A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

Legacy

For his contribution to the motion picture industry John Barrymore has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6667 Hollywood Boulevard. Thaw.

His success continued with motion pictures in various genres in both the silent and sound eras. He first gained fame as a handsome stage actor in light comedy then high drama and culminating in groundbreaking portrayals in Shakespearean plays Hamlet and Richard III. Barrymore's personal life has been the subject of much writing before and since his death in 1942.