John Barrymore

John Barrymore

John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly attempted a career as an artist, but appeared on stage together with his father Maurice in 1900, and then his sister Ethel the following year. He began his career in 1903 and first gained attention as a stage actor in light comedy, then high drama, culminating in productions of Justice (1916), Richard III (1920) and Hamlet (1922); his portrayal of Hamlet led to him being called the "greatest living American tragedian".After a success as Hamlet in London in 1925, Barrymore left the stage for 14 years and instead focused entirely on films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Barrymore has received more than 3,832,258 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). John Barrymore is the 1,147th most popular actor (down from 1,072nd in 2019), the 2,041st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,988th in 2019) and the 558th most popular American Actor.