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Portrait of John Barrymore

Acting

John Barrymore

Titles
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Career

Active from 1912 to 2021, with a break from 1954 to 2014, busiest in 1933 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
61
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Maytime
Maytime
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

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Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Witty Dialogue 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Classic Screwball Comedy 3
  • Quirky Characters 3
  • Historical Romance 3
  • Tragic Love Story 3
  • Early Cinema 3
  • Melodrama 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Golden Age Hollywood 2
  • Screwball Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

77

2020s

1 title · average score 68

2010s

2 titles · average score 75

as Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (archive footage) (uncredited)

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

1990s

1 title · average score 75

1980s

2 titles

as Svengali (archive footage)

1970s

2 titles · average score 70

as (archive footage)

1950s

1 title

as (archive footage)

1940s

5 titles · average score 56

as Don Juan (archive footage)

as John Barrymore

as Duncan DeGrasse

1930s

32 titles · average score 66

as Georges Flammarion

as Nicolai Nazaroff

as Larry Renault

as Baron Felix von Gaigern

as Prince Paul Chegodieff

as Duke of Charmerace

All 32 titles from the 1930s

1920s

13 titles · average score 68

as Marcus Paltran

as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian

as Sergeant Ivan Markov

as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux

as François Villon

as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana

as Captain Ahab Ceeley

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel

as Sherlock Holmes

as Jacques Leroi

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

All 13 titles from the 1920s

1910s

18 titles · average score 61

as Martin Wingrave

as Robert Ridgeway

as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana

as Cicero Hannibal Butts

as Brooke Travers

as Berresford Cruger

All 18 titles from the 1910s