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.

Filmography

• 2021Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker — Archival Footage
• 2015Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Game - The Movie — Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2015Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
• 1995The Casting Couch
• 1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio — Hamlet (archive sound)
• 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s — (archive footage)
• 1983The Horror of It All — Svengali (archive footage)
• 1979The Horror Show — (archive footage)
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)
• 1953Yesterday and Today — (archive footage)
• 1946Okay for Sound — Don Juan (archive footage)
• 1941Playmates — John Barrymore
• 1941World Premiere — Duncan DeGrasse
• 1940The Great Profile — Evans Garrick
• 1940The Invisible Woman — Professor Gibbs
• 1939Land of Liberty — (archive footage)
• 1939Midnight — Georges Flammarion
• 1939The Great Man Votes — Vance
• 1939The Green Goddess
• 1938Bulldog Drummond's Peril — Colonel Neilson
• 1938Hold That Co-ed — Gabby Harrigan
• 1938Marie Antoinette — King Louis XV
• 1938Romance in the Dark — Zoltan Jason
• 1938Spawn of the North — Windy Turlon
• 1937Bulldog Drummond Comes Back — Colonel Neilson
• 1937Bulldog Drummond's Revenge — Col. J.A. Nielson
• 1937Maytime — Nicolai Nazaroff
• 1937Night Club Scandal — Dr. Ernest Tindal
• 1937True Confession — Charles Jasper
• 1936Movie Maniacs — Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
• 1936Romeo and Juliet — Mercutio
• 1934Long Lost Father — Carl Bellairs
• 1934Twentieth Century — Oscar Jaffe
• 1933Counsellor at Law — George Simon
• 1933Dinner at Eight — Larry Renault
• 1933Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V — Hamlet
• 1933Night Flight — Riviere
• 1933Reunion in Vienna — Rudolf von Hapsburg
• 1933Topaze — Auguste A. Topaze
• 1932A Bill of Divorcement — Hilary Fairfield
• 1932Arsène Lupin — Duke of Charmerace
• 1932Grand Hotel — Baron Felix von Gaigern
• 1932Rasputin and the Empress — Prince Paul Chegodieff
• 1932State's Attorney — Tom Cardigan
• 1931Svengali — Svengali
• 1931The Mad Genius — Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
• 1930Moby Dick — Ahab
• 1930The Man from Blankley's — Lord Strathpeffer
• 1929Eternal Love — Marcus Paltran
• 1929General Crack — Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
• 1929The Show of Shows — Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
• 1928Tempest — Sergeant Ivan Markov
• 1927Life in Hollywood No. 4
• 1927The Beloved Rogue — François Villon
• 1927When a Man Loves — Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
• 1926Don Juan — Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
• 1926The Sea Beast — Captain Ahab Ceeley
• 1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ — Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
• 1924Beau Brummel — Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
• 1922Sherlock Holmes — Sherlock Holmes
• 1921The Lotus Eater — Jacques Leroi
• 1920Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
• 1919Here Comes the Bride — Frederick Tile
• 1919The Test of Honor — Martin Wingrave
• 1918On the Quiet — Robert Ridgeway
• 1917National Red Cross Pageant — The Tyrant - Russian episode
• 1917Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman — A.J. Raffles
• 1916Nearly a King — Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
• 1916The Lost Bridegroom — Bertie Joyce
• 1916The Red Widow — Cicero Hannibal Butts
• 1915Are You a Mason? — Frank Perry
• 1915The Dictator — Brooke Travers
• 1915The Incorrigible Dukane — James Dukane
• 1914An American Citizen — Berresford Cruger
• 1914The Man from Mexico — Fitzhugh
• 1913One on Romance — Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
• 1912A Prize Package — Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
• 1912Just Pretending — The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
• 1912The Dream of a Moving Picture Director — The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)
• 1912The Widow Casey's Return — The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2005Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 2004Checking Out: Grand Hotel — Self / Various roles (archive footage)
• 2003Complicated Women — Self (archive footage)
• 1976It's Showtime — Self (archive footage)
• 1974The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute — Self (archive footage)
• 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory — Self (archive footage)
• 1970Brasileiros em Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 1961The Legend of Rudolph Valentino — Self (archive footage)
• MGM Parade — Self
• 1950The Golden Twenties — Self (archive footage)
• 1945Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary — Self (archive footage)
• 1943The Voice That Thrilled the World — Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
• 1942Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) — Self (archive footage)
• 1938Hollywood Goes to Town — Self
• 1928The Circus: Premiere — Self
• 1927Life in Hollywood — Self
• 1926Vagabonding On The Pacific — Himself