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Overview

Date of Birth:

15 February 1882, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA more

Date of Death:

29 May 1942, Los Angeles, California, USA more

Mini Biography:

American stage and screen actor whose rise to superstardom and subsequent... more

Trivia:

His birth certificate lists 14 February as birth date, which conflicts... more

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Awards:

1 win more

NewsDesk:
(15 articles)

Not Since Leona Helmsley's Dog Has a Pet Gotten So Much Attention
(From Vanity Fair. 13 August 2009, 4:04 PM, PDT)
First Look: Drew Barrymore’s Directorial Debut ‘Whip It’
(From newsinfilm. 9 July 2009, 12:04 PM, PDT)

Filmography

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			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	Playmates (1941)	John Barrymore	1941	-	5.1 (75)

2.	World Premiere (1941)	Duncan DeGrasse	1941	-	6.0 (16)

3.	The Invisible Woman (1940)	Professor Gibbs	1940	-	6.1 (448)

4.	The Great Profile (1940)	Evans Garrick	1940	-	6.0 (56)

5.	Midnight (1939)	Georges Flammarion	1939	-	8.0 (1,576)

6.	The Great Man Votes (1939)	Gregory Vance	1939	-	6.8 (206)

7.	Hold That Co-ed (1938)	Governor Gabby Harrigan	1938	-	6.3 (63)
	AKAs: Hold That Girl (UK)
8.	Spawn of the North (1938)	Windy Turlon	1938	-	7.0 (121)

9.	Marie Antoinette (1938)	King Louis XV	1938	-	7.4 (1,163)

10.	Romance in the Dark (1938)	Zoltan Jason	1938	-	8.2 (6)

11.	Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)	Col. Neilson	1938	-	6.0 (126)

12.	True Confession (1937)	Charles "Charley" Jasper	1937	-	7.8 (395)

13.	Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)	Col. J.A. Nielson	1937	-	5.8 (142)

14.	Night Club Scandal (1937)	Dr. Ernest Tindal	1937	-	7.7 (6)

15.	Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)	Colonel Neilson	1937	-	5.7 (176)

16.	Maytime (1937)	Nicolai Nazaroff	1937	-	7.3 (348)

17.	Romeo and Juliet (1936)	Mercutio - Kinsman to the Prince and Friend to Romeo	1936	-	6.8 (540)

18.	Twentieth Century (1934)	Oscar Jaffe	1934	-	8.1 (2,186)
	AKAs: 20th Century (USA: poster title)
19.	Long Lost Father (1934)	Carl Bellairs	1934	-	5.9 (33)

20.	Counsellor at Law (1933)	George Simon	1933	-	7.9 (495)

21.	Night Flight (1933)	Riviere	1933	-	6.9 (35)

22.	Dinner at Eight (1933)	Larry Renault	1933	-	7.8 (3,226)

23.	Reunion in Vienna (1933)	Archduke Rudolf von Habsburg	1933	-	5.3 (143)

24.	Topaze (1933/I)	Prof. Auguste A. Topaze	1933	-	6.8 (248)

25.	Hamlet - Act I: Scene V (1933)	Hamlet	1933	-	-

26.	Rasputin and the Empress (1932)	Prince Paul Chegodieff	1932	-	6.5 (214)
	AKAs: Rasputin the Mad Monk (UK)
27.	A Bill of Divorcement (1932)	Hilary Fairfield	1932	-	6.5 (561)

28.	State's Attorney (1932)	Tom Cardigan	1932	-	6.5 (35)
	AKAs: Cardigan's Last Case (UK)
29.	Grand Hotel (1932)	The Baron Felix von Gaigern	1932	-	7.7 (5,487)

30.	Arsène Lupin (1932)	Duke of Charmerace	1932	-	6.8 (206)

31.	The Mad Genius (1931)	Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov	1931	-	6.5 (135)

32.	Svengali (1931)	Svengali	1931	-	7.0 (413)

33.	Moby Dick (1930)	Captain Ahab Ceely	1930	-	5.8 (149)

34.	The Man from Blankley's (1930)	Lord Strathpeffer	1930	-	-

35.	General Crack (1930)	Duke of Kurland/Prince Christian	1930	-	-

36.	The Show of Shows (1929)	Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III'	1929	-	7.6 (69)

37.	Eternal Love (1929)	Marcus Paltran	1929	-	7.1 (157)

38.	Tempest (1928)	Sergeant Ivan Markov	1928	-	7.1 (83)

39.	The Beloved Rogue (1927)	François Villon	1927	-	8.0 (267)

40.	When a Man Loves (1927)	Chevalier Fabien des Grieux	1927	-	7.0 (87)
	AKAs: His Lady (UK)
41.	Don Juan (1926)	Don Jose de Marana/Don Juan de Marana	1926	-	7.1 (289)

42.	The Sea Beast (1926)	Captain Ahab Ceeley	1926	-	7.4 (29)

43.	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)	(uncredited) Crowd extra in chariot race	1925	-	8.2 (3,063)
	AKAs: Ben-Hur (USA: short title)
44.	Beau Brummel (1924)	Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel	1924	-	7.2 (99)

45.	Sherlock Holmes (1922)	Sherlock Holmes	1922	-	5.9 (49)
	AKAs: Moriarty (UK)
46.	The Lotus Eater (1921)	Jacques Leroi	1921	-	-

47.	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920/I)	Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde	1920	-	7.0 (1,147)

48.	The Test of Honor (1919)	Martin Wingrave	1919	-	-

49.	Here Comes the Bride (1919)	Frederick Tile	1919	-	-

50.	On the Quiet (1918)	Robert Ridgeway	1918	-	-

51.	National Red Cross Pageant (1917)	The Tyrant - Russian episode	1917	-	-

52.	Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917)	A.J. Raffles	1917	-	8.1 (10)
	AKAs: Raffles
53.	The Red Widow (1916)	Cicero Hannibal Butts	1916	-	-

54.	The Lost Bridegroom (1916)	Bertie Joyce	1916	-	-

55.	Nearly a King (1916)	Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana	1916	-	-

56.	The Incorrigible Dukane (1915)	James Dukane	1915	-	-

57.	The Dictator (1915)	Brooke Travers	1915	-	-

58.	Are You a Mason? (1915)	Frank Perry	1915	-	-
	AKAs: The Joiner
59.	The Man from Mexico (1914)	Fitzhugh	1914	-	-

60.	An American Citizen (1914)	Beresford Kruger	1914	-	-

61.	One on Romance (1913)	(unconfirmed)	1913	-	-

62.	A Prize Package (1912)	(unconfirmed)	1912	-	-

63.	The Widow Casey's Return (1912)	(unconfirmed)	1912	-	-

64.	The Dream of a Moving Picture Director (1912)	(unconfirmed)	1912	-	-

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	Playmates (1941)	("Baa! Baa! Black Sheep")	1941	-	5.1 (75)

2.	The Great Profile (1940)	("The Stars and Stripes Forever" (1896) (uncredited), "Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum" (1881) (uncredited))	1940	-	6.0 (56)

3.	A Bill of Divorcement (1932)	("Piano Sonata")	1932	-	6.5 (561)

4.	State's Attorney (1932)	("The Wedding March")	1932	-	6.5 (35)
	AKAs: Cardigan's Last Case (UK)

Writer View by NEW				Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
	1.	The Beloved Rogue (1927)	(uncredited)	1927	-	8.0 (267)

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	Unusual Occupations (1941/I)	(uncredited) Himself	1941	-	7.8 (5)

2.	Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)	Himself	1938	-	6.2 (38)

3.	For Auld Lang Syne (1938)	(uncredited) Himself - arriving celebrity	1938	-	8.0 (37)
	AKAs: For Auld Lang Syne #3 (USA: series title)
4.	Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927)	Himself	1927	-	-

5.	Vagabonding the Pacific (1926)	Himself	1926	-	5.9 (7)


1.	You Know the Face (2009)	Himself

2.	Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2006)	Himself

3.	Cineastas contra magnates (2005)	(uncredited) Svengali (in "Svengali")

4.	Garbo (2005)	Baron Felix von Geigern

5.	"Biography"
	1 TV episode: The Barrymores (2004) Himself/Numerous screen roles
6.	Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom (1999) (TV)	Hamlet

7.	"Famous Families"
	1 TV episode: The Barrymores: Hollywood's Royal Family (1998) Himself
8.	Judy Garland's Hollywood (1997) (V)

9.	The Casting Couch (1995) (V)

10.	Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)	(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) Hamlet

11.	"Hollywood" (1980)	Himself

12.	That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)	Clip from 'Grand Hotel'

13.	It's Showtime (1976)	(uncredited) Himself

14.	Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972) (TV)

15.	Hamlet Revisited: Approaches to Hamlet (1970) (TV)	Hamlet

16.	Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969) (TV)	(uncredited) Himself, film clip from 'Bill of Divorcement'

17.	The Invisible Woman (1966)	Prof. Gibbs

18.	Inside Daisy Clover (1965)	(uncredited) Himself

19.	Hollywood My Home Town (1965)	Himself

20.	"Hollywood and the Stars"
	1 TV episode: Monsters We've Known and Loved (1964) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
21.	"Fractured Flickers"
	1 TV episode: Episode #1.2 (1963) Albert K. Seltzer
22.	"The DuPont Show of the Week"
	1 TV episode: Hollywood - My Home Town (1962) Himself
23.	The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961) (V)	Himself

24.	Some of the Greatest (1956)	Don Juan

25.	When the Talkies Were Young (1955)	(uncredited) Maestro Svengali

26.	Let's Go to the Movies (1949)

27.	Okay for Sound (1946)	Don Juan

28.	Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary (1945)	Himself

29.	The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)	(uncredited) Himself (segments "Don Juan" & "Richard III")

30.	Land of Liberty (1939)

Additional Details

Other Works:

Stage: Appeared (as "Julian Rolphe") in "The Yellow Ticket" on Broadway, a role later played by Laurence Olivier in the 1931 film version of the play. The film, however, did feature Lionel Barrymore, John's elder brother, in an important role. more

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2 Biographical Movies | 7 Portrayals | 14 Print Biographies | 1 Pictorial more

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Romance | Drama | Comedy | Short more

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