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Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

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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 focussing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series entitled The Story of Dr. Kildare. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.

  • BIRTH 28/04/1878
  • DEATH 15/11/1954
  • Country United States
  • MOVIES 34

Movies (34)

It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life
Mr. Potter
Key Largo
Key Largo
James Temple
Dinner at Eight
Dinner at Eight
Oliver Jordan
Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin
Detective Guerchard
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You
Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
Billy Bones
A Guy Named Joe
A Guy Named Joe
The General
Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel
Otto Kringelein
Ah, Wilderness!
Ah, Wilderness!
Nat Miller
The Mysterious Island
The Mysterious Island
Andre Dakkar
Duel in the Sun
Duel in the Sun
Sen. Jackson McCanles
America
America
Capt. Walter Butler
Mark of the Vampire
Mark of the Vampire
Professor Zelin
Captains Courageous
Captains Courageous
Captain Disko Troop
Wildfire
Wildfire
John Keefe
The Show
The Show
The Greek
Lone Star
Lone Star
Andrew Jackson
The Devil-Doll
The Devil-Doll
Paul Lavond
Friends
Friends
Grizzley Fallon - Dandy Jack's Friend
Broken Lullaby
Broken Lullaby
Dr. H. Holderlin
Paris at Midnight
Paris at Midnight
Vautrin
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
The Musician's Friend
The Return Of Peter Grimm
The Return Of Peter Grimm
Peter Grimm
The Little Colonel
The Little Colonel
Colonel Lloyd
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Malaya
Malaya
John Manchester
Mata Hari
Mata Hari
General Serge Shubin
Since You Went Away
Since You Went Away
Clergyman
The Unwelcome Guest
The Unwelcome Guest
At Auction (uncredited)
Camille
Camille
Monsieur Duval
Dark Delusion
Dark Delusion
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
The Temptress
The Temptress
Canterac