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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
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)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1988)

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

Hooray for Hollywood (1976)

That's Entertainment! (1974)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)

Our Mr. Sun (1956)

Film Fun (1955)

Yesterday and Today (1953)

Lone Star (1952)

Bannerline (1951)

The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951)

Right Cross (1950)

Screen Actors (1950)

Malaya (1949)

Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)

Key Largo (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)

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)

Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (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)

Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)

Let Freedom Ring (1939)

Young Dr. Kildare (1938)

You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 (1938)

Test Pilot (1938)

A Yank at Oxford (1938)

Navy Blue and Gold (1937)

Saratoga (1937)

Captains Courageous (1937)

A Family Affair (1937)

Camille (1936)

The Road to Glory (1936)

The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)

The Devil-Doll (1936)

The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936)

Ah, Wilderness! (1935)

The Return Of Peter Grimm (1935)

Public Hero Number 1 (1935)

Mark of the Vampire (1935)

The Little Colonel (1935)

David Copperfield (1935)

Treasure Island (1934)

The Girl from Missouri (1934)

Carolina (1934)

This Side of Heaven (1934)

Dinner at Eight (1933)

Should Ladies Behave (1933)

Christopher Bean (1933)

Night Flight (1933)

One Man's Journey (1933)

The Stranger's Return (1933)

Looking Forward (1933)

Sweepings (1933)

Rasputin and the Empress (1932)

The Washington Masquerade (1932)

Grand Hotel (1932)

Arsène Lupin (1932)

Broken Lullaby (1932)

Mata Hari (1931)

The Christmas Party (1931)

The Yellow Ticket (1931)

Guilty Hands (1931)

A Free Soul (1931)

Ten Cents a Dance (1931)

Olympia (1930)

Estrellados (1930)

The Sea Bat (1930)

Redemption (1930)

Free and Easy (1930)

The Rogue Song (1930)

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)

The Mysterious Island (1929)

His Glorious Night (1929)

The Unholy Night (1929)

Madame X (1929)

The River Woman (1928)

Road House (1928)

The Lion and the Mouse (1928)

Drums of Love (1928)

Sadie Thompson (1928)

The Thirteenth Hour (1927)

Body and Soul (1927)

Women Love Diamonds (1927)

The Show (1927)

The Temptress (1926)

The Bells (1926)

The Lucky Lady (1926)

Paris at Midnight (1926)

Wife Tamers (1926)

The Barrier (1926)

Brooding Eyes (1926)

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)

The Splendid Road (1925)

The Woman Who Did (1925)

Fifty-Fifty (1925)

The Wrongdoers (1925)

The Girl Who Wouldn't Work (1925)

Children of the Whirlwind (1925)

A Man of Iron (1925)

I Am the Man (1924)

Meddling Women (1924)

America (1924)

Decameron Nights (1924)

The Eternal City (1923)

Unseeing Eyes (1923)

Enemies of Women (1923)

The Face in the Fog (1922)

Boomerang Bill (1922)

Jim the Penman (1921)

The Great Adventure (1921)

The Devil's Garden (1920)

The Master Mind (1920)

The Copperhead (1920)

Life's Whirlpool (1917)

The Millionaire's Double (1917)

His Father's Son (1917)

The End of the Tour (1917)

The Brand of Cowardice (1916)

The Upheaval (1916)

The Quitter (1916)

Dorian's Divorce (1916)

A Yellow Streak (1915)

Dora Thorne (1915)

The Romance of Elaine (1915)

The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde (1915)

A Modern Magdalen (1915)

Wildfire (1915)

The Span of Life (1914)

The Seats of the Mighty (1914)

Under the Gaslight (1914)

The Woman in Black (1914)

The Power of the Press (1914)

Men and Women (1914)

Woman Against Woman (1914)

Strongheart (1914)

Judith of Bethulia (1914)

Classmates (1914)

The Bartered Crown (1914)

The House of Discord (1913)

All for Science (1913)

His Secret (1913)

The Stolen Treaty (1913)

The Strong Man's Burden (1913)

The Crook and the Girl (1913)

The Work Habit (1913)

The Suffragette Minstrels (1913)

An Indian's Loyalty (1913)

Under the Shadow of the Law (1913)

I Was Meant for You (1913)

The Mirror (1913)

Pa Says (1913)

A Gamble with Death (1913)

In Diplomatic Circles (1913)

Almost a Wild Man (1913)

The Switchtower (1913)

Death's Marathon (1913)

The Well (1913)

The Enemy's Baby (1913)

Red Hicks Defies the World (1913)

A Timely Interception (1913)

The Ranchero's Revenge (1913)

Just Gold (1913)

The Yaqui Cur (1913)

The House of Darkness (1913)

The Wanderer (1913)

The Lady and the Mouse (1913)

A Misunderstood Boy (1913)

The Perfidy of Mary (1913)

The Sheriff's Baby (1913)

Fate (1913)

The Unwelcome Guest (1913)

The Wrong Bottle (1913)

Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913)

A Chance Deception (1913)

Oil and Water (1913)

The Tender Hearted Boy (1913)

The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913)

Three Friends (1913)

The God Within (1912)

A Cry for Help (1912)

The Burglar’s Dilemma (1912)

The New York Hat (1912)

Brutality (1912)

The Informer (1912)

My Baby (1912)

Gold and Glitter (1912)

Heredity (1912)

The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)

The Painted Lady (1912)

The One She Loved (1912)

The Chief's Blanket (1912)

So Near, Yet So Far (1912)

Friends (1912)

The Miser's Heart (1911)

The Battle (1911)
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Information
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1878-04-28
Deathday
1954-11-15 (76 years old)
Birth Name
Lionel Herbert Blythe
Birth Place
Philadelphia, United States
Height
Relationships
Doris Rankin (1904 - 1923), Irene Fenwick (1923 - 1936)
Father
Maurice Barrymore
Mother
Georgiana Drew
Siblings
John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore
Citizenships
United States
Also Known As
Lionel Herbert Blythe, Lionel Blythe, لیونل بریمور
Awards
Academy Award for Best Actor, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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