Drew Barrymore was his daughter by his third wife, Ildiko Jaid Barrymore. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly attempted a career as an artist, but appeared on stage together with his father Maurice in 1900, and then his sister Ethel the following year.
He was promoted to leading man in just his second movie, High Lonesome (1950), another Western.
John D. Barrymore was part of an acting clan that included his father, the famed stage and early film actor John Barrymore, and his father's siblings, Lionel Barrymore and Ethel Barrymore. John was 72 years old at the time of death.
His father and mother, actress Dolores Costello divorced in his infancy and he claimed to remember seeing his father only once. John Drew Barrymore — an actor whose credits included Gunsmoke and Rawhide — was married four times, all of which ended in divorce. A native of Beverly Hills, Barrymore was the son of legendary stage, and screen actor John Barrymore and actress Dolores Costello Barrymore, nephew of actor Lionel Barrymore, and actress Ethel Barrymore, and the father of actress Drew Barrymore. John Drew Barrymore, American actor (born June 4, 1932, Beverly Hills, Calif.—died Nov. 29, 2004, Los Angeles, Calif.), was a fourth-generation member of one of the most famous American theatrical families—and the father of actress Drew Barrymore—but lifestyle and substance-abuse difficulties prevented him from attaining the success he might have enjoyed. On Sunday, the 45-year-old actress marked Father's Day by opening … As he was a minor he needed his mother's permission. His fee was $7,500. John Drew Barrymore Birthday and Date of Death.
American actor with a sporadic career, the son of stage and screen legend John Barrymore. John Drew Barrymore, the sometimes troubled heir to an acting dynasty and absent father of movie star Drew Barrymore, died Monday. Barrymore's film career began with a small role in The Sundowners (1950), a Western with Robert Preston. He was 72. John Drew Barrymore, whose name and ancestry were far better known than his own credits in the acting profession that made his family famous, has died. American actor with a sporadic career, the son of stage and screen legend John Barrymore.
His father and mother, actress Dolores Costello divorced in his infancy and he claimed to remember seeing his father only once. He was 72. John Drew Barrymore was an American film actor and member of the famous Barrymore family of actors. Birthday: June 4, 1932 Date of Death: November 29, 2004 Age at Death: 72 John D. Barrymore …