Lionel Barrymore

Known for Acting

Details

Birthday: April 28, 1878

Deathday: November 15, 1954

Place of birth: 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.

Actor

2008

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

2005

Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2003

The Mesmerist

2003

Complicated Women

2002

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

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1986

Super Duper Bloopers

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

Hooray for Hollywood

1974

That's Entertainment!

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1970

Brasileiros em Hollywood

1956

Our Mr. Sun

1955

Film Fun

1953

Yesterday and Today

1953

Main Street to Broadway

1952

Lone Star

1951

Bannerline

1951

The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story

1950

Right Cross

1950

Screen Actors

1949

Malaya

1949

Down to the Sea in Ships

1949

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

1949

Breakdowns of 1949

1948

Key Largo

1947

Dark Delusion

1947

The Way of the World

1946

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

Duel in the Sun

1946

Three Wise Fools

1946

The Secret Heart

1945

The Valley of Decision

1945

Between Two Women

1944

Since You Went Away

1944

A Guy Named Joe

1944

3 Men in White

1944

Dragon Seed

1944

Twenty Years After

1943

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

1943

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

1942

Calling Dr. Gillespie

1942

Tennessee Johnson

1942

Dr. Kildare's Victory

1942

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

1941

Lady Be Good

1941

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

1941

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

1941

The Penalty

1941

The Bad Man

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

Saratoga

1937

Captains Courageous

1937

A Family Affair

1937

Navy Blue and Gold

1936

The Devil-Doll

1936

Camille

1936

The Road to Glory

1936

The Gorgeous Hussy

1936

The Voice of Bugle Ann

1935

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

1934

Treasure Island

1934

The Girl from Missouri

1934

This Side of Heaven

1934

Carolina

1933

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

1932

Grand Hotel

1932

Rasputin and the Empress

1932

Broken Lullaby

1932

Arsène Lupin

1932

The Washington Masquerade

1931

Mata Hari

1931

A Free Soul

1931

The Yellow Ticket

1931

Guilty Hands

1931

The Christmas Party

1930

Estrellados

1930

Free and Easy

1929

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

1929

The Mysterious Island

1928

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

1927

The Show

1927

Body and Soul

1927

Women Love Diamonds

1927

The Thirteenth Hour

1926

The Temptress

1926

The Barrier

1926

The Bells

1926

Wife Tamers

1926

Paris at Midnight

1926

The Lucky Lady

1926

Brooding Eyes

1925

The Woman Who Did

1925

The Splendid Road

1925

A Man of Iron

1925

The Wrongdoers

1925

The Girl Who Wouldn't Work

1925

Fifty-Fifty

1925

Children of the Whirlwind

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1924

I Am the Man

1924

America

1924

Decameron Nights

1924

Meddling Women

1923

Unseeing Eyes

1923

The Eternal City

1923

Enemies of Women

1922

Boomerang Bill

1922

The Face in the Fog

1921

The Great Adventure

1921

Jim the Penman

1920

The Devil's Garden

1920

The Copperhead

1920

The Master Mind

1917

The End of the Tour

1917

His Father's Son

1917

The Millionaire's Double

1917

National Red Cross Pageant

1916

The Brand of Cowardice

1916

The Quitter

1916

The Upheaval

1916

Dorian's Divorce

1915

The Romance of Elaine

1915

The Flaming Sword

1915

A Modern Magdalen

1915

Dora Thorne

1915

The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde

1915

A Yellow Streak

1915

Wildfire

1914

Her Father's Silent Partner

1914

Judith of Bethulia

1914

Woman Against Woman

1914

The Bartered Crown

1914

Men and Women

1914

The Cracksman's Gratitude

1914

The Power of the Press

1914

The Span of Life

1914

The Seats of the Mighty

1914

The Exploits of Elaine

1914

Under the Gaslight

1914

Strongheart

1914

Classmates

1914

The Woman in Black

1913

The Sheriff's Baby

1913

The Unwelcome Guest

1913

So Runs the Way

1913

The Wrong Bottle

1913

Love in an Apartment Hotel

1913

A Chance Deception

1913

An Adventure in the Autumn Woods

1913

Just Gold

1913

Near To Earth

1913

The Ranchero's Revenge

1913

In Diplomatic Circles

1913

Red Hicks Defies the World

1913

The Well

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 Work Habit

1913

The Crook and the Girl

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

The Vengeance of Galora

1913

Pa Says

1913

The Suffragette Minstrels

1913

The House of Discord

1913

The Yaqui Cur

1913

The Wanderer

1913

The Switchtower

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

1912

The Musketeers of Pig Alley

1912

Gold and Glitter

1912

The Informer

1912

A Cry for Help

1912

Heredity

1912

Brutality

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

The One She Loved

1912

My Baby

1912

The God Within

1911

Fighting Blood

1911

The Battle

1911

The Miser's Heart

1905

The White Caps

Director

1931

Ten Cents a Dance

1930

Redemption

1930

The Rogue Song

1930

The Sea Bat

1929

Madame X

1929

The Unholy Night

1929

His Glorious Night

1917

Life's Whirlpool

1913

His Secret

Writer

1917

Life's Whirlpool

1913

The Vengeance of Galora

1913

The Tender Hearted Boy

1912

The Burglar’s Dilemma