Lionel Barrymore
Acting
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.
Born: April 28, 1878
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as The Innkeeper (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Father Time (voice)
as (archive footage)
as Self
as Andrew Jackson
as Hugo Trimble
as Himself - Giving Introduction
as Sean O'Malley
as Self
as John Manchester
as Bering Joy
as The General
as James Temple
as Self
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
as Grizzley Fallon (Archive Footage)
as Sen. Jackson McCanles
as Dr. Rossiger
as Mr. Potter
as Dr. Richard Gaunght
as Pat Rafferty
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Clergyman
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
as (archive footage)
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
as Thaddeus Stevens
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
as Judge Murdock
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
as Uncle Henry Jones
as 'Grandpop' Logan
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
as Self (archive footage)
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
as Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
as Julian Northrup aka Gramps
as Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Self
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
as Thomas Logan
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
as Martin Vanderhof
as Lionel Barrymore
as Howard B. Drake
as Dan Sheridan
as Captain 'Skinny' Dawes
as Grandpa Clayton
as Captain Disko Troop
as Judge Hardy
as Monsieur Duval
as Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin
as Andrew Jackson
as Paul Lavond
as Springfield Davis
as Nat Miller
as Peter Grimm
as Dr. Josiah Glass
as Professor Zelin
as Colonel Lloyd
as Dan Peggotty
as Billy Bones
as T.R. Paige
as Martin Turner
as Bob Connelly
as Oliver Jordan
as Augustus Merrick
as Dr. Milton Haggett
as Robineau
as Eli Watt
as Grandpa Cyrus Tatum Storr
as Tim Benton
as Daniel Pardway
as Grigori Rasputin
as Jefferson "Jeff" Keane
as Otto Kringelein
as Detective Guerchard
as Dr. H. Holderlin
as General Serge Shubin
as Himself (uncredited)
as Baron Igor Andreeff
as Richard Grant
as Stephen Ashe
as Self (Guest Appearance)
as Bedroom Scene
as Self - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited)
as Andre Dakkar
as Bill Lefty
as Crane
as Doyle
as Henry Grayson
as John Ryder
as Duke Cathos de Alvia
as Alfred Davidson
as Prof. Leroy
as Dr. Leyden
as Hugo Harlan
as The Greek
as Canterac
as Mathias
as Count Ferranzo
as Vautrin
as Mr. Barry
as Stark Bennett
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
as Dan Clehollis
as Frederick Harmon
as Daniel Abbott
as Gordon Kent
as Joe Ellison
as Philip Durban
as Edwin Ainsworth / John Wells (duel role)
as Capt. Walter Butler
as Saladin
as Baron Bonelli
as Conrad Dean
as Prince Lubimoff
as Boston Blackie Dawson
as Boomerang Bill
as James Ralston
as Priam Farll
as William Dale
as Henry Allen
as Milt Shanks
as Bide Bennington
as J. Dabney Barro
as Byron Bennett
as Cyril Hamilton
as Jim Gordon
as Happy Jack Lewis
as Richard Dorian
as Barry Dale
as Lord Earle
as Steve
as Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X
as Judge Randolph Legarde
as Lindsay
as John Keefe
as Monsieur Doltaire
as William Byke
as Robert Crane
as Steve Carson
as Stephen Rodman / Robert Stevens
as Extra (uncredited)
as Billy Saunders
as The Husband
as John - the Elder Brother
as The Cattle Buyer
as First Counterfeiter
as The Financial Backer
as Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother
as The Easterner
as The Doctor
as The Male Lover
as The Father
as In Bar
as Third Bandit
as Father, Loving Family
as Gato
as At Auction (uncredited)
as The Idealist's Friend
as The Desk Sergeant
as Second Friend
as The Tramp
as The Householder
as Minister
as At Wedding
as Union Soldier
as At table
as The Lover
as Woodsman
as The Musician's Friend
as At Ice Cream Festival
as The Neighbor
as The Young Man
as In Club
as Grizzley Fallon - Dandy Jack's Friend
as Jules - the Thief
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)