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Fredric March: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll (right) and Mr. Hyde, both as portrayed by Fredric March in Rouben Mamoulian's film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931).

Dr. Jekyll

fictional character
Also known as: Henry Jekyll
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Dr. Jekyll, fictional character, the rational, humanistic protagonist of the novel Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson. His alter ego is the evil, barely human Mr. Hyde.

John Barrymore (1920), Fredric March (1931), and Spencer Tracy (1941) gave notable film performances as Jekyll and Hyde.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.