Lionel Barrymore
Acting · Born 1878-04-28 · age 76 at death · Philadelphia, 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.
Titles
It's a Wonderful Life
Key Largo
You Can't Take It with You
Grand Hotel
Captains Courageous
Duel in the Sun
Camille
Mark of the Vampire
Dinner at Eight
The Devil-Doll
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Test Pilot
David Copperfield
Treasure Island
That's Entertainment!
Mata Hari
A Guy Named Joe
Since You Went Away
A Free Soul
Broken Lullaby
West of Zanzibar
That's Entertainment, Part II
Sadie Thompson
The Stranger's Return
The Little Colonel
Death's Marathon
Judith of Bethulia
The New York Hat
On Borrowed Time
The Valley of Decision
The Temptress
Lone Star
Arsène Lupin
The Painted Lady
Saratoga
Night Flight
The Mysterious Island
Down to the Sea in Ships
The Bells
A Family Affair
Ten Cents a Dance
The Girl from Missouri
The Yellow Ticket
Malaya
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Guilty Hands
Lady Be Good
The Gorgeous Hussy
Rasputin and the Empress
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Our Mr. Sun
Free and Easy
The Show
The House of Darkness
One Man's Journey
3 Men in White
The Miser's Heart
America
The Battle