Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

4/28/1878 – 11/15/1954Philadelphia, 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.

Filmography (248 titles)

Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with YouMovie

Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You

Self (archive footage) · 2008

Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood10.0Movie

Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood

Self (archive footage) · 2005

7.0Movie

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Self / Various roles (archive footage) · 2004

The Mesmerist8.0Movie

The Mesmerist

The Innkeeper (archive footage) · 2003

Complicated Women6.9Movie

Complicated Women

Self (archive footage) · 2003

D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913Movie

D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913

2002

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life6.5Movie

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage) · 1987

Super Duper Bloopers4.0Movie

Super Duper Bloopers

Self · 1986

That's Entertainment, Part II7.0Movie

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage) · 1976

Hooray for Hollywood8.0Movie

Hooray for Hollywood

Self (archive footage) · 1976

That's Entertainment!7.4Movie

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage) (uncredited) · 1974

Hollywood: The Dream Factory7.3Movie

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage) · 1972

Brasileiros em HollywoodMovie

Brasileiros em Hollywood

Self (archive footage) · 1970

Our Mr. Sun7.5Movie

Our Mr. Sun

Father Time (voice) · 1956

MGM Parade7.5Show

MGM Parade

1955

5.3Movie

Film Fun

(archive footage) · 1955

Yesterday and Today7.0Movie

Yesterday and Today

(archive footage) · 1953

Main Street to Broadway7.3Movie

Main Street to Broadway

Self · 1953

Lone Star5.7Movie

Lone Star

Andrew Jackson · 1952

Bannerline6.8Movie

Bannerline

Hugo Trimble · 1951

The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story5.5Movie

The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story

Himself - Giving Introduction · 1951

Right Cross7.3Movie

Right Cross

Sean O'Malley · 1950

6.3Movie

Screen Actors

Self (uncredited) · 1950

Breakdowns of 19496.0Movie

Breakdowns of 1949

Self · 1949

Malaya6.9Movie

Malaya

John Manchester · 1949

Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership7.0Movie

Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership

Himself · 1949

Down to the Sea in Ships7.2Movie

Down to the Sea in Ships

Bering Joy · 1949

Key Largo7.5Movie

Key Largo

James Temple · 1948

The Ed Sullivan Show6.8Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self · 1948

Dark Delusion6.8Movie

Dark Delusion

Dr. Leonard Gillespie · 1947