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Acting

John Barrymore

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: 65/100

Highest rated: Maytime
87/100

What stands out

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

John Barrymore Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.1, average 5.4
Violence
2.9, average 4.1
Coming of Age
1.8, average 3.0
Scare
1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Witty Dialogue 4
Social Commentary 4
Historical Setting 3
Historical Romance 3
Melodrama 3
Tragic Love Story 3
Classic Screwball Comedy 3
Historical Drama 3
Early Cinema 3
Quirky Characters 3
Psychological Thriller 2
Silent Film 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

77

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 68

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

68

as Archival Footage

2010s

2 titles · average score 75

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Game - The Movie

75

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

Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

1990s

1 title · average score 77

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

77

as Hamlet (archive sound)

1980s

2 titles

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

The Horror of It All

as Svengali (archive footage)

1970s

2 titles · average score 70

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

70

as (archive footage)

1950s

1 title

Yesterday and Today

as (archive footage)

1940s

5 titles · average score 56

Okay for Sound

as Don Juan (archive footage)

Playmates

56

as John Barrymore

World Premiere

as Duncan DeGrasse

The Invisible Woman

48

as Professor Gibbs

65

as Evans Garrick

1930s

32 titles · average score 66

Midnight

73

as Georges Flammarion

Marie Antoinette

71

as King Louis XV

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

49

as Col. J.A. Nielson

Maytime

87

as Nicolai Nazaroff

Romeo and Juliet

63

as Mercutio

Twentieth Century

78

as Oscar Jaffe

Dinner at Eight

81

as Larry Renault

Grand Hotel

75

as Baron Felix von Gaigern

Arsène Lupin

65

as Duke of Charmerace

A Bill of Divorcement

61

as Hilary Fairfield

Rasputin and the Empress

52

as Prince Paul Chegodieff

Moby Dick

70

as Ahab

1920s

13 titles · average score 68

Eternal Love

62

as Marcus Paltran

General Crack

as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian

The Show of Shows

62

as Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III'

Tempest

64

as Sergeant Ivan Markov

When a Man Loves

62

as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux

The Beloved Rogue

69

as François Villon

The Sea Beast

64

as Captain Ahab Ceeley

Don Juan

68

as Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana

Beau Brummel

68

as Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel

Sherlock Holmes

64

as Sherlock Holmes

The Lotus Eater

as Jacques Leroi

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

79

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

1910s

18 titles · average score 61

Here Comes the Bride

as Frederick Tile

The Test of Honor

as Martin Wingrave

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman

61

as A.J. Raffles

Nearly a King

as Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana

The Red Widow

as Cicero Hannibal Butts

The Incorrigible Dukane

as James Dukane

Are You a Mason?

as Frank Perry

The Dictator

as Brooke Travers

The Man from Mexico

as Fitzhugh

An American Citizen

as Berresford Cruger

as Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)

The Dream of a Moving Picture Director

as The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)