约翰·巴里摩尔,美国电影演员,1882年2月14日生于纽约市,出身于舞台世家,父亲莫里斯·巴里摩尔、母亲乔治亚娜·德鲁,哥哥莱昂纳多、姊姊埃塞尔都是美国著名的舞台演员,最初的时候约翰·巴里摩尔在纽约一家报馆画漫画,受家庭影响及个人努力,1903年进入戏剧界,不久,他的地位与成就就已胜过了哥哥和姐姐。她在莎士比亚戏剧《理查三世》(1920)和《哈姆雷特》(1922)中扮演主角,演技使观众为之倾倒。
It was Lionel Barrymore who gave Louis Wolheim (Cornell '07) his start as an actor. Wolheim had had his face more or less smashed in and his nose nicely fractured while playing on a scrub Cornell football team. Later as a Cornell Instructor he found life none too easy.