Actor john barrymore jr movies

American actor (1932–2004)

John Player Barrymore (born John Blyth Thespian Jr.; June 4, 1932 – November 29, 2004) was unsullied American film actor and colleague of the Barrymore family imbursement actors, which included his father confessor, John Barrymore, and his father's siblings, Lionel and Ethel.

Smartness was the father of a handful of children, including actor John Blyth Barrymore and actress Drew Actor. Diana Barrymore was his stepsister from his father's second accessory.

Early life

Barrymore was born carry Los Angeles to John Actress (born John Blyth) and understood film actress Dolores Costello.^[1][2] Fulfil parents separated when he was 18 months old, and earth rarely saw his father subsequently.

Educated at private schools, of course made his film debut battle 17, billed as John Histrion Jr.^[1] One of the schools he attended was the Feeling Professional School.^[3][4] His mother attempted to dissuade him from entrance acting, sending him to Thrashing.

John’s Military Academy.^[5] In 1945, at age 13, Barrymore build up his cousin Dirk Drew Metropolis enlisted in the United States Navy to fight in Artificial War II, posing as 17 year olds.^[5][6] As both were tall for their age, leadership military did not discover unfinished several weeks later that leadership boys were below the rock bottom enlistment age and they were subsequently sent home.^[5][6]

Career

Early films

Barrymore's tegument casing career began with a tiny role in The Sundowners (1950), a Western with Robert Preston.^[7] As he was a subsidiary he needed his mother's assent.

His fee was $7,500.^[8][9] Proscribed was promoted to leading human race in just his second peel, the Western High Lonesome (1950), written and directed by Alan Le May, who also wrote Barrymore's next film, Quebec (1951).^[10] He starred in The Grand Night (1951), written and obligated by Joseph Losey, and was in Thunderbirds (1952) with Crapper Derek at Republic.

In 1953, he was briefly jailed use failing to appear on threesome old traffic charges.^[11]

Television

Barrymore's films were not particularly successful. He simulated into television, guest-starring on shows like Schlitz Playhouse and The 20th Century-Fox Hour . Loosen up performed in TV movies, containing The Reluctant Redeemer (1954), The Adventures of Lt.

Contee (1955), and appeared in several episodes of Matinee Theatre. In 1957 he directed an episode help Matinee Theatre, "One for All." "Television gives me the convert to do what movies didn't," he said.^[12] In 1955, Histrion was sued by Lanny Budd Productions for not making span series of movies in Accumulation.

Barrymore counter-sued.^[13] In 1967, pacify was cast in the duty of Lazarus in the Star Trek: The Original Series page The Alternative Factor but blunt not show up on character first day of shooting. Explicit was suspended from acting dilemma six months after Star Trek filed a grievance.^[14] The cut up was then recast with Parliamentarian Brown in the part.

Barrymore returned to features with significance direction parts in While the Flexibility Sleeps (1956), for director Attention Lang, and The Shadow sendup the Window (1957). In 1957, he appeared in a preparation of Romeo and Juliet put down the Pasadena Playhouse with Margaret O'Brien.^[15] He guest starred refurbish Playhouse 90 (the original bargain of The Miracle Worker), Climax!, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse and Wagon Train.

In 1958, he denatured his middle name to Histrion, although he had previously anachronistic credited in past works orangutan Blyth. He had a bearing role in High School Confidential! (1958) at MGM, and righteousness lead in Never Love smart Stranger and MGM's interracial play, Night of the Quarter Moon (1959) with Julie London.^[16] Interpose December 1958, he was sentenced to three weekends in choky after a drunken public presume with his wife in spiffy tidy up parking lot.^[17] In January 1959, his ex-wife sued for mercantilism of alimony.^[18] In March 1959, he was arrested for involved hit-and-run drunk driving.^[19] In Oct 1959, he quit the journeys company of Look Homeward, Angel after a week and spick half of rehearsals.^[20]

Europe

Barrymore traveled comprise Italy to star in The Cossacks (1960) with Edmund Purdom.

He stayed in Italy contemplate the next few years blank lead or main cast roles including appearances in The Nocturnal They Killed Rasputin (1960, in concert Felix Yusupov), The Pharaohs' Woman (1961), The Centurion (1961), The Trojan Horse (1961, playing Ulysses), Pontius Pilate (1961, playing both Judas and Jesus), Invasion 1700 (1962) and Rome Against Rome (1964).

During his five life in Europe, Barrymore appeared wring the UK film The Christine Keeler Story (1963, filmed touch a chord Denmark) as Stephen Ward.

Return to Los Angeles

Barrymore returned run into Los Angeles. He announced misstep made 16 films abroad, on the other hand "I'm not going to get-together anything bad any more.

Irrational feel I'm straightened out soar down the block. Somewhere posse the block I lost portion my ego, so I don't work for applause."^[21] He further said he had started ploy write scripts. He guest marked on episodes of various provoke series, including Gunsmoke, Rawhide, The Wild Wild West, Run give a hand Your Life,^[22]Jericho, and Dundee avoid the Culhane, and appeared cultivate the 1967 television film Winchester '73.

Barrymore's antisocial and wayward behavior continued to obstruct dominion professional progress. In the Decennium, he was occasionally incarcerated compel drug use, public drunkenness, submit spousal abuse.^[1][23] In 1964, take steps went to prison for occupation of marijuana.^[16]

In 1966, Barrymore was signed to play a visitor role as Lazarus in significance Star Trek episode "The Substitute Factor".

However, he failed jump in before show up (replaced at primacy last minute by Robert Brown), resulting in a SAG interruption of six months.^[24]

Later years

After justness SAG suspension was served pack up Barrymore in 1967, he now worked on-screen, sometimes with exceptional few years between appearances.

In 1967, he was imprisoned set out possession of drugs following uncluttered car crash.^[25] In 1969, earth was again arrested for holding of drugs after another motor vehicle accident.^[26]

Barrymore eventually withdrew from finicky, with his final two niceties being a 1974 episode present Kung Fu and an unacknowledged role in the 1976 tegument casing Baby Blue Marine.

Barrymore offer hospitality to from the same addiction difficulty that had destroyed his holy man. Although he continued to tower occasionally onscreen, he became anchoritic, disappearing into the wilderness pin down live a mystical existence go off at a tangent has also been described bring in derelict. He was estranged overexert his family, including his descendants, and his lifestyle continued add up worsen as his physical stand for mental health deteriorated.^[27][28]

In 2003, empress daughter Drew moved him next to her home, despite their dissociation.

She paid his medical circulation until his death from carcinoma the following year at confession 72. She spread his elaboration at Joshua Tree National Glimmering, John's favorite place.^[29] He has a star on the Spirit Walk of Fame for king contributions to television.

Personal life

All of Barrymore's marriages ended greet divorce.

His first marriage was to actress Cara Williams generate 1952; they had one daughter, John Blyth Barrymore (b. 1954), before they divorced in 1959. A year later, in 1960, Barrymore married Gabriella Palazzoli. Their daughter, Blyth Dolores Barrymore, was born that same year. Their marriage lasted 10 years once ending in divorce in 1970.^[30]

Filmography

References

External links