Lionel Barrymore
Acting
Born April 28, 1878 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Directed (9)
Acting (244)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
2008
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
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
Breakdowns of 1949
1949
Malaya
1949
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
1949
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
Key Largo
1948
Dark Delusion
1947
The Way of the World
1947
Duel in the Sun
1946
The Secret Heart
1946
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Three Wise Fools
1946
The Valley of Decision
1945
Between Two Women
1945
Dragon Seed
1944
Since You Went Away
1944
3 Men in White
1944
A Guy Named Joe
1944
Twenty Years After
1944
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
Tennessee Johnson
1942
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
1942
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942
Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942
Lady Be Good
1941
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
1941
The Bad Man
1941
The Penalty
1941
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940
The Stars Look Down
1940
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
On Borrowed Time
1939
The Movies March On
1939
Land of Liberty
1939
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
Let Freedom Ring
1939
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore
1938
Young Dr. Kildare
1938
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
Test Pilot
1938
A Yank at Oxford
1938
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
Saratoga
1937
Captains Courageous
1937
A Family Affair
1937
Camille
1936
The Road to Glory
1936
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
The Devil-Doll
1936
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936
Ah, Wilderness!
1935
The Return Of Peter Grimm
1935
Public Hero Number 1
1935
Mark of the Vampire
1935
The Little Colonel
1935
David Copperfield
1935
Treasure Island
1934
The Girl from Missouri
1934
This Side of Heaven
1934
Carolina
1934
Dinner at Eight
1933
Should Ladies Behave
1933
Christopher Bean
1933
Night Flight
1933
One Man's Journey
1933
The Stranger's Return
1933
Looking Forward
1933
Sweepings
1933
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
Grand Hotel
1932
The Washington Masquerade
1932
Arsène Lupin
1932
Broken Lullaby
1932
Mata Hari
1931
The Christmas Party
1931
The Yellow Ticket
1931
Guilty Hands
1931
A Free Soul
1931
Estrellados
1930
Free and Easy
1930
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
The Mysterious Island
1929
The River Woman
1928
West of Zanzibar
1928
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1928
Road House
1928
The Lion and the Mouse
1928
Drums of Love
1928
Sadie Thompson
1928
The Thirteenth Hour
1927
Body and Soul
1927
Women Love Diamonds
1927
The Show
1927
The Temptress
1926
The Bells
1926
The Lucky Lady
1926
Paris at Midnight
1926
Wife Tamers
1926
The Barrier
1926
Brooding Eyes
1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
The Splendid Road
1925
The Woman Who Did
1925
Fifty-Fifty
1925
The Wrongdoers
1925
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
1925
Children of the Whirlwind
1925
A Man of Iron
1925
I Am the Man
1924
Meddling Women
1924
America
1924
Decameron Nights
1924
The Eternal City
1923
Unseeing Eyes
1923
Enemies of Women
1923
The Face in the Fog
1922
Boomerang Bill
1922
Jim the Penman
1921
The Great Adventure
1921
The Devil's Garden
1920
The Master Mind
1920
The Copperhead
1920
National Red Cross Pageant
1917
The Millionaire's Double
1917
His Father's Son
1917
The End of the Tour
1917
The Brand of Cowardice
1916
The Upheaval
1916
The Quitter
1916
Dorian's Divorce
1916
A Yellow Streak
1915
Dora Thorne
1915
The Flaming Sword
1915
The Romance of Elaine
1915
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
1915
A Modern Magdalen
1915
Wildfire
1915
The Exploits of Elaine
1914
The Seats of the Mighty
1914
The Span of Life
1914
Under the Gaslight
1914
The Woman in Black
1914
The Power of the Press
1914
Men and Women
1914
The Cracksman's Gratitude
1914
Woman Against Woman
1914
Judith of Bethulia
1914
Strongheart
1914
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914
Classmates
1914
The Bartered Crown
1914
The House of Discord
1913
All for Science
1913
So Runs the Way
1913
The Stolen Treaty
1913
The Strong Man's Burden
1913
The Crook and the Girl
1913
The Work Habit
1913
The Suffragette Minstrels
1913
An Indian's Loyalty
1913
Under the Shadow of the Law
1913
I Was Meant for You
1913
The Vengeance of Galora
1913
The Mirror
1913
Pa Says
1913
A Gamble with Death
1913
In Diplomatic Circles
1913
Almost a Wild Man
1913
The Switchtower
1913
Death's Marathon
1913
The Well
1913
The Enemy's Baby
1913
Red Hicks Defies the World
1913
A Timely Interception
1913
The Ranchero's Revenge
1913
Just Gold
1913
The Yaqui Cur
1913
The House of Darkness
1913
The Wanderer
1913
The Lady and the Mouse
1913
A Misunderstood Boy
1913
The Little Tease
1913
The Perfidy of Mary
1913
The Sheriff's Baby
1913
Fate
1913
Near To Earth
1913
The Unwelcome Guest
1913
The Wrong Bottle
1913
Love in an Apartment Hotel
1913
A Chance Deception
1913
Oil and Water
1913
The Tender Hearted Boy
1913
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
1913
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
1913
Three Friends
1913
The God Within
1912
A Cry for Help
1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
My Hero
1912
The New York Hat
1912
Brutality
1912
The Informer
1912
My Baby
1912
Gold and Glitter
1912
Heredity
1912
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
The Painted Lady
1912
The One She Loved
1912
The Chief's Blanket
1912
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
Friends
1912
The Miser's Heart
1911
The Battle
1911
Fighting Blood
1911
The White Caps
1905