Lionel Barrymore
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.
Known for
2008Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
Self (archive footage)
2005Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2003The Mesmerist
The Innkeeper (archive footage)
2003Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2002D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1986Super Duper Bloopers
Self
1976That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1974That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1970Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1956Our Mr. Sun
Father Time (voice)
1953Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
1953Main Street to Broadway
Self
1952Lone Star
Andrew Jackson
1951Bannerline
Hugo Trimble
1951The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
Himself - Giving Introduction
1950Right Cross
Sean O'Malley
1949Malaya
John Manchester
1949Down to the Sea in Ships
Bering Joy
1949Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
Himself
1949Breakdowns of 1949
Self
1948Key Largo
James Temple
