Biography
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 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".
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Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography27 titles
The Horror of It All
Midnight
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
That's Entertainment, Part II
Grand Hotel
State's Attorney
Maytime
Twentieth Century
Dinner at Eight
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Marie Antoinette
Don Juan
Counsellor at Law
A Bill of Divorcement
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
Romeo and Juliet
Svengali
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Tempest
Spawn of the North
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Eternal Love
Playmates
The Invisible Woman
Moby Dick
Rasputin and the Empress