

Acting
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...
Highest rated appearances
as Baron Felix von Gaigern

The Horror Show
as (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)

It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)

Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)

Okay for Sound
as Don Juan (archive footage)

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)

The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)

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)
The Green Goddess

Midnight
as Georges Flammarion

The Great Man Votes
as Vance

Hold That Co-ed
as Gabby Harrigan

Marie Antoinette
as King Louis XV

Spawn of the North
as Windy Turlon

Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self

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

Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
as Hamlet

Topaze
as Auguste A. Topaze

Rasputin and the Empress
as Prince Paul Chegodieff

A Bill of Divorcement
as Hilary Fairfield

Grand Hotel
as Baron Felix von Gaigern

State's Attorney
as Tom Cardigan

Arsène Lupin
as Duke of Charmerace

The Mad Genius
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

Svengali
as Svengali

Moby Dick
as Ahab

The Man from Blankley's
as Lord Strathpeffer

General Crack
as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian

The Show of Shows
as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)

Eternal Love
as Marcus Paltran

Tempest
as Sergeant Ivan Markov

The Circus: Premiere
as Self

Life in Hollywood No. 4

When a Man Loves
as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux

The Beloved Rogue
as François Villon

Life in Hollywood
as Self

Don Juan
as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana

The Sea Beast
as Captain Ahab Ceeley

Vagabonding On The Pacific
as Himself

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Beau Brummel
as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel

Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes

The Lotus Eater
as Jacques Leroi

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

The Test of Honor
as Martin Wingrave

Here Comes the Bride
as Frederick Tile

On the Quiet
as Robert Ridgeway

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
as A.J. Raffles

National Red Cross Pageant
as The Tyrant - Russian episode

The Red Widow
as Cicero Hannibal Butts

The Lost Bridegroom
as Bertie Joyce

Nearly a King
as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana

The Incorrigible Dukane
as James Dukane

The Dictator
as Brooke Travers

Are You a Mason?
as Frank Perry

The Man from Mexico
as Fitzhugh

An American Citizen
as Berresford Cruger
One on Romance
as Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
A Prize Package
as Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)
Just Pretending
as The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
The Widow Casey's Return
as The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
as The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)