Biography: life and films
John Barrymore was an American actor whose birth name was John Sidney Blyth. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 15th February 1882 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 29th May 1942, aged 60.His best films as an actor include John S. Robertson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Millard Webb's The Sea Beast (1926), Edmund Goulding's Grand Hotel (1932), Howard Hawks's comedy Twentieth Century (1934) and Ralph Murphy's thriller Night Club Scandal (1937).
John Barrymore appeared in 65 films and scripted 1 film.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Alan Crosland (4 films), John S. Robertson (3), George Cukor (3), (3), Thomas N. Heffron (2), Louis King (2) and Edwin Middleton (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (25 films), comedy (19), romance (12), comedy-romance (7), history (4), Horror (4), comedy-drama (3), Thriller (3) and Documentary (2).
Our average rating for John Barrymore over all films is: 2.9
Filmography
Key: a = actor; w = writer
An American Citizen (1914) [a]
The Man from Mexico (1914) [a]
Are You a Mason? (1915) [a]
The Dictator (1915) [a]
Nearly a King (1916) [a]
The Lost Bridegroom (1916) [a]
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917) [a]
On the Quiet (1918) [a]
Here Comes the Bride (1919) [a]
The Test of Honor (1919) [a]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) [a]
The Lotus Eater (1921) [a]
Sherlock Holmes (1922) [a]
Beau Brummel (1924) [a]
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) [a]
Don Juan (1926) [a]
The Sea Beast (1926) [a]
The Beloved Rogue (1927) [a,w]
When a Man Loves (1927) [a]
Tempest (1928) [a]
Eternal Love (1929) [a]
The Show of Shows (1929) [a]
General Crack (1930) [a]
Moby Dick (1930) [a]
The Man from Blankley's (1930) [a]
Svengali (1931) [a]
The Mad Genius (1931) [a]
A Bill of Divorcement (1932) [a]
Arsène Lupin (1932) [a]
Rasputin and the Empress (1932) [a]
State's Attorney (1932) [a]
Counsellor at Law (1933) [a]
Dinner at Eight (1933) [a]
Hamlet - Act I: Scene V (1933) [a]
Night Flight (1933) [a]
Reunion in Vienna (1933) [a]
Long Lost Father (1934) [a]
Twentieth Century (1934) [a]
Romeo and Juliet (1936) [a]
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937) [a]
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937) [a]
Maytime (1937) [a]
Night Club Scandal (1937) [a]
True Confession (1937) [a]
Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938) [a]
Hold That Co-ed (1938) [a]
Marie Antoinette (1938) [a]
Romance in the Dark (1938) [a]
Spawn of the North (1938) [a]
Land of Liberty (1939) [a]
Midnight (1939) [a]
The Great Man Votes (1939) [a]
The Great Profile (1940) [a]
The Invisible Woman (1940) [a]
Playmates (1941) [a]
World Premiere (1941) [a]
Inside Daisy Clover (1965) [a]
It's Showtime (1976) [a]
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) [a]
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