Actor

John Barrymore

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Acting credits

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Very extensive acting filmography.

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1.6

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Movies: 83Series: 1

TMDB ID: 29578

IMDb ID: nm0000858

Known for: Acting

Born: February 15, 1882

Died: May 29, 1942

Age: 60

Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1914 - 2021

Years active: 108

Average TMDB rating: 6.45

Wikidata: Q95034

Also known as

John Sidney Blyth • Jack Barrymore • John Sidney Blythe Barrymore

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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.