Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 28, 1878
Died
Nov 15, 1954
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
258 titles
Lionel Barrymore
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.
Known For
Filmography
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
Self (archive footage)
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
The Mesmerist
The Innkeeper (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Super Duper Bloopers
Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Our Mr. Sun
Father Time (voice)
MGM Parade
Film Fun
(archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
Main Street to Broadway
Self
Lone Star
Andrew Jackson
Bannerline
Hugo Trimble
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
Himself - Giving Introduction
Right Cross
Sean O'Malley
Screen Actors
Self (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1949
Self
Malaya
John Manchester
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
Himself
Down to the Sea in Ships
Bering Joy
Key Largo
James Temple
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Dark Delusion
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
The Way of the World
Grizzley Fallon (Archive Footage)
Duel in the Sun
Sen. Jackson McCanles
The Secret Heart
Dr. Rossiger
It's a Wonderful Life
Mr. Potter
Three Wise Fools
Dr. Richard Gaunght
The Valley of Decision
Pat Rafferty
Between Two Women
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Dragon Seed
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Since You Went Away
Clergyman
3 Men in White
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
A Guy Named Joe
The General
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Gramps
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Tennessee Johnson
Thaddeus Stevens
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Dr. Kildare's Victory
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Lady Be Good
Judge Murdock
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
Dr. Leonard Gillespie