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A Short Biography of John Barrymore

Author Name:

John Barrymore

Born As:

John Sidney Blyth Barrymore

Other Names:

John Sidney Blyth Barrymore

Born:

15 Feb 1882

Died:

29 May 1942




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Selected Works:

Film:

An American Citizen - 1914
The Man from Mexico - 1914
Are You a Mason? - 1915
The Dictator - 1915
The Incorrigible Dukane - 1915
Nearly a King - 1916
The Lost Bridegroom - 1916
The Red Widow - 1916
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman - 1917
National Red Cross Pageant - 1917
On the Quiet - 1918
Here Comes the Bride - 1919
The Test of Honor - 1919
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - 1920
The Lotus Eater - 1921
Sherlock Holmes - 1922
Beau Brummell - 1924
The Sea Beast - 1926
Don Juan - 1926
When a Man Loves - 1927
The Beloved Rogue - 1927
Tempest - 1928
Eternal Love - 1929
The Show of Shows - 1929
General Crack - 1930
The Man from Blankley's - 1930
Moby Dick - 1930
Svengali - 1931
The Mad Genius - 1931
Arsène Lupin - 1932
Grand Hotel - 1932
State's Attorney - 1932
A Bill of Divorcement - 1932
Rasputin and the Empress - 1932
Topaze - 1933
Reunion in Vienna - 1933
Dinner at Eight - 1933
Night Flight - 1933
Counsellor at Law - 1933
Long Lost Father - 1934
Twentieth Century - 1934
Romeo and Juliet - 1936
Maytime - 1937
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back - 1937
Night Club Scandal - 1937
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge - 1937
True Confession - 1937
Bulldog Drummond's Peril - 1938
Romance in the Dark - 1938
Marie Antoinette - 1938
Spawn of the North - 1938
Hold That Co-ed - 1938
The Great Man Votes - 1939
Midnight - 1939
The Great Profile - 1940
The Invisible Woman - 1940
World Premiere - 1941
Playmates - 1941
Short Subjects:
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director - 1912 - unconfirmed 1-reeler
The Widow Casey's Return - 1912 - unconfirmed 1-reeler
A Prize Package - 1912 - unconfirmed 1-reeler
One on Romance - 1913 - unconfirmed 1-reeler
National Red Cross Pageant - 1917
Life in Hollywood No. 4 - 1927
Hamlet - Act I: Scene V - 1933 - test for unproduced film
For Auld Lang Syne - 1938
Hollywood Goes to Town - 1938
Unusual Occupations - 1941
Man Who Came to Dinner - 1941 screen test for Sheridan Whiteside

Theatre:

Glad of It 
The Dictator
Pantaloon / Alice Sit-by-the-Fire
His Excellency the Governor
The Boys of Company B
Toddles
Stubborn Cinderella
The Fortune Hunter
Uncle Sam
A Slice of Life
The Affairs of Anatol
Believe Me Xantippe
The Yellow Ticket
Kick In
Justice
Peter Ibbetson
The Jest
King Richard III
Clair de Lune
Hamlet 
My Dear Children                          
Mother  Georgie Drew Barrymore
Father Maurice Barrymore, three children, Ethel, Lionel and John
First wife Katherine Corri Harris - 1910-1917
Second wife Blanche Marie Louise Oelrichs - 1920-1925, one child
Third wife Diana Blanche Barrymore - died at age 38
Fourth wife Dolores Costello - 1928-1935, two children, Dolores and John
Fifth wife Elaine Jacobs - 1936-1940

Grandfather of Drew Barrymore