
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.

Don Juan
MOVIE • 1926

MGM Parade
TV • 1955

Moby Dick
MOVIE • 1930

Grand Hotel
MOVIE • 1932

Midnight
MOVIE • 1939

Movie Maniacs
MOVIE • 1936

Spawn of the North
MOVIE • 1938

Arsène Lupin
MOVIE • 1932

Romeo and Juliet
MOVIE • 1936

Land of Liberty
MOVIE • 1939

It's Showtime
MOVIE • 1976

Night Flight
MOVIE • 1933

Marie Antoinette
MOVIE • 1938

Complicated Women
MOVIE • 2003

Dinner at Eight
MOVIE • 1933

Reunion in Vienna
MOVIE • 1933

National Red Cross Pageant
MOVIE • 1917

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
MOVIE • 1937