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9.  Appeared on the TV game show Password Plus in 1979.  Peppard chain-smoked through out and voiced complaints on camera about NBC.   The first of his five shows was never aired and as a result Goodson-Todman banned him from ever appearing on any of their game shows again.

 

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He was a funny man:1a '' I like to be introduced as America's foremost actor. It saves the necessity of further efforts.''

1 b-After his big tour of Hamlet,Barrymore was doing lectures on the subject in schools and universities:

Student to lecturer:Tell me Mr Barrymore, in your view did Ophelia ever sleep with Hamlet?

Barrymore to student,after much thought : '' Only in the Chicago company''.

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6.  When reviewing Barrymore's silent movie career, The New York Times wrote, "No actor needs fewer titles."   They were referring to Barrymore's ability to convey the character's emotions without the audience relying on the title cards. 

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9 a -He flinged a fish at a coughing audience ' Busy yourselves with that,you dam*** walruses, while the rest of us get on with play'

9 b- While recording a segment from Romeo and Juliet on May 19, 1942, Barrymore collapsed in the studio. He was rushed to Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital where he died of cirrhosis of the liver complicated by kidney failure. After sixty years, John Barrymore had finally drunk himself to death.

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