Lionel Barrymore

Known for ActingBorn 1878-04-28Died 1954-11-15Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.Read more

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Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood

Si l'empereur savait ça

Road House

Brooding Eyes

A Man of Iron

Meddling Women

Woman Against Woman

In Diplomatic Circles

Red Hicks Defies the World

A Gamble with Death

I Was Meant for You

The Suffragette Minstrels

MGM Parade

Land of Liberty

The Movie Album

The Lion and the Mouse

The River Woman

Paris at Midnight

The Woman Who Did

The Girl Who Wouldn't Work

Fifty-Fifty

Children of the Whirlwind

Decameron Nights

The Work Habit

The Mesmerist

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

Hooray for Hollywood

It's a Wonderful Life

Twenty Years After

Christopher Bean

His Glorious Night

Alias Jimmy Valentine

Women Love Diamonds

The Thirteenth Hour

Jim the Penman

The Master Mind

The End of the Tour

National Red Cross Pageant

Our Mr. Sun

That's Entertainment!

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Key Largo

On Borrowed Time

Complicated Women

You Can't Take It with You

Main Street to Broadway

The Valley of Decision