Lionel Barrymore
Acting
Born 1878-04-28 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Died 1954-11-15
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.
Acting
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
Self (archive footage)
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
The Mesmerist
The Innkeeper (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Super Duper Bloopers
Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Our Mr. Sun
Father Time (voice)
MGM Parade
MGM Parade
Self
MGM Parade
self
Film Fun
(archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
Main Street to Broadway
Self
Lone Star
Andrew Jackson
Bannerline
Hugo Trimble
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
Himself - Giving Introduction
Right Cross
Sean O'Malley
Screen Actors
Self (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1949
Self
Malaya
John Manchester
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
Himself
Down to the Sea in Ships
Bering Joy
Key Largo
James Temple
Crew
Ten Cents a Dance
Director
Si l'empereur savait ça
Music
The Sea Bat
Director
Redemption
Director
The Rogue Song
Director
His Glorious Night
Director
His Glorious Night
Music
The Unholy Night
Director
Madame X
Director
Life's Whirlpool
Director
Life's Whirlpool
Writer
His Secret
Director
The Vengeance of Galora
Writer
The Tender Hearted Boy
Writer
The Burglar’s Dilemma
Writer