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.
Known For
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)
(1990)
Home Alone
as Henry F. Potter (archive footage, uncredited)
(1987)
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)
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
as Himself - Giving Introduction
(1951)
Bannerline
as Hugo Trimble
(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)
(1949)
Breakdowns of 1949
as Self
(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)
Since You Went Away
as Clergyman
(1944)
Dragon Seed
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1944)
3 Men in White
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1944)
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
(1943)
A Guy Named Joe
as The General
(1943)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1943)
(1942)
Tennessee Johnson
as Thaddeus Stevens
(1942)
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1942)
Dr. Kildare's Victory
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1942)
Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1941)
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1941)
Lady Be Good
as Judge Murdock
(1941)
The Bad Man
as Uncle Henry Jones
(1941)
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1941)
The Penalty
as 'Grandpop' Logan
(1940)
The Stars Look Down
as Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
(1940)
(1940)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
(1940)
(1940)
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1940)
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1940)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1939)
On Borrowed Time
as Julian Northrup aka Gramps
(1939)
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1939)
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
(1939)
The Secret of 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)
Young Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(1938)
A Yank at Oxford
as Dan Sheridan
(1938)
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as Lionel Barrymore
(1938)
(1937)
Captains Courageous
as Captain Disko Troop
(1937)
Navy Blue and Gold
as Captain 'Skinny' Dawes
(1937)
Saratoga
as Grandpa Clayton
(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)
Public Hero Number 1
as Dr. Josiah Glass
(1935)
The Little Colonel
as Colonel Lloyd
(1935)
The Return Of Peter Grimm
as Peter Grimm
(1935)
Ah, Wilderness!
as Nat Miller
(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)
Night Flight
as Robineau
(1933)
Dinner at Eight
as Oliver Jordan
(1933)
One Man's Journey
as Eli Watt
(1933)
Looking Forward
as Tim Benton
(1933)
Sweepings
as Daniel Pardway
(1933)
The Stranger's Return
as Grandpa Cyrus Tatum Storr
(1933)
Should Ladies Behave
as Augustus Merrick
(1933)
Christopher Bean
as Dr. Milton Haggett
(1932)
Grand Hotel
as Otto Kringelein
(1932)
Rasputin and the Empress
as Grigori Rasputin
(1932)
Broken Lullaby
as Dr. H. Holderlin
(1932)
Arsène Lupin
as Detective Guerchard
(1932)
The Washington Masquerade
as Jefferson "Jeff" Keane
(1931)
Mata Hari
as General Serge Shubin
(1931)
A Free Soul
as Stephen Ashe
(1931)
The Yellow Ticket
as Baron Igor Andreeff
(1931)
Guilty Hands
as Richard Grant
(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 Lion and the Mouse
as John Ryder
(1928)
Drums of Love
as Duke Cathos de Alvia
(1928)
Road House
as Henry Grayson
(1928)
The River Woman
as Bill Lefty
(1928)
Alias Jimmy Valentine
as Doyle
(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)
Wife Tamers
as Mr. Barry
(1926)
Brooding Eyes
as Slim Jim Carey
(1926)
The Bells
as Mathias
(1926)
The Temptress
as Canterac
(1926)
Paris at Midnight
as Vautrin
(1926)
The Lucky Lady
as Count Ferranzo
(1926)
The Barrier
as Stark Bennett
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
(1925)
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
as Gordon Kent
(1925)
The Wrongdoers
as Daniel Abbott
(1925)
The Splendid Road
as Dan Clehollis
(1925)
Children of the Whirlwind
as Joe Ellison
(1925)
Fifty-Fifty
as Frederick Harmon
(1925)
The Woman Who Did
as Allan Merrick
(1925)
A Man of Iron
as Philip Durban
(1924)
Decameron Nights
as Saladin
(1924)
Meddling Women
as Edwin Ainsworth / John Wells (duel role)
(1924)
America
as Capt. Walter Butler
(1924)
I Am the Man
as James McQuade
(1923)
The Eternal City
as Baron Bonelli
(1923)
Enemies of Women
as Prince Lubimoff
(1923)
Unseeing Eyes
as Conrad Dean
(1922)
The Face in the Fog
as Boston Blackie Dawson
(1922)
Boomerang Bill
as Boomerang Bill
(1921)
The Great Adventure
as Priam Farll
(1921)
Jim the Penman
as James Ralston
(1920)
The Master Mind
as Henry Allen
(1920)
The Copperhead
as Milt Shanks
(1920)
The Devil's Garden
as William Dale
(1917)
The End of the Tour
as Byron Bennett
(1917)
The Millionaire's Double
as Bide Bennington
(1917)
(1917)
His Father's Son
as J. Dabney Barro
(1916)
The Upheaval
as Jim Gordon
(1916)
Dorian's Divorce
as Richard Dorian
(1916)
The Quitter
as Happy Jack Lewis
(1916)
The Brand of Cowardice
as Cyril Hamilton
(1915)
A Yellow Streak
as Barry Dale
(1915)
Dora Thorne
as Lord Earle
(1915)
Wildfire
as John Keefe
(1915)
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
as Judge Randolph Legarde
(1915)
The Romance of Elaine
as Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X
(1915)
The Flaming Sword
as Steve
(1915)
A Modern Magdalen
as Lindsay
(1914)
Judith of Bethulia
as Extra (uncredited)
(1914)
Strongheart
as Billy Saunders
(1914)
Under the Gaslight
as William Byke
(1914)
Woman Against Woman
as Gilbert Craven
(1914)
The Power of the Press
as Steve Carson
(1914)
(1914)
The Span of Life
as Richard Blunt
(1914)
Men and Women
as Stephen Rodman / Robert Stevens
(1914)
Classmates
as Bubby Dumble
(1914)
The Woman in Black
as Robert Crane
(1914)
(1914)
The Bartered Crown
as The Landlord
(1914)
(1914)
The Seats of the Mighty
as Monsieur Doltaire
(1913)
The Perfidy of Mary
as Mary's Father
(1913)
The Sheriff's Baby
as Third Bandit
(1913)
Love in an Apartment Hotel
as In Hotel Lobby
(1913)
Death's Marathon
as The Financial Backer
(1913)
I Was Meant for You
as Lavina's Father
(1913)
The Unwelcome Guest
as At Auction (uncredited)
(1913)
A Misunderstood Boy
as The Father
(1913)
Almost a Wild Man
as In Audience (uncredited)
(1913)
Three Friends
as Second Friend
(1913)
The House of Discord
as The Husband
(1913)
Near To Earth
as Gato
(1913)
The Little Tease
as In Bar
(1913)
The House of Darkness
as The Doctor
(1913)
The Wanderer
as The Male Lover
(1913)
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
as The Desk Sergeant
(1913)
Oil and Water
as The Idealist's Friend
(1913)
Just Gold
as The Stay-at-Home Brother
(1913)
The Lady and the Mouse
as The Father
(1913)
(1913)
The Enemy's Baby
as Postmaster Ben Brown
(1913)
A Gamble with Death
as Jim Benton, the Bartender
(1913)
Fate
as Father, Loving Family
(1913)
A Chance Deception
as 2nd Policeman
(1913)
The Wrong Bottle
as The Father
(1913)
In Diplomatic Circles
as The Japanese Ambassador
(1913)
The Switchtower
as First Counterfeiter
(1913)
The Crook and the Girl
as The Nephew
(1913)
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
as The Father
(1913)
The Well
as The Farmer
(1913)
The Mirror
as Daisy's Father
(1913)
Pa Says
as Teddy's Rival
(1913)
The Ranchero's Revenge
as The Ranchero
(1913)
All for Science
as Detective
(1913)
The Yaqui Cur
as The Easterner
(1913)
The Work Habit
as The Father
(1913)
The Stolen Treaty
as The Japanese Diplomat
(1913)
The Suffragette Minstrels
as (unconfirmed)
(1913)
Under the Shadow of the Law
as Charles Darnton - the Employer
(1913)
A Timely Interception
as Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother
(1913)
An Indian's Loyalty
as The Cattle Buyer
(1913)
Red Hicks Defies the World
as The Referee
(1913)
The Tender Hearted Boy
as (uncredited)
(1913)
(1913)
The Strong Man's Burden
as John - the Elder Brother
(1912)
My Baby
as At table
(1912)
The Painted Lady
as At Ice Cream Festival
(1912)
The Informer
as Union Soldier
(1912)
A Cry for Help
as The Tramp
(1912)
The One She Loved
as The Neighbor
(1912)
So Near, Yet So Far
as In Club
(1912)
Friends
as Grizzley Fallon - Dandy Jack's Friend
(1912)
Heredity
as Woodsman
(1912)
(1912)
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
as The Musician's Friend
(1912)
The God Within
as The Woman of the Camp's Lover
(1912)
Gold and Glitter
as The Lover
(1912)
Brutality
as At Wedding
(1912)
The New York Hat
as Minister
(1912)
The Chief's Blanket
as The Young Man
(1912)
The Burglar’s Dilemma
as The Householder
(1911)
(1911)
The Battle
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
(1911)
The Miser's Heart
as Jules - the Thief
(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
Music, Director
(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