John Barrymore

John Barrymore

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...

Known For

Grand Hotel

as Baron Felix von Gaigern

Dinner at Eight

as Larry Renault

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

Cast Credits

Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

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)

Midnight

as Georges Flammarion

Hold That Co-ed

as Gabby Harrigan

Marie Antoinette

as King Louis XV

Spawn of the North

as Windy Turlon

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 Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg

Topaze

as Auguste A. Topaze

Rasputin and the Empress

as Prince Paul Chegodieff