John Barrymore [29578] Gender: Male Popularity: 2.2326 Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Birthday: 1882-02-15 Deathday: 1942-05-29 Age: 60 years Movies: 90 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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. Coded: The Hidden Love 2021-06-17 Checking Out: Grand Hot2004-02-03 Complicated Women2003-05-06 Empire of the Air: The 1991-10-01 Going Hollywood: The '31984-01-01 The Horror of It All1983-02-23 The Horror Show1979-02-06 That's Entertainment, P1976-05-16 It's Showtime1976-03-31 The Horror Hall of Fame1974-02-20 Hollywood: The Dream Fa1972-01-10 Hollywood: The Selznick1961-12-31 The Legend of Rudolph V1961-05-24 Yesterday and Today1953-12-02 The Golden Twenties1950-04-08 Okay for Sound1946-09-07 Screen Snapshots (Serie1945-09-06 The Voice That Thrilled1943-10-16 Screen Snapshots (Serie1942-01-01 Playmates1941-12-26 World Premiere1941-08-21 The Invisible Woman1940-12-28 The Great Profile1940-08-30 Land of Liberty1939-06-15 Midnight1939-03-24 The Great Man Votes1939-01-13 Hold That Co-ed1938-09-16 Spawn of the North1938-08-26 Marie Antoinette1938-08-26 Hollywood Goes to Town1938-07-07 Romance in the Dark1938-03-24 Bulldog Drummond's Peri1938-03-18 True Confession1937-12-24 Bulldog Drummond's Reve1937-12-16 Night Club Scandal1937-11-11 Bulldog Drummond Comes 1937-09-24 Maytime1937-03-26 Romeo and Juliet1936-09-03 Movie Maniacs1936-02-20 Twentieth Century1934-05-11 Long Lost Father1934-01-19 Counsellor at Law1933-12-25 Night Flight1933-10-06 Dinner at Eight1933-12-22 Reunion in Vienna1933-06-16 Hamlet, Act I: Scenes I1933-04-04 Topaze1933-02-24 Rasputin and the Empres1932-12-23 A Bill of Divorcement1932-09-28 State's Attorney1932-05-20 Grand Hotel1932-05-25 Arsène Lupin1932-02-26 The Mad Genius1931-09-30 Svengali1931-05-20 Moby Dick1930-09-20 The Man from Blankley's1930-03-28 General Crack1929-12-16 Show of Shows1929-11-21 Eternal Love1929-05-11 Tempest1928-05-27 The Circus: Premiere1928-01-13 Life in Hollywood No. 41927-08-25 The Beloved Rogue1927-03-12 When a Man Loves1927-08-21 Don Juan1926-08-06 The Sea Beast1926-01-15 Vagabonding On The Paci1926-01-01 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the 1925-12-25 Beau Brummel1924-03-30 Sherlock Holmes1922-03-07 The Lotus Eater1921-11-27 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1920-03-18 The Test of Honor1919-04-16 Here Comes the Bride1919-01-19 On the Quiet1918-09-01 Raffles, the Amateur Cr1917-12-14 National Red Cross Page1917-12-01 The Red Widow1916-05-04 The Lost Bridegroom1916-03-20 Nearly a King1916-01-20 The Incorrigible Dukane1915-09-02 The Dictator1915-06-21 Are You a Mason?1915-03-15 The Man from Mexico1914-11-02 An American Citizen1914-01-10 One on Romance1913-04-14 A Prize Package1912-08-05 Just Pretending1912-07-05 The Widow Casey's Retur1912-06-17 The Dream of a Moving P1912-06-05