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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
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Colonel Neilson
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
as Col. J.A. Nielson
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Svengali
as Svengali
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Dinner at Eight
as Larry Renault
Marie Antoinette
as King Louis XV
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Grand Hotel
as Baron Felix von Gaigern
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
