Lionel Barrymore
Actor

Lionel Barrymore

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Known For Acting
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Birthday April 28, 1878 (148 years old)
Place of Birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As Lionel Herbert Blythe, Lionel Blythe, Ω„ΫŒΩˆΩ†Ω„ Ψ¨Ψ±ΫŒΩ…ΩˆΨ±
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Biography

Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931), and remains best known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Potter in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. He is also particularly remembered as Ebenezer Scrooge in annual broadcasts of A Christmas Carol during his last two decades. He is also known for playing Dr. Leonard Gillespie in MGM's nine Dr. Kildare films, a role he reprised in a further six films focusing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series entitled The Story of Dr. Kildare. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.

Filmography (248)

Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You 2008
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood 2005
Checking Out: Grand Hotel 2004
The Mesmerist 2003
Complicated Women 2003
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 2002
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 1987
Super Duper Bloopers 1986
That's Entertainment, Part II 1976
Hooray for Hollywood 1976
That's Entertainment! 1974
Hollywood: The Dream Factory 1972
Brasileiros em Hollywood 1970
Our Mr. Sun 1956
Film Fun 1955
MGM Parade 1955
Yesterday and Today 1953
Main Street to Broadway 1953
Lone Star 1952
Bannerline 1951
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story 1951
Right Cross 1950
Screen Actors 1950
Malaya 1949
Down to the Sea in Ships 1949
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership 1949
Breakdowns of 1949 1949
Key Largo 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show 1948
Dark Delusion 1947
The Way of the World 1947
It's a Wonderful Life 1946
Duel in the Sun 1946
Three Wise Fools 1946
The Secret Heart 1946
The Valley of Decision 1945
Between Two Women 1945
Since You Went Away 1944
A Guy Named Joe 1944
3 Men in White 1944
Dragon Seed 1944
Twenty Years After 1944
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case 1943
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith 1943
Calling Dr. Gillespie 1942
Tennessee Johnson 1942
Dr. Kildare's Victory 1942
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant 1942
Lady Be Good 1941
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day 1941
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare 1941
The Penalty 1941
The Bad Man 1941
Dr. Kildare Goes Home 1940
Dr. Kildare's Crisis 1940
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case 1940
The Stars Look Down 1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound 1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards 1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World 1940
On Borrowed Time 1939
The Secret of Dr. Kildare 1939
Calling Dr. Kildare 1939
Let Freedom Ring 1939
Land of Liberty 1939
From the Ends of the Earth 1939
The Movies March On 1939
You Can't Take It with You 1938
Test Pilot 1938
A Yank at Oxford 1938
Young Dr. Kildare 1938
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 1938
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore 1938
Saratoga 1937
Captains Courageous 1937
A Family Affair 1937
Navy Blue and Gold 1937
The Devil-Doll 1936
Camille 1936
The Road to Glory 1936
The Gorgeous Hussy 1936
The Voice of Bugle Ann 1936
Public Hero Number 1 1935
Mark of the Vampire 1935
The Little Colonel 1935
David Copperfield 1935
Ah, Wilderness! 1935
The Return Of Peter Grimm 1935
Treasure Island 1934
The Girl from Missouri 1934
This Side of Heaven 1934
Carolina 1934
Dinner at Eight 1933
Night Flight 1933
The Stranger's Return 1933
Should Ladies Behave 1933
Sweepings 1933
One Man's Journey 1933
Looking Forward 1933
Christopher Bean 1933
Grand Hotel 1932
Rasputin and the Empress 1932
Broken Lullaby 1932
Arsène Lupin 1932
The Washington Masquerade 1932
The Movie Album 1932
Mata Hari 1931
A Free Soul 1931
The Yellow Ticket 1931
Guilty Hands 1931
The Christmas Party 1931
Estrellados 1930
Free and Easy 1930
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 1929
The Mysterious Island 1929
West of Zanzibar 1928
Sadie Thompson 1928
Road House 1928
Drums of Love 1928
Alias Jimmy Valentine 1928
The Lion and the Mouse 1928
The River Woman 1928
The Show 1927
Body and Soul 1927
Women Love Diamonds 1927
The Thirteenth Hour 1927
The Temptress 1926
The Barrier 1926
The Bells 1926
Wife Tamers 1926
Paris at Midnight 1926
The Lucky Lady 1926
Brooding Eyes 1926
The Splendid Road 1925
The Woman Who Did 1925
The Wrongdoers 1925
A Man of Iron 1925
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work 1925
Fifty-Fifty 1925
Children of the Whirlwind 1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 1925
I Am the Man 1924
America 1924
Decameron Nights 1924
Meddling Women 1924
Unseeing Eyes 1923
The Eternal City 1923
Enemies of Women 1923
Boomerang Bill 1922
The Face in the Fog 1922
The Great Adventure 1921
Jim the Penman 1921
The Devil's Garden 1920
The Copperhead 1920
The Master Mind 1920
The End of the Tour 1917
His Father's Son 1917
The Millionaire's Double 1917
National Red Cross Pageant 1917
The Brand of Cowardice 1916
The Quitter 1916
The Upheaval 1916
Dorian's Divorce 1916
The Romance of Elaine 1915
The Flaming Sword 1915
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde 1915
A Yellow Streak 1915
Dora Thorne 1915
A Modern Magdalen 1915
Wildfire 1915
Her Father's Silent Partner 1914
Judith of Bethulia 1914
Woman Against Woman 1914
The Bartered Crown 1914
The Cracksman's Gratitude 1914
Men and Women 1914
The Power of the Press 1914
The Seats of the Mighty 1914
The Span of Life 1914
Under the Gaslight 1914
The Exploits of Elaine 1914
Strongheart 1914
Classmates 1914
The Woman in Black 1914
The Sheriff's Baby 1913
Love in an Apartment Hotel 1913
A Chance Deception 1913
So Runs the Way 1913
The Wrong Bottle 1913
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods 1913
Just Gold 1913
The Unwelcome Guest 1913
Near To Earth 1913
The Well 1913
The Ranchero's Revenge 1913
Red Hicks Defies the World 1913
In Diplomatic Circles 1913
A Gamble with Death 1913
The Enemy's Baby 1913
The Mirror 1913
I Was Meant for You 1913
Under the Shadow of the Law 1913
The Crook and the Girl 1913
The Work Habit 1913
The Stolen Treaty 1913
All for Science 1913
A Misunderstood Boy 1913
Death's Marathon 1913
The Perfidy of Mary 1913
The Tender Hearted Boy 1913
Pa Says 1913
The Vengeance of Galora 1913
The Suffragette Minstrels 1913
The House of Discord 1913
The Yaqui Cur 1913
The Switchtower 1913
The Wanderer 1913
Almost a Wild Man 1913
Three Friends 1913
An Indian's Loyalty 1913
The Strong Man's Burden 1913
Fate 1913
The Telephone Girl and the Lady 1913
The Little Tease 1913
Oil and Water 1913
A Timely Interception 1913
The Lady and the Mouse 1913
The House of Darkness 1913
The Musketeers of Pig Alley 1912
A Cry for Help 1912
Gold and Glitter 1912
The Informer 1912
Brutality 1912
Heredity 1912
My Hero 1912
The New York Hat 1912
The Painted Lady 1912
The Chief's Blanket 1912
So Near, Yet So Far 1912
Friends 1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma 1912
My Baby 1912
The One She Loved 1912
The God Within 1912
Fighting Blood 1911
The Miser's Heart 1911
The Battle 1911
The White Caps 1905