Lionel Barrymore
Acting
Born: 1878-04-28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
It's a Wonderful Life
Mr. Potter
MGM Parade
MGM Parade
Self
MGM Parade
self
On Borrowed Time
Julian Northrup aka Gramps
Grand Hotel
Otto Kringelein
You Can't Take It with You
Martin Vanderhof
Captains Courageous
Captain Disko Troop
Mata Hari
General Serge Shubin
Key Largo
James Temple
Duel in the Sun
Sen. Jackson McCanles
Road House
Henry Grayson
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Camille
Monsieur Duval
Treasure Island
Billy Bones
Carolina
Bob Connelly
Dinner at Eight
Oliver Jordan
Broken Lullaby
Dr. H. Holderlin
Arsène Lupin
Detective Guerchard
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Lone Star
Andrew Jackson
David Copperfield
Dan Peggotty
The Little Colonel
Colonel Lloyd
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Wife Tamers
Mr. Barry
The Valley of Decision
Pat Rafferty
The Copperhead
Milt Shanks
Malaya
John Manchester
Mark of the Vampire
Professor Zelin
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Devil-Doll
Paul Lavond
Dragon Seed
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Dora Thorne
Lord Earle
Since You Went Away
Clergyman
Saratoga
Grandpa Clayton
This Side of Heaven
Martin Turner