Lionel Barrymore

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Acting

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.

Filmography

• Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You (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 (1987)
• Super Duper Bloopers (1986)
• That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
• Hooray for Hollywood (1976)
• That's Entertainment! (1974)
• Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
• Brasileiros em Hollywood (1970)
• 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)
• Dark Delusion (1947)
• The Way of the World (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)
• A Guy Named Joe (1944)
• Twenty Years After (1944)
• 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)
• Let Freedom Ring (1939)
• A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore (1938)
• 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)
• This Side of Heaven (1934)
• Carolina (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)
• Grand Hotel (1932)
• The Washington Masquerade (1932)
• The Movie Album (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)
• Si l'empereur savait ça (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)
• West of Zanzibar (1928)
• Alias Jimmy Valentine (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)
• National Red Cross Pageant (1917)
• 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 Flaming Sword (1915)
• The Romance of Elaine (1915)
• The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde (1915)
• A Modern Magdalen (1915)
• Wildfire (1915)
• The Exploits of Elaine (1914)
• 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)
• The Cracksman's Gratitude (1914)
• Woman Against Woman (1914)
• Judith of Bethulia (1914)
• Strongheart (1914)
• Her Father's Silent Partner (1914)
• Classmates (1914)
• The Bartered Crown (1914)
• The House of Discord (1913)
• All for Science (1913)
• So Runs the Way (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 Vengeance of Galora (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 Little Tease (1913)
• The Perfidy of Mary (1913)
• The Sheriff's Baby (1913)
• Fate (1913)
• Near To Earth (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)
• An Adventure in the Autumn Woods (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)
• My Hero (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)
• Fighting Blood (1911)
• The White Caps (1905)