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Hyde, Mr.; Jekyll, Dr.
Mr. Hyde (left) and Dr. Jekyll, both as portrayed by Fredric March, 1931.
Mr. Hyde
fictional character
Also known as: Edward Hyde
Mr. Hyde, the evil alter ego of Dr. Jekyll, a fictional character in Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevensonās Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886).
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 Kathleen Kuiper.
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