
John Barrymore
Highest Rated: 100% Don Juan (1926)
Lowest Rated: 60% A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
Birthday: Feb 15, 1882
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Affectionately referred to as "The Great Profile," the classically handsome actor John Barrymore was more suited for leading man roles than his older sibling, Lionel, and more inclined to work in film than his revered stage actress sister, Ethel. The youngest member of the renowned Barrymore acting dynasty, the exceptionally adaptable performer transitioned from acclaimed work on Broadway to the emerging medium of silent pictures in films like "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1920). He made the move to sound appear just as effortless in such heralded works as "Moby Dick" (1930), "The Mad Genius" (1931) and "Grand Hotel" (1932), the latter of which boasted an all-star cast, including brother Lionel and Greta Garbo. Films of the time, like "A Bill of Divorcement" (1932), "Dinner at Eight" (1933) and "Twentieth Century" (1934) consistently placed Barrymore at the top of the box office heap. Barrymore's contributions to theater and film would be undeniable, continuing to reverberate in the performances of such actors as Sir Laurence Olivier and his own granddaughter, Drew Barrymore, and his storied life referenced in such films as "My Favorite Year" (1982).
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Playmates | Unknown (Character) | - | 1941 |
67% | 25% | The Invisible Woman | Professor Gibbs (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | World Premiere | Duncan DeGrasse (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Profile | Evans Garrick (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 73% | The Great Man Votes | Gregory Vance (Character) | - | 1939 |
93% | 88% | Midnight | Georges Flammarion (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hold That Co-ed | Governor Gabby Harrigan (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Bulldog Drummond's Revenge | Col. J.A. Nielson (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spawn of the North | Windy Turlon (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | 27% | Bulldog Drummond's Peril | Col. Neilson (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | 77% | Marie Antoinette | King Louis XV (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Romance in the Dark | Zoltan Jason (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | 22% | Bulldog Drummond Comes Back | Colonel Neilson (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Club Scandal | Dr. Ernest Tindal (Character) | - | 1937 |
100% | 88% | Maytime | Nicolai Nazaroff (Character) | - | 1937 |
100% | 45% | True Confession | Charles "Charley" Jasper (Character) | - | 1937 |
78% | 57% | Romeo and Juliet | Mercutio (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Long Lost Father | Carl Bellairs (Character) | - | 1934 |
86% | 75% | Twentieth Century | Oscar 'O.J.' Jaffe (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Reunion in Vienna | Archduke Rudolf von Habsburg (Character) | - | 1933 |
90% | 75% | Dinner at Eight | Larry Renault (Character) | - | 1933 |
100% | 77% | Counsellor-at-Law | George Simon (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | 29% | Night Flight | Riviere (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Topaze | Professor Auguste A. Topaze (Character) | - | 1933 |
60% | 56% | A Bill of Divorcement | Hilary Fairfield (Character) | - | 1932 |
60% | 50% | Rasputin and the Empress | Prince Paul Chegodieff (Character) | - | 1932 |
86% | 77% | Grand Hotel | Baron Felix von Geigern (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | State's Attorney | Tom Cardigan (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | 54% | Arsene Lupin | Duke of Charmerace (Character) | - | 1932 |
83% | 80% | Svengali | Svengali (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | 80% | The Mad Genius | Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov (Character) | - | 1931 |
75% | 42% | Moby Dick | Ahab (Character) | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Show of Shows | Richard III in "Henry VI Part III" (Character) | - | 1929 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | General Crack |
Duke of Kurland/ |
- | 1929 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Eternal Love | Marcus Paltran (Character) | - | 1929 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Tempest | Sgt. Ivan Markov (Character) | - | 1928 |
No Score Yet | 56% | When a Man Loves | Chevalier Fabien des Grieux (Character) | - | 1927 |
No Score Yet | 73% | The Beloved Rogue | François Villon (Character) | - | 1927 |
No Score Yet | 67% | The Sea Beast | Captain Ahab Ceeley (Character) | - | 1926 |
100% | 60% | Don Juan |
Don Jose de Marana/ |
- | 1926 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Beau Brummel | Gordon Bryon "Beau" Brummel (Character) | - | 1924 |
71% | 35% | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes (Character) | - | 1922 |
92% | 68% | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
Dr. Henry Jekyll / |
- | 1920 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nearly a King | Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana (Character) | - | 1916 |
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