John Drew Barrymore

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John Drew Barrymore Jr. (born John Blyth Barrymore Jr.) was an American film actor and father of the Barrymore family of actors, including his father, John Barrymore Jr., and his siblings, Lionel and Ethel, who were both born in 1932.

He was the father of four children, including actor John Blyth Barrymore and actress Drew Barrymore.

Diana Barrymore was his half-sister from his father's second marriage.

Early life

Barrymore was born in Los Angeles to John Barrymore (born John Blyth) and Dolores Costello, a silent film actor. He was separated when he was 18 months old, and he rarely saw his father afterward. He made his film debut at the age of 17, billed as John Barrymore Jr. at the Hollywood Professional School. His mother attempted to discourage him from joining acting by sending him to the Military Academy in St. John. Barrymore and his cousin Dirk Drew Davenport enlisted in the US Navy in 1945 to fight in World War II, posing as 17-year-olds. The boys were not aware that they were under the minimum enlistment age at the time, and they were subsequently sent home.

Personal life

Both of Barrymore's marriages ended in divorce. His first marriage was to actress Cara Williams in 1952; they had one child, John Blyth Barrymore (b. b.). They divorced in 1959, 1954, 1954. Barrymore married Gabriella Palazzoli in 1960, a year later. Blyth Dolores Barrymore, the couple's daughter, was born in the same year. They married for ten years before they were divorced in 1970.

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Career

Barrymore's film career began with a small role in The Sundowners (1950), a Western with Robert Preston. He needed his mother's permission as he was a child. His fee was $7,500. He was voted as the leading man in only his second film, The Western High Lonesome (1950), written and directed by Alan Le May, who also wrote Barrymore's next film, Quebec (1951). He appeared in The Big Night (1951), written and directed by Joseph Losey, and in Thunderbirds (1952) with John Derek at Republic. He was briefly jailed in 1953 for failing to appear on three separate traffic arrests.

Barrymore's films were not particularly popular. He jumped into television, appearing on shows such as Schlitz Playhouse and The 20th Century-Fox Hour. He appeared in many episodes of Matinee Theatre, including The Reluctant Redeemer (1954) and The Adventures of Lt. Contee (1955). He penned "One for All" in 1957 and produced an episode of Matinee Theatre. "Itevision gives me the opportunity to do what movies didn't," he said. Lanny Budd Productions sued Barrymore in 1955 for not releasing a series of films in Europe. Barrymore has been sued as a result of the counter-suit.

Since the City Sleeps (1956), for director Fritz Lang, and The Shadow on the Window (1957), Barrymore returned to television with supporting roles. He appeared in a Romeo and Juliet production at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1957 with Margaret O'Brien. He appeared in Playhouse 90 (the original production of The Miracle Worker), Climax!, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, and Wagon Train.

Though he had previously been acknowledged in past careers as Blyth, he changed his middle name to Drew in 1958. He was involved in High School Confidential. (1958) at MGM, as the lead in Never Love a Stranger and MGM's interracial drama, Night of the Quarter Moon (1959) with Julie London. After a late night public spat with his wife in a parking lot in December 1958, he was sentenced to three weekends in jail. His ex-wife filed a complaint in January 1959 seeking non-payment of alimony. He was jailed in March 1959 for reportedly having been arrested for hit-and-run inebriated driving. After a week and a half of rehearsals, he left the touring company of Look Homeward, Angel in October 1959.

Barrymore moved to Italy to appear in The Cossacks (1960) with Edmund Purdom. The actor stayed in Italy for the next few years, with lead or main cast roles including appearances in The Night They Killed Rasputin (1960), The Pharaohs' Woman (1961), and Rome versus Rome (1964), and Invasion 1700 (1961), 1961-1964).

Barrymore appeared in the UK film The Christine Keeler Story (1963, shot in Denmark) as Stephen Ward during his five years as Stephen Ward.

Barrymore and his sister were both recalled from Los Angeles. He made 16 films in foreign countries, but "I'm not going to do anything wrong any more." I'm sure I'm straightened out and down the block. I'm sure half of my ego went missing around the block, so I don't work for applause." He also said he had to start writing scripts. He appeared in several television series, including Gunsmoke, Rawhide, The Wild West, Run for Your Life, Jericho, and Dundee and the Culhane, as the 1970 television film Winchester 73.

Barrymore's antisocial and erratic conduct continued to obstruct his career. He was occasionally jailed for opioid use, public inebriation, and verbal assault in the 1960s. He was arrested for smoking marijuana in 1964.

Barrymore was invited to appear as Lazarus in the Star Trek episode "The Alternative Factor" in 1966. However, he failed to turn up (replaced by Robert Brown at the last minute), resulting in a six-month suspension.

Since the SAG suspension was sent to Barrymore in 1967, he sporadically worked on camera, often for a few years between appearances.

Following a car accident in 1967, he was jailed for drug possession. After another car accident in 1969, he was arrested for unlawful drug use.

Barrymore departed from acting after appearing in a 1974 episode of Kung Fu and an uncredited role in the 1976 film Baby Blue Marine. Barrymore was suffering from the same addiction issues that had destroyed his father. Though he continued to appear on television occasionally, he became withdrawn, wandering into the woods to live a mystical existence that has also been described as derelict. He was estranged from his family, including his children, and his life continued to worsen as his physical and mental health worsened.

Despite their alienation, Drew Drew moved him near his house in 2003. She paid his medical bills until his cancer-related death at the age of 72. She smuggled his remains at Joshua Tree National Park, John's favorite spot. He is a member of the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to television.

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