Overview

Know for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
15 Feb, 1882 (143 years old)

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

The Golden Twenties
HD
68 min 1950

The Golden Twenties

Documentary
The Invisible Woman
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72 min 1940

The Invisible Woman

Comedy
Midnight
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94 min 1939

Midnight

Comedy
Spawn of the North
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110 min 1938

Spawn of the North

Action
Marie Antoinette
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149 min 1938

Marie Antoinette

Drama
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
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59 min 1937

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

Action

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