John Barrymore
1882-02-15 ( 143 years old ) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

John Sidney Blyth Barrymore (February 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an acclaimed American actor. He first gained fame as a handsome stage actor in light comedy, then high drama and culminating in groundbreaking portrayals in Shakespearean plays Hamlet and Richard III. His success continued with motion pictures in various genres in both the silent and sound eras. Barrymore's personal life has been the subject of much writing before and since his passing in 1942. Today John Barrymore is mostly known for his roles in movies like Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1920), Grand Hotel (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Twentieth Century (1934), and Don Juan (1926), the first ever movie to use a Vitaphone soundtrack. A member of a multi-generation theatrical dynasty, he was the brother of Lionel Barrymore and Ethel Barrymore, and was the paternal grandfather of Drew Barrymore.

Movies

It's Showtime 1976-03-31
Okay for Sound 1946-09-07
Playmates 1941-12-26
World Premiere 1941-08-21
Midnight 1939-03-24
Maytime 1937-03-26
Movie Maniacs 1936-02-20
Night Flight 1933-10-06
Topaze 1933-02-24
Grand Hotel 1932-05-25
Arsène Lupin 1932-02-26
The Mad Genius 1931-09-30
Svengali 1931-05-20
Moby Dick 1930-09-20
General Crack 1929-12-16
Show of Shows 1929-11-21
Eternal Love 1929-05-11
Tempest 1928-05-27
Don Juan 1926-08-06
The Sea Beast 1926-01-15
Beau Brummel 1924-03-30
On the Quiet 1918-09-01
The Red Widow 1916-05-04
Nearly a King 1916-01-20
The Dictator 1915-06-21
One on Romance 1913-04-14