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John Barrymore Acting Filmography (94)

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021·Archival Footage
Synthwave Horror: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2015·Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
2005·Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004·Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003·Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
1995
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991·Hamlet (archive sound)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984·(archive footage)
The Horror of It All
1983·Svengali (archive footage)
The Horror Show
1979·(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976·(archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976·Self (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974·Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972·Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970·Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961·Self (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
1953·(archive footage)
The Golden Twenties
1950·Self (archive footage)
Okay for Sound
1946·Don Juan (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945·Self (archive footage)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943·Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942·Self (archive footage)
Playmates
1941·John Barrymore
World Premiere
1941·Duncan DeGrasse
The Invisible Woman
1940·Professor Gibbs
The Great Profile
1940·Evans Garrick
Midnight
1939·Georges Flammarion
The Great Man Votes
1939·Vance
Land of Liberty
1939·(archive footage)
The Green Goddess
1939
Marie Antoinette
1938·King Louis XV
Spawn of the North
1938·Windy Turlon
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938·Colonel Neilson
Hold That Co-ed
1938·Gabby Harrigan
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938·Self
Romance in the Dark
1938·Zoltan Jason
Maytime
1937·Nicolai Nazaroff
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937·Colonel Neilson
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937·Col. J.A. Nielson
True Confession
1937·Charles Jasper
Night Club Scandal
1937·Dr. Ernest Tindal
Romeo and Juliet
1936·Mercutio
Movie Maniacs
1936·Photograph of John Barrymore (uncredited)
Twentieth Century
1934·Oscar Jaffe
Long Lost Father
1934·Carl Bellairs
Dinner at Eight
1933·Larry Renault
Counsellor at Law
1933·George Simon
Night Flight
1933·Riviere
Topaze
1933·Auguste A. Topaze
Reunion in Vienna
1933·Archduke Rudolf von Hapsburg
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
1933·Hamlet
Grand Hotel
1932·Baron Felix von Gaigern
Rasputin and the Empress
1932·Prince Paul Chegodieff
A Bill of Divorcement
1932·Hilary Fairfield
State's Attorney
1932·Tom Cardigan
Arsène Lupin
1932·Duke of Charmerace
Svengali
1931·Svengali
The Mad Genius
1931·Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Moby Dick
1930·Ahab
The Man from Blankley's
1930·Lord Strathpeffer
Eternal Love
1929·Marcus Paltran
General Crack
1929·Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
The Show of Shows
1929·Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
Tempest
1928·Sergeant Ivan Markov
The Circus: Premiere
1928·Self
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927
The Beloved Rogue
1927·François Villon
When a Man Loves
1927·Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
Don Juan
1926·Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
Vagabonding On The Pacific
1926·Himself
The Sea Beast
1926·Captain Ahab Ceeley
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925·Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Beau Brummel
1924·Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
Sherlock Holmes
1922·Sherlock Holmes
The Lotus Eater
1921·Jacques Leroi
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920·Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Here Comes the Bride
1919·Frederick Tile
The Test of Honor
1919·Martin Wingrave
On the Quiet
1918·Robert Ridgeway
National Red Cross Pageant
1917·The Tyrant - Russian episode
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
1917·A.J. Raffles
The Red Widow
1916·Cicero Hannibal Butts
Nearly a King
1916·Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana
The Lost Bridegroom
1916·Bertie Joyce
The Dictator
1915·Brooke Travers
The Incorrigible Dukane
1915·James Dukane
Are You a Mason?
1915·Frank Perry
The Man from Mexico
1914·Fitzhugh
An American Citizen
1914·Berresford Cruger
One on Romance
1913·Jack Wilson (as Jack Barrymore)
The Dream of a Moving Picture Director
1912·The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)
The Widow Casey's Return
1912·The Rejected Suitor (as Jack Barrymore)
Just Pretending
1912·The Policeman (as Jack Barrymore)
A Prize Package
1912·Si Hawkins (as Jack Barrymore)