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Lionel Barrymore

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1878-04-28

Deathday: 1954-11-15 (76 years old)

Biography

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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 ed 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.

Filmography

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Movies 262

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Director 9

Voice 3

Writer 3

TV Shows 1

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Lionel Barrymore

Biography

Filmography

all 263

Movies 262

self 28

Director 9

Voice 3

Writer 3

TV Shows 1

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2015)

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)

Frank Capra Jr. Re... You Can't Take It With You (2008)

Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (2008)

Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005)

Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)

The Mesmerist (2003)

Complicated Women (2003)

D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 (2002)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1988)

Super Duper Bloopers (1986)

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

Hooray for Hollywood (1976)

That's Entertainment! (1974)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed (1968)

Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)

Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961)

Our Mr. Sun (1956)

Film Fun (1955)

Yesterday and Today (1953)

Main Street to Broadway (1953)

Lone Star (1952)

Bannerline (1951)

The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951)

Right Cross (1950)

Screen Actors (1950)

Breakdowns of 1949 (1949)

Malaya (1949)

Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949)

Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)

Key Largo (1948)

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

Dark Delusion (1947)

Duel in the Sun (1946)

The Secret Heart (1946)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Three Wise Fools (1946)

The Valley of Decision (1945)

Between Two Women (1945)

Dragon Seed (1944)

Since You Went Away (1944)

3 Men in White (1944)

Some of the Best (1944)

Twenty Years After (1944)

A Guy Named Joe (1943)

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith (1943)

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943)

Tennessee Johnson (1942)

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942)

Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)

Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942)

Lady Be Good (1941)

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)

The Bad Man (1941)

The Penalty (1941)

Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940)

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)

Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)

Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)

The Stars Look Down (1940)

The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)

On Borrowed Time (1939)

The Movies March On (1939)

Land of Liberty (1939)

From the Ends of the Earth (1939)

Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)