Shakespeare in Performance: Person
John Barrymore
John Barrymore (1882–1942), born John Sidney Blyth, 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.
Performance Chronicle Gatekeeper — Added 2011-06-27
Credited as cast
Hamlet Revisited: Approaches to Hamlet (1970, USA) .... Cast
Playmates (1941, David Butler, USA) .... Himself
Romeo and Juliet (1936, George Cukor, USA) .... Mercutio
Hamlet: Test Shots (1933, Margaret Carrington, USA) .... Cast
Gloucester's Soliloquy (1928, John G. Adolfi, USA) .... Richard Duke Of Gloucester
: Film production
: Performance