Lionel Barrymore

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Lionel Barrymore

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Lionel Barrymore 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 the villainous Mr. Potter character 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.

Personal Info

Known For Acting

Gender Male

Known Credits 153

Birthday 1878-04-28

Day of Death 1954-11-15

Place of Birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Also Known As

Lionel Herbert Blythe
Lionel Blythe

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Acting TV Shows Movies

2003		The Mesmerist as The Innkeeper (archive footage)
2003		Complicated Women as Himself (archive footage)

2002

1976

as (archive footage)

1974

as Himself - at Banquet (archive footage) (uncredited)

1964

(125 episodes)

1956

as Father Time (voice)

1953

as Himself

1952

as Andrew Jackson

1951		Bannerline as Hugo Trimble
1951		The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story

1950

as Sean O'Malley

1949		Malaya as John Manchester
1949		Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership as Himself
1949		Down to the Sea in Ships as Captain Bering Joy
1949		Breakdowns of 1949 as Himself

1948

as James Temple

1947

as Dr. Leonard Gillespie

1946		Duel in the Sun as Sen. Jackson Tilt McCanles
1946		The Secret Heart as Dr. Rossiger
1946		It's a Wonderful Life as Henry F. Potter
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)
1944		3 Men in White as Dr. Leonard B. Gillespie
1944		A Guy Named Joe as The General
1944		Twenty Years After

1943		The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith as Gramps
1943		Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Dr. Leonard Gillespie

1942		Tennessee Johnson as Thaddeus Stevens
1942		Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1942		Calling Dr. Gillespie as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1942		Dr. Kildare's Victory as Dr. Leonard Gillespie

1941		Lady Be Good as Judge Murdock
1941		Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1941		The People Vs. Dr. Kildare as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1941		The Bad Man as Uncle Henry Jones
1941		The Penalty as 'Grandpop' Logan

1940		Dr. Kildare's Crisis as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1940		Dr. Kildare Goes Home as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1940		Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as (archive footage)
1940		Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Himself
1940		Dr. Kildare's Strange Case as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1940		The Stars Look Down as Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
1940		The Miracle of Sound as Himself

1939		The Secret of Dr. Kildare as Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie
1939		On Borrowed Time as Julian Northrup aka Gramps
1939		From the Ends of the Earth as himself
1939		Calling Dr. Kildare as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1939		Let Freedom Ring as Thomas Logan

1938		Young Dr. Kildare as Dr. Gillespie
1938		You Can't Take It with You as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
1938		Test Pilot as Drake
1938		A Yank at Oxford as Dan Sheridan

1937		Navy Blue and Gold as Captain 'Skinny' Dawes
1937		Saratoga as Grandpa Clayton
1937		Captains Courageous as Captain Disko Troop
1937		A Family Affair as Judge James K. Hardy

1936		Camille as Monsieur Duval
1936		The Road to Glory as Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin
1936		The Gorgeous Hussy as Andrew Jackson
1936		The Devil-Doll as Paul Lavond
1936		The Voice of Bugle Ann as Spring Davis

1935		Ah, Wilderness! as Mr. Nat Miller
1935		The Return Of Peter Grimm as Peter Grimm
1935		Public Hero Number 1 as Dr. Josiah Glass
1935		Mark of the Vampire as Professor
1935		The Little Colonel as Colonel Lloyd
1935		David Copperfield as Dan Peggotty

1934		Treasure Island as Billy Bones
1934		The Girl from Missouri as T.R. Paige
1934		Carolina as Bob Connelly
1934		This Side of Heaven as Martin Turner

1933		Should Ladies Behave as Augustus Merrick
1933		Christopher Bean as Dr. Milton Haggett
1933		Night Flight as Robineau
1933		One Man's Journey as Eli Watt
1933		Dinner at Eight as Oliver Jordan
1933		The Stranger's Return as Grandpa Cyrus Tatum Storr
1933		Looking Forward as Tim Benton
1933		Sweepings as Daniel Pardway

1932		Rasputin and the Empress as Grigori Rasputin
1932		The Washington Masquerade as Jefferson "Jeff" Keane
1932		Grand Hotel as Otto Kringelein
1932		Arsene Lupin as Detective Guerchard
1932		The Broken Lullaby as Dr. H. Holderlin

1931		Mata Hari as General Serge Shubin
1931		The Christmas Party as Himself (uncredited)
1931		The Yellow Ticket as Baron Igor Andreeff
1931		Guilty Hands as Richard Grant
1931		A Free Soul as Stephen Ashe

1930

as Bedroom Scene

1929		The Hollywood Revue of 1929 as Himself - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited)
1929		The Mysterious Island as Count Andre Dakkar

1928		West of Zanzibar as Mr. Crane
1928		Alias Jimmy Valentine as Doyle
1928		The Lion and the Mouse as John Ryder
1928		Drums of Love as Duke Cathos de Alvia
1928		Sadie Thompson as Alfred Davidson

1927		Body and Soul as Dr. Leyden
1927		Women Love Diamonds as Hugo Harlan
1927		The Show as The Greek

1926		The Temptress as Canterac
1926		The Bells as Mathias
1926		The Lucky Lady as Count Ferranzo
1926		Paris at Midnight as Vautrin
1926		Wife Tamers as Mr. Barry
1926		Brooding Eyes as Slim Jim Carey

1925		Fifty-Fifty as Frederick Harmon
1925		The Girl Who Wouldn't Work as Gordon Kent

1924

as Capt. Walter Butler

1923		The Eternal City as Baron Bonelli
1923		Unseeing Eyes as Conrad Dean

1922

as Boston Blackie Dawson

1920

1916

1915

as John Keefe

1914		Brute Force
1914		Strongheart as Billy Saunders
1914		Classmates

1913		The Strong Man's Burden as John - the Elder Brother
1913		An Indian's Loyalty as The Cattle Buyer
1913		The Switch Tower as First Counterfeiter
1913		The Yaqui Cur as The Easterner
1913		The Wanderer as The Male Lover
1913		The Little Tease as In Bar
1913		Fate as Father, Loving Family
1913		Oil and Water
1913		The Telephone Girl and the Lady
1913		Three Friends as Second Friend
1913		Death's Marathon

1912		The Burglar’s Dilemma as The Householder
1912		The New York Hat
1912		The Painted Lady as At Ice Cream Festival
1912		My Baby as At table
1912		The Musketeers of Pig Alley as The Musician's Friend
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		The Massacre

1911		The Miser's Heart
1911		Fighting Blood

Directing

1931

… Director

1930		The Sea Bat … Director
1930		The Rogue Song … Director
1930		Redemption … Director

1929		His Glorious Night … Director
1929		The Unholy Night … Director
1929		Madame X … Director

1917

… Director

1913

… Director

Writing

1917

… Writer

1912

… Writer

Sound

1929

… Music