Lionel Barrymore
Acting
- Born:
- 1878-04-28
- Died:
- 1954-11-15
- Place of birth:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
The Mesmerist
Complicated Women
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Super Duper Bloopers
Hollywood
That's Entertainment, Part II
Hooray for Hollywood
That's Entertainment!
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Our Mr. Sun
MGM Parade
Film Fun
Yesterday and Today
Main Street to Broadway
Lone Star
Bannerline
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
Right Cross
Screen Actors
Breakdowns of 1949
Malaya
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
Down to the Sea in Ships
Key Largo
The Ed Sullivan Show
Dark Delusion
The Way of the World
Duel in the Sun
The Secret Heart
It's a Wonderful Life
Three Wise Fools
The Valley of Decision
Between Two Women
Dragon Seed
Since You Went Away
3 Men in White
A Guy Named Joe
Twenty Years After
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Tennessee Johnson
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Dr. Kildare's Victory
Lady Be Good
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
The Bad Man
The Penalty
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case