Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1882-02-15
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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
as Baron Felix von Gaigern
as King Louis XV
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
as Larry Renault
as Professor Gibbs
as Hilary Fairfield
as Georges Flammarion
as Oscar Jaffe
as Prince Paul Chegodieff
as Duke of Charmerace
as Mercutio
as Windy Turlon
as Charles Jasper
as Ahab
as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
as Col. J.A. Nielson
as Colonel Neilson
as Nicolai Nazaroff
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
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