Lionel Barrymore
Acting
1878-04-28 · 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.
movieFrank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
as Self (archive footage) · 2008 · 0.0
movieIrving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage) · 2005 · 10.0
movieChecking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Various roles (archive footage) · 2004 · 7.0
movieThe Mesmerist
as The Innkeeper (archive footage) · 2003 · 8.0
movieComplicated Women
as Self (archive footage) · 2003 · 6.9
movieD.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
as · 2002 · 0.0
movieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage) · 1987 · 6.5
movieSuper Duper Bloopers
as Self · 1986 · 6.0
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage) · 1976 · 7.0
movieHooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage) · 1976 · 8.0
movieThat's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1974 · 7.4
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage) · 1972 · 7.3
movieBrasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage) · 1970 · 0.0
movieOur Mr. Sun
as Father Time (voice) · 1956 · 7.6
tvMGM Parade
as · 1955 · 9.0
tvMGM Parade
as Self · 1955 · 9.0
tvMGM Parade
as self · 1955 · 9.0
movieFilm Fun
as (archive footage) · 1955 · 5.5
movieYesterday and Today
as (archive footage) · 1953 · 7.0
movieMain Street to Broadway
as Self · 1953 · 7.3
movieLone Star
as Andrew Jackson · 1952 · 5.7
movieBannerline
as Hugo Trimble · 1951 · 6.8
movieThe Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
as Himself - Giving Introduction · 1951 · 5.5
movieRight Cross
as Sean O'Malley · 1950 · 7.3