Lionel Barrymore
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1878-04-28
Day of Death
1954-11-15 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Lionel Barrymore
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Acting
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
(2003)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
The Mesmerist
as The Innkeeper (archive footage)
(2002)
(1988)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1986)
Super Duper Bloopers
as Self
(1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1976)
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1974)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1961)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'Duel in the Sun' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1956)
Our Mr. Sun
as Father Time (voice)
(1955)
Film Fun
as (archive footage)
(1953)
Main Street to Broadway
as Self
(1953)
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
(1952)
Lone Star
as Andrew Jackson
(1951)
Bannerline
as Hugo Trimble
(1951)
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
as Himself - Giving Introduction
(1950)
Right Cross
as Sean O'Malley
(1950)
Screen Actors
as Self (uncredited)
(1949)
Malaya
as John Manchester
(1949)
Down to the Sea in Ships
as Bering Joy
(1949)
Breakdowns of 1949
as Self
(1949)
(1948)
Key Largo
as James Temple
(1947)
Dark Delusion
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1946)
It's a Wonderful Life
as Mr. Potter
(1946)
Duel in the Sun
as Sen. Jackson McCanles
(1946)
The Secret Heart
as Dr. Rossiger
(1946)
Three Wise Fools
as Dr. Richard Gaunght
(1945)
The Valley of Decision
as Pat Rafferty
(1945)
Between Two Women
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1944)
Dragon Seed
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1944)
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
(1944)
Since You Went Away
as Clergyman
(1944)
3 Men in White
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1943)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1943)
A Guy Named Joe
as The General
(1943)
(1942)
Tennessee Johnson
as Thaddeus Stevens
(1942)
Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1942)
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1942)
Dr. Kildare's Victory
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1941)
Lady Be Good
as Judge Murdock
(1941)
The Penalty
as 'Grandpop' Logan
(1941)
The Bad Man
as Uncle Henry Jones
(1941)
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1941)
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1940)
(1940)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
(1940)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1940)
(1940)
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1940)
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1940)
The Stars Look Down
as Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
(1939)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1939)
On Borrowed Time
as Julian Northrup aka Gramps
(1939)
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
(1939)
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1939)
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
(1939)
Let Freedom Ring
as Thomas Logan
(1939)
The Movies March On
as Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage)
(1938)
You Can't Take It with You
as Martin Vanderhof
(1938)
Test Pilot
as Howard B. Drake
(1938)
A Yank at Oxford
as Dan Sheridan
(1938)
Young Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1938)
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as Lionel Barrymore
(1938)
(1937)
Captains Courageous
as Captain Disko Troop
(1937)
Saratoga
as Grandpa Clayton
(1937)
Navy Blue and Gold
as Captain 'Skinny' Dawes
(1937)
A Family Affair
as Judge Hardy
(1936)
Camille
as Monsieur Duval
(1936)
The Devil-Doll
as Paul Lavond
(1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Andrew Jackson
(1936)
The Road to Glory
as Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin
(1936)
The Voice of Bugle Ann
as Springfield Davis
(1935)
David Copperfield
as Dan Peggotty
(1935)
Mark of the Vampire
as Professor Zelin
(1935)
Ah, Wilderness!
as Nat Miller
(1935)
The Little Colonel
as Colonel Lloyd
(1935)
Public Hero Number 1
as Dr. Josiah Glass
(1935)
The Return Of Peter Grimm
as Peter Grimm
(1934)
Treasure Island
as Billy Bones
(1934)
The Girl from Missouri
as T.R. Paige
(1934)
This Side of Heaven
as Martin Turner
(1934)
Carolina
as Bob Connelly
(1933)
Dinner at Eight
as Oliver Jordan
(1933)
Night Flight
as Robineau
(1933)
The Stranger's Return
as Grandpa Cyrus Tatum Storr
(1933)
Sweepings
as Daniel Pardway
(1933)
Looking Forward
as Tim Benton
(1933)
Should Ladies Behave
as Augustus Merrick
(1933)
Christopher Bean
as Dr. Milton Haggett
(1933)
One Man's Journey
as Eli Watt
(1932)
Grand Hotel
as Otto Kringelein
(1932)
Arsène Lupin
as Detective Guerchard
(1932)
Rasputin and the Empress
as Grigori Rasputin
(1932)
Broken Lullaby
as Dr. H. Holderlin
(1932)
The Washington Masquerade
as Jefferson "Jeff" Keane
(1931)
Mata Hari
as General Serge Shubin
(1931)
A Free Soul
as Stephen Ashe
(1931)
Guilty Hands
as Richard Grant
(1931)
The Yellow Ticket
as Baron Igor Andreeff
(1931)
The Christmas Party
as Himself (uncredited)
(1930)
Free and Easy
as Bedroom Scene
(1930)
Estrellados
as Self (Guest Appearance)
(1929)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited)
(1929)
The Mysterious Island
as Andre Dakkar
(1928)
Sadie Thompson
as Alfred Davidson
(1928)
West of Zanzibar
as Crane
(1928)
The River Woman
as Bill Lefty
(1928)
Road House
as Henry Grayson
(1928)
Alias Jimmy Valentine
as Doyle
(1928)
Drums of Love
as Duke Cathos de Alvia
(1928)
The Lion and the Mouse
as John Ryder
(1927)
The Show
as The Greek
(1927)
The Thirteenth Hour
as Prof. Leroy
(1927)
Women Love Diamonds
as Hugo Harlan
(1927)
Body and Soul
as Dr. Leyden
(1926)
Brooding Eyes
as Slim Jim Carey
(1926)
Wife Tamers
as Mr. Barry
(1926)
The Temptress
as Canterac
(1926)
The Barrier
as Stark Bennett
(1926)
The Bells
as Mathias
(1926)
The Lucky Lady
as Count Ferranzo
(1926)
Paris at Midnight
as Vautrin
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
(1925)
The Splendid Road
as Dan Clehollis
(1925)
The Wrongdoers
as Daniel Abbott
(1925)
Children of the Whirlwind
as Joe Ellison
(1925)
Fifty-Fifty
as Frederick Harmon
(1925)
A Man of Iron
as Philip Durban
(1925)
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
as Gordon Kent
(1925)
The Woman Who Did
as Allan Merrick
(1924)
Decameron Nights
as Saladin
(1924)
America
as Capt. Walter Butler
(1924)
Meddling Women
as Edwin Ainsworth / John Wells (duel role)
(1924)
I Am the Man
as James McQuade
(1923)
Enemies of Women
as Prince Lubimoff
(1923)
Unseeing Eyes
as Conrad Dean
(1923)
The Eternal City
as Baron Bonelli
(1922)
The Face in the Fog
as Boston Blackie Dawson
(1922)
Boomerang Bill
as Boomerang Bill
(1921)
Jim the Penman
as James Ralston
(1921)
The Great Adventure
as Priam Farll
(1920)
The Master Mind
as Henry Allen
(1920)
The Copperhead
as Milt Shanks
(1920)
The Devil's Garden
as William Dale
(1917)
(1917)
The Millionaire's Double
as Bide Bennington
(1917)
The End of the Tour
as Byron Bennett
(1917)
His Father's Son
as J. Dabney Barro
(1916)
The Upheaval
as Jim Gordon
(1916)
The Brand of Cowardice
as Cyril Hamilton
(1916)
The Quitter
as Happy Jack Lewis
(1916)
Dorian's Divorce
as Richard Dorian
(1915)
Dora Thorne
as Lord Earle
(1915)
The Romance of Elaine
as Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X
(1915)
The Flaming Sword
as Steve
(1915)
Wildfire
as John Keefe
(1915)
A Yellow Streak
as Barry Dale
(1915)
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
as Judge Randolph Legarde
(1915)
A Modern Magdalen
as Lindsay
(1914)
Judith of Bethulia
as Extra (uncredited)
(1914)
Strongheart
as Billy Saunders
(1914)
Men and Women
as Stephen Rodman / Robert Stevens
(1914)
The Woman in Black
as Robert Crane
(1914)
(1914)
The Seats of the Mighty
as Monsieur Doltaire
(1914)
The Power of the Press
as Steve Carson
(1914)
Classmates
as Bubby Dumble
(1914)
(1914)
Woman Against Woman
as Gilbert Craven
(1914)
The Span of Life
as Richard Blunt
(1914)
Under the Gaslight
as William Byke
(1914)
(1914)
The Bartered Crown
as The Landlord
(1913)
In Diplomatic Circles
as The Japanese Ambassador
(1913)
The Wanderer
as The Male Lover
(1913)
Almost a Wild Man
as In Audience (uncredited)
(1913)
Fate
as Father, Loving Family
(1913)
The Sheriff's Baby
as Third Bandit
(1913)
The Unwelcome Guest
as At Auction (uncredited)
(1913)
The House of Darkness
as The Doctor
(1913)
Near To Earth
as Gato
(1913)
The Well
as The Farmer
(1913)
A Misunderstood Boy
as The Father
(1913)
The Yaqui Cur
as The Easterner
(1913)
The Switchtower
as First Counterfeiter
(1913)
The House of Discord
as The Husband
(1913)
Red Hicks Defies the World
as The Referee
(1913)
The Crook and the Girl
as The Nephew
(1913)
The Mirror
as Daisy's Father
(1913)
The Little Tease
as In Bar
(1913)
The Perfidy of Mary
as Mary's Father
(1913)
The Suffragette Minstrels
as (unconfirmed)
(1913)
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
as The Father
(1913)
The Lady and the Mouse
as The Father
(1913)
Death's Marathon
as The Financial Backer
(1913)
The Wrong Bottle
as The Father
(1913)
Just Gold
as The Stay-at-Home Brother
(1913)
Under the Shadow of the Law
as Charles Darnton - the Employer
(1913)
The Stolen Treaty
as The Japanese Diplomat
(1913)
The Ranchero's Revenge
as The Ranchero
(1913)
An Indian's Loyalty
as The Cattle Buyer
(1913)
The Enemy's Baby
as Postmaster Ben Brown
(1913)
(1913)
A Timely Interception
as Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother
(1913)
A Chance Deception
as 2nd Policeman
(1913)
I Was Meant for You
as Lavina's Father
(1913)
Love in an Apartment Hotel
as In Hotel Lobby
(1913)
A Gamble with Death
as Jim Benton, the Bartender
(1913)
Pa Says
as Teddy's Rival
(1913)
The Strong Man's Burden
as John - the Elder Brother
(1913)
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
as The Desk Sergeant
(1913)
The Work Habit
as The Father
(1913)
All for Science
as Detective
(1913)
Oil and Water
as The Idealist's Friend
(1913)
The Tender Hearted Boy
as (uncredited)
(1913)
(1913)
Three Friends
as Second Friend
(1912)
The God Within
as The Woman of the Camp's Lover
(1912)
Heredity
as Woodsman
(1912)
So Near, Yet So Far
as In Club
(1912)
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
as The Musician's Friend
(1912)
Brutality
as At Wedding
(1912)
My Baby
as At table
(1912)
Friends
as Grizzley Fallon - Dandy Jack's Friend
(1912)
(1912)
The Informer
as Union Soldier
(1912)
The Painted Lady
as At Ice Cream Festival
(1912)
The Chief's Blanket
as The Young Man
(1912)
A Cry for Help
as The Tramp
(1912)
The New York Hat
as Minister
(1912)
Gold and Glitter
as The Lover
(1912)
The Burglar’s Dilemma
as The Householder
(1912)
The One She Loved
as The Neighbor
(1911)
The Battle
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
(1911)
The Miser's Heart
as Jules - the Thief
(1911)
(1905)
Crew
(1931)
Ten Cents a Dance
Director
(1930)
Redemption
Director
(1930)
The Rogue Song
Director
(1930)
The Sea Bat
Director
(1930)
(1929)
Madame X
Director
(1929)
The Unholy Night
Director
(1929)
His Glorious Night
Director, Music
(1917)
Life's Whirlpool
Director, Writer
(1913)
The Vengeance of Galora
Writer
(1913)
The Tender Hearted Boy
Writer
(1913)
His Secret
Director
(1912)
The Burglar’s Dilemma
Writer