Lionel Barrymore
Acting
Born April 28, 1878 · 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…
Known For · 40 titles
The Ed Sullivan Show
It's a Wonderful Life
MGM Parade
Duel in the Sun
You Can't Take It with You
Treasure Island
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Captains Courageous
Key Largo
Camille
Grand Hotel
The Valley of Decision
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment, Part II
Mata Hari
The Upheaval
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Wife Tamers
Road House
Dora Thorne
Her Father's Silent Partner
The Devil's Garden
Pa Says
Women Love Diamonds
Twenty Years After
The Little Colonel
Rasputin and the Empress
Under the Gaslight
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
David Copperfield
Dinner at Eight
Lone Star
Malaya
A Guy Named Joe
Film Fun
Arsène Lupin
Mark of the Vampire
The Gorgeous Hussy
From the Ends of the Earth
The Hollywood Revue of 1929