Lionel Barrymore
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 28, 1878
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- 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.
Movies with Lionel Barrymore
- It's a Wonderful Life 1946 · ★ 8.3
- Key Largo 1948 · ★ 7.5
- You Can't Take It with You 1938 · ★ 7.5
- Grand Hotel 1932 · ★ 7.0
- Duel in the Sun 1946 · ★ 6.4
- Captains Courageous 1937 · ★ 7.4
- Camille 1936 · ★ 7.0
- Mark of the Vampire 1935 · ★ 6.2
- Dinner at Eight 1933 · ★ 6.8
- The Devil-Doll 1936 · ★ 6.8
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 1925 · ★ 7.3
- The Musketeers of Pig Alley 1912 · ★ 6.1
- Test Pilot 1938 · ★ 6.1
- David Copperfield 1935 · ★ 6.7
- Treasure Island 1934 · ★ 6.6
- That's Entertainment! 1974 · ★ 7.4
- Mata Hari 1931 · ★ 6.2
- Since You Went Away 1944 · ★ 6.6
- A Guy Named Joe 1944 · ★ 6.7
- A Free Soul 1931 · ★ 6.2
- Broken Lullaby 1932 · ★ 7.4
- That's Entertainment, Part II 1976 · ★ 7.0
- West of Zanzibar 1928 · ★ 6.9
- Sadie Thompson 1928 · ★ 6.6
- The Stranger's Return 1933 · ★ 6.2
- The Little Colonel 1935 · ★ 6.6
- The Hollywood Revue of 1929 1929 · ★ 5.7
- Death's Marathon 1913 · ★ 5.7
- Judith of Bethulia 1914 · ★ 6.1
- On Borrowed Time 1939 · ★ 7.7
- The New York Hat 1912 · ★ 5.6
- The Valley of Decision 1945 · ★ 7.2
- The Stars Look Down 1940 · ★ 6.5
- Lone Star 1952 · ★ 5.7
- Saratoga 1937 · ★ 6.5
- The Temptress 1926 · ★ 6.7
- Night Flight 1933 · ★ 5.6
- Arsène Lupin 1932 · ★ 7.0
- The Painted Lady 1912 · ★ 5.7
- The Mysterious Island 1929 · ★ 5.6
Movies directed by Lionel Barrymore
- Ten Cents a Dance 1931 · ★ 6.7
- The Sea Bat 1930 · ★ 4.4
- The Unholy Night 1929 · ★ 5.7
- Madame X 1929 · ★ 6.3
- The Rogue Song 1930 · ★ 6.5
- Redemption 1930 · ★ 5.7
- His Glorious Night 1929 · ★ 7.0
- His Secret 1913 · ★ 6.5
- Life's Whirlpool 1917