Filmography of John Barrymore
John Barrymore is a professional and when he plays a role, he tries to fully understand the director's intention in order to convey specific feelings. This can be corroborated by the directors you have worked with as Howard Hawks.
The genres Romance, Comedy are very recurrent and one of the actors that most dominates these genres in the world of cinema is John Barrymore and that is why it is very common for us to see his name in the cast of films of those styles.