932
as Tom Cardigan

The Great Man Votes

1939
as Vance

Maytime

1937
as Nicolai Nazaroff

Counsellor at Law

1933
as George Simon

Sherlock Holmes

1922
as Sherlock Holmes

Night Flight

1933
as Riviere

Tempest

1928
as Sergeant Ivan Markov

Dinner at Eight

1933
as Larry Renault

The Sea Beast

1926
as Captain Ahab Ceeley

Hollywood Goes to Town

1938
as Himself

Marie Antoinette

1938
as King Louis XV

Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer

2009
as John Barrymore

Long Lost Father

1934
as Carl Bellairs

Arsène Lupin

1932
as Duke of Charmerace

Spawn of the North

1938
as Windy Turlon

The Man from Blankley's

1930
as Lord Strathpeffer

Vagabonding On The Pacific

1926
as John Barrymore

Topaze

1933
as Professor Auguste A. Topaze

Beau Brummel

1924
as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel

True Confession

1937
as Charles "Charley" Jasper

An American Citizen

1914
as Berresford Cruger

A Bill of Divorcement

1932
as Hilary Fairfield

The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention

1937
as John Barrymore

The Mad Genius

1931
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

Okay for Sound

1946
as Don Juan

Midnight

1939
as Georges Flammarion

World Premiere

1941
as Duncan DeGrasse

Show of Shows

1929
as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III'

The Lotus Eater

1921
as Jacques Leroi

The Lost Bridegroom

1916
as Bertie Joyce

Hollywood: The Golden Years

1961
as Actor 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'

The Beloved Rogue

1927
as François Villon

Rasputin and the Empress

1932
as Prince Paul Chegodieff

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Actor 'Bill of Divorcement'

Don Juan

1926
as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

1937
as Colonel Neilson

The Horror Show

1979
as (archive footage)

General Crack

1929
as Prince Christian Rudolph Augustus Kettlar, Duke of Kurland

Eternal Love

1929
as Marcus Paltran

The Invisible Woman

1940
as Professor Gibbs

Night Club Scandal

1937
as Dr. Ernest S. Tindal

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1920
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

Svengali

1931
as Svengali

Romeo and Juliet

1936
as Mercutio - Kinsman to the Prince and Friend to Romeo

Grand Hotel

1932
as Baron Felix von Gaigern

Hollywood My Home Town

1965
as Himself

Hold That Co-ed

1938
as Gabby Harrigan

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman

1917
as A.J. Raffles

Twentieth Century

1934
as Oscar Jaffe

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

1937
as Col. J.A. Nielson

Reunion in Vienna

1933
as Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg

Shakespeare's Women and Claire Bloom

1999
as Hamlet

When the Talkies Were Young

1955
as Maestro Svengali

Guest Star

Episode The Schlocky Horror Picture Show
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1920) 		2010
Episode Fractured Flickers
Fabian 		1963
Episode The Schlocky Horror Picture Show
Svengali (1931) 		2009