John Barrymore
American actor (1882-1942) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 60
John Barrymore was an American actor on stage, screen, and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage and briefly attempted a career as a visual artist, but appeared on stage together with his father, Maurice, in 1900, and then his sister Ethel the following...
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MidnightFilm, Georges Flammarion1938
Bulldog Drummond's PerilFilm, Colonel Neilson1936
Movie ManiacsFilm, Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)1933
Counsellor at LawFilm, George Simon1932
A Bill of DivorcementFilm, Hilary Fairfield1930
Moby DickFilm, Ahab1928
TempestFilm, Sergeant Ivan Markov1927
The Beloved RogueFilm, François Villon1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristFilm, Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)1924
Beau BrummelFilm, Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel1920
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeFilm, Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde1882Born15 February 1882Known for
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Midnight 1939
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 1925
Grand Hotel 1932
Twentieth Century 1934
Dinner at Eight 1933
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David O. Selznick Produced Dinner at Eight (1933)
Irving Thalberg Produced Grand Hotel (1933)
Adolph Zukor Produced Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Alan Crosland Directed Don Juan and When a Man Loves
George Cukor Directed Romeo and Juliet and Dinner at Eight
Louis B. Mayer Produced Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1927)
Joseph M. Schenck Produced Tempest and Eternal Love
Nigel De Brulier Also in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1927)
John S. Robertson Directed Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
William Collier Sr. Taught John
Carmel Myers Also in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1927)
Reginald Denny Also in Sherlock Holmes and Romeo and Juliet- William Axt Wrote Grand Hotel (1933)
William LeBaron Produced Night Club Scandal (1937)
Jesse Louis Lasky Produced Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Herbert Stothart Wrote Romeo and Juliet and Marie Antoinette
Luis Alberni Also in Rasputin and the Empress and Svengali
Gustav von Seyffertitz Also in Marie Antoinette and Don Juan
Albert Lewin Produced True Confession and Spawn of the North- Louis King Directed Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
Hunt Stromberg Produced Marie Antoinette and Maytime
Stuart Walker Produced Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
Daniel Frohman Produced The Man from Mexico (1914)
Thomas N. Heffron Directed Are You a Mason? (1915)
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Ethel in Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines; Barrymore appeared with his sister in the 1901 play.![Evelyn Nesbit, Barrymore's first love, to whom he proposed in 1902 (photograph by Rudolf Eickemeyer Jr., 1905)[37]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Eickemeyer_Evelyn_Nesbit.jpg)
Evelyn Nesbit, Barrymore's first love, to whom he proposed in 1902 (photograph by Rudolf Eickemeyer Jr., 1905)[37]![(l to r) Barrymore with his sister Ethel and brother Lionel in 1904.[f]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Lionel%2C_Ethel%2C_and_John_Barrymore_cph.3b04450.jpg/1280px-Lionel%2C_Ethel%2C_and_John_Barrymore_cph.3b04450.jpg)
(l to r) Barrymore with his sister Ethel and brother Lionel in 1904.[f]
Barrymore with his first wife, actress Katherine Corri Harris, in 1911
Barrymore's drawing of himself and Ethel in A Slice of Life, 1912Awards
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A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage and briefly attempted a career as a visual artist, but appeared on stage together with his father, Maurice, in 1900, and then his sister Ethel the following year. He began his career in 1903 and first gained attention as a stage actor in light comedy, then high drama, culminating in productions of Justice (1916), Richard III (1920), and Hamlet (1922); his portrayal of Hamlet led to him being called the "greatest living American tragedian".
