Lionel Barrymore
- Acting
- April 28, 1878 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- November 15, 1954
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
- Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood · Self
- Checking Out: Grand Hotel · Self / Various roles (archive footage)
- The Mesmerist · The Innkeeper (archive footage)
- Complicated Women · Self
- D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life · Self
- Super Duper Bloopers · Self
- Hollywood · Self
- That's Entertainment, Part II · (archive footage)
- Hooray for Hollywood · Self
- That's Entertainment! · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory · Self
- Brasileiros em Hollywood · Self
- Our Mr. Sun · Father Time (Voice)
- MGM Parade · Self
- 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 · Self
- Right Cross · Sean O'Malley
- Screen Actors · Self
- Breakdowns of 1949 · Self
- Malaya · John Manchester
- Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership · Self
- 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
- The People Vs. Dr. Kildare · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- The Bad Man · Uncle Henry Jones
- The Penalty · 'Grandpop' Logan
- Dr. Kildare's Crisis · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound · Self
- Dr. Kildare Goes Home · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards · Self
- Hollywood: Style Center of the World · Self
- Dr. Kildare's Strange Case · Leonard Gillespie
- The Stars Look Down · Narrator (U.S. release only) (Voice)
- The Secret of Dr. Kildare · Leonard Gillespie
- On Borrowed Time · Julian Northrup aka Gramps
- The Movies March On · Self
- Land of Liberty · (archive footage)
- From the Ends of the Earth · Self
- Calling Dr. Kildare · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- Let Freedom Ring · Thomas Logan
- A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore · Self
- Young Dr. Kildare · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- You Can't Take It with You · Martin Vanderhof
- Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 · Lionel Barrymore
- Test Pilot · Howard B. Drake
- A Yank at Oxford · Dan Sheridan
- Navy Blue and Gold · Captain 'Skinny' Dawes
- Saratoga · Grandpa Clayton
- Captains Courageous · Captain Disko Troop
- A Family Affair · Judge Hardy
- Camille · Monsieur Duval
- The Road to Glory · Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin