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John Barrymore
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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 soundtra…
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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.
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Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
as Archival Footage
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Game - The Movie
as Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (archive footage) (uncredited)
Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
as Hamlet (archive sound)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
The Horror of It All
as Svengali (archive footage)
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
Okay for Sound
as Don Juan (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
Playmates
as John Barrymore
World Premiere
as Duncan DeGrasse
The Invisible Woman
as Professor Gibbs
The Great Profile
as Evans Garrick
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
No Poster
The Green Goddess
Midnight
as Georges Flammarion
The Great Man Votes
as Vance
Hold That Co-ed
as Gabby Harrigan
Marie Antoinette
as King Louis XV
Spawn of the North
as Windy Turlon
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
Romance in the Dark
as Zoltan Jason
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Colonel Neilson
True Confession
as Charles Jasper
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
as Col. J.A. Nielson
Night Club Scandal
as Dr. Ernest Tindal
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
as Colonel Neilson
Maytime
as Nicolai Nazaroff
Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio
Movie Maniacs
as Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
Twentieth Century
as Oscar Jaffe
Long Lost Father
as Carl Bellairs
Counsellor at Law
as George Simon
Dinner at Eight
as Larry Renault
Night Flight
as Riviere
Reunion in Vienna
as Rudolf von Hapsburg
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
as Hamlet
Topaze
as Auguste A. Topaze
Rasputin and the Empress
as Prince Paul Chegodieff
A Bill of Divorcement
as Hilary Fairfield
Grand Hotel
as Baron Felix von Gaigern
State's Attorney
as Tom Cardigan
Arsène Lupin
as Duke of Charmerace
The Mad Genius
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Svengali
as Svengali
Moby Dick
as Ahab
The Man from Blankley's
as Lord Strathpeffer
General Crack
as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
The Show of Shows
as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III'
Eternal Love
as Marcus Paltran
Tempest
as Sergeant Ivan Markov
The Circus: Premiere
as Self
Life in Hollywood No. 4
When a Man Loves
as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
The Beloved Rogue
as François Villon
Life in Hollywood
as Self
Don Juan
as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
The Sea Beast
as Captain Ahab Ceeley
Vagabonding On The Pacific
as Himself
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Beau Brummel
as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
The Lotus Eater
as Jacques Leroi
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
The Test of Honor
as Martin Wingrave
Here Comes the Bride
as Frederick Tile
On the Quiet
as Robert Ridgeway
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
as A.J. Raffles
National Red Cross Pageant
as The Tyrant - Russian episode
The Red Widow
as Cicero Hannibal Butts
The Lost Bridegroom
as Bertie Joyce
Nearly a King
as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
The Incorrigible Dukane
as James Dukane
The Dictator
as Brooke Travers
Are You a Mason?
as Frank Perry
The Man from Mexico
as Fitzhugh
An American Citizen
as Berresford Cruger
No Poster
One on Romance
as Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
No Poster
A Prize Package
as Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
No Poster
Just Pretending
as The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
No Poster
The Widow Casey's Return
as The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
No Poster
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
as The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)