John Drew Barrymore Cause Of Death

John Drew Barrymore was an American film actor and member of the Barrymore family of actors, which included his father, John Barrymore, and his father’s siblings, Lionel and Ethel.

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

John Barrymore’s film career began with a small role in The Sundowners (1950), a Western with Robert Preston and because he was a minor, he needed his mother’s permission.

John Barrymore’s fee was $7,500 and he was promoted to leading man in just his second movie, the Western High Lonesome (1950), written and directed by Alan Le May, who also wrote Barrymore’s next film, Quebec (1951).

John Barrymore starred in The Big Night (1951), written and directed by Joseph Losey, and was in Thunderbirds (1952) with John Derek at Republic.

John Barrymore journeyed to Italy to star in The Cossacks (1960) with Edmund Purdom.

John Barrymore stayed in Italy for the next few years, with lead or main cast roles including appearances in The Night They Killed Rasputin (1960, playing 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 years in Europe, John Barrymore appeared in the UK film The Christine Keeler Story (1963, filmed in Denmark) as Stephen Ward.

Sadly, John Barrymore died of cancer in 2004 at the age of 72.