John Barrymore was born on February 14, 1882 in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania according to his Birth Certificate. Although
accoring to his World War I draft record and Social Security
records state his birthday was on February 15.
On May 29, 1942 John Barrymore passed away in Los Angeles,
California from pneumonia and cirrhosis of the liver.
To some John Barrymore, was known as Jack or The Great Profile,
although his birth name was John Sidney Blyth.
The famed stage actor Maurice Blyth was John Barrymore's
father, his stage name was Maurice Barrymore. John's mother,
was Georgie Drew, and she was the daughter of actor John Drew.
Maurice Blyth and Georgie Drew had three children who all
went into acting and each became legendary in their own rites.
There kids are John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, and Ethel
Barrymore.
John Barrymore's siblings have been seen in several hit movies
and TV shows, Lionel Barrymore is best known for his role
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie from the DR. KILDARE movie series
including THE PEOPLE VS. DR. KILDARE, DR. KILDARE'S WEDDING
DAY and DR. GILLESPIE'S CRIMINAL CASE. Ethel Barrymore, has
been in several movies including ALL AT SEA, AN AMERICAN WIDOW
and THE NIGHTINGALE.
All three of the Barrymore kids appeared in one film together
in was in the 1932 movie RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS. The same
year John and Linoel also appeared together in ARSENE LUPIN
and GRAND HOTEL.
In 1941 John Barrymore appeared in his last two films the
first was with a cameo appearance in PLAYMATES and the other
role was in WORLD PREMIERE.
Playing Col. J.A. Neilson is a role that John Barrymore has
played in the BULLDOG DRUMMOND series including BULLDOG DRUMMOND
COMES BACK, BULLDOG DRUMMOND'S REVENGE and BULLDOG DRUMMOND'S
PERIL.
Taking a lead role is not uncommon for John Barrymore he
has played the title role in several films including so great
classics including DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, SHERLOCK HOLMES,
MOBY DICK and DON JUAN.
It was in 1914 that John Barrymore had his first confirmed
role in AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, before this role Barrymore had
four unconfirmed role's in ONE ROMANCE in 1913 and three films
in 1912 A PRIZE PACKAGE, THE WIDOW CASEY'S RETURN, and THE
DREAM OF A MOVING PICTURE DIRECTOR.
With 101 performances John Barrymore had one of the longest-running
Broadway production of HAMLET in 1922. His record was broke
by John Gielgud who played the same part 132 performances
in 1936.
John Barrymore's other notable credits include...
