Actor
Lionel Barrymore
246 movies as actor · 9 as director
Born Apr 28, 1878 – Nov 15, 1954 (aged 76)From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAAlso known as Lionel Herbert Blythe, Lionel Blythe, لیونل بریمور
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
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Drama, Family
Key Largo
1948 · Crime, Thriller
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Comedy, Romance
Grand Hotel
1932 · Drama, Romance
Duel in the Sun
1946 · Western, Drama
Captains Courageous
1937 · Adventure, Drama
Camille
1936 · Drama, Romance
Mark of the Vampire
1935 · Mystery, Horror
Dinner at Eight
1933 · Comedy, Drama
The Devil-Doll
1936 · Horror, Sci-Fi
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Adventure, Drama
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912 · Crime, Drama
Lionel Barrymore movies
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004 · Self / Various roles (archive footage)
The Mesmerist
2003 · The Innkeeper (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003 · Self (archive footage)
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Self (archive footage)
Super Duper Bloopers
1986 · Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976 · Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970 · Self (archive footage)
Our Mr. Sun
1956 · Father Time (voice)
Film Fun
Film Fun
1955 · (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
1953 · (archive footage)
Main Street to Broadway
1953 · Self
Lone Star
1952 · Andrew Jackson
Bannerline
1951 · Hugo Trimble
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
1951 · Himself - Giving Introduction
Right Cross
1950 · Sean O'Malley
Screen Actors
Screen Actors
1950 · Self (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1949
1949 · Self
Malaya
1949 · John Manchester
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
1949 · Himself
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949 · Bering Joy
Key Largo
1948 · James Temple
Dark Delusion
1947 · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
The Way of the World
1947 · Grizzley Fallon (Archive Footage)
Duel in the Sun
1946 · Sen. Jackson McCanles
The Secret Heart
1946 · Dr. Rossiger
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Mr. Potter
Three Wise Fools
1946 · Dr. Richard Gaunght
The Valley of Decision
1945 · Pat Rafferty
Between Two Women
1945 · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Dragon Seed
1944 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Since You Went Away
1944 · Clergyman
3 Men in White
1944 · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
A Guy Named Joe
1944 · The General
Twenty Years After
1944 · (archive footage)
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943 · Gramps
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943 · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Tennessee Johnson
1942 · Thaddeus Stevens
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
1942 · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942 · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942 · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Lady Be Good
1941 · Judge Murdock
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941 · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
1941 · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
The Bad Man
1941 · Uncle Henry Jones
The Penalty
1941 · 'Grandpop' Logan
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940 · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · Self
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940 · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 · Self
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940 · Leonard Gillespie
The Stars Look Down
1940 · Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939 · Leonard Gillespie
On Borrowed Time
1939 · Julian Northrup aka Gramps
The Movies March On
1939 · Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage)
Land of Liberty
1939 · (archive footage)
From the Ends of the Earth
1939 · Self
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939 · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Let Freedom Ring
1939 · Thomas Logan
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore
1938 · Self
Young Dr. Kildare
1938 · Dr. Leonard Gillespie
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Martin Vanderhof
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938 · Lionel Barrymore
Test Pilot
1938 · Howard B. Drake
A Yank at Oxford
1938 · Dan Sheridan
Navy Blue and Gold
1937 · Captain 'Skinny' Dawes
Saratoga
1937 · Grandpa Clayton
Captains Courageous
1937 · Captain Disko Troop
A Family Affair
1937 · Judge Hardy
Camille
1936 · Monsieur Duval
The Road to Glory
1936 · Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936 · Andrew Jackson
The Devil-Doll
1936 · Paul Lavond
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936 · Springfield Davis
Ah, Wilderness!
1935 · Nat Miller
The Return Of Peter Grimm
1935 · Peter Grimm
Public Hero Number 1
1935 · Dr. Josiah Glass
Mark of the Vampire
1935 · Professor Zelin
The Little Colonel
1935 · Colonel Lloyd
David Copperfield
1935 · Dan Peggotty
Treasure Island
1934 · Billy Bones
The Girl from Missouri
1934 · T.R. Paige
This Side of Heaven
1934 · Martin Turner
Carolina
1934 · Bob Connelly
Dinner at Eight
1933 · Oliver Jordan
Should Ladies Behave
1933 · Augustus Merrick
Christopher Bean
1933 · Dr. Milton Haggett
Night Flight
1933 · Robineau
One Man's Journey
1933 · Eli Watt
The Stranger's Return
1933 · Grandpa Cyrus Tatum Storr
Looking Forward
1933 · Tim Benton
Sweepings
1933 · Daniel Pardway
Rasputin and the Empress
1932 · Grigori Rasputin
Grand Hotel
1932 · Otto Kringelein
The Washington Masquerade
1932 · Jefferson "Jeff" Keane
The Movie Album
1932 · (archive footage)
Arsène Lupin
1932 · Detective Guerchard
Broken Lullaby
1932 · Dr. H. Holderlin
Mata Hari
1931 · General Serge Shubin
The Christmas Party
1931 · Himself (uncredited)
The Yellow Ticket
1931 · Baron Igor Andreeff
Guilty Hands
1931 · Richard Grant
A Free Soul
1931 · Stephen Ashe
Estrellados
1930 · Self (Guest Appearance)
Free and Easy
1930 · Bedroom Scene
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929 · Self - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited)
The Mysterious Island
1929 · Andre Dakkar
The River Woman
1928 · Bill Lefty
West of Zanzibar
1928 · Crane
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1928 · Doyle
Road House
1928 · Henry Grayson
The Lion and the Mouse
1928 · John Ryder
Drums of Love
1928 · Duke Cathos de Alvia
Sadie Thompson
1928 · Alfred Davidson
The Thirteenth Hour
1927 · Prof. Leroy
Body and Soul
1927 · Dr. Leyden
Women Love Diamonds
1927 · Hugo Harlan
The Show
1927 · The Greek
The Temptress
1926 · Canterac
The Bells
1926 · Mathias
The Lucky Lady
1926 · Count Ferranzo
Paris at Midnight
1926 · Vautrin
Wife Tamers
1926 · Mr. Barry
The Barrier
1926 · Stark Bennett
Brooding Eyes
Brooding Eyes
1926 · Slim Jim Carey
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Splendid Road
1925 · Dan Clehollis
The Woman Who Did
The Woman Who Did
1925 · Allan Merrick
Fifty-Fifty
1925 · Frederick Harmon
The Wrongdoers
1925 · Daniel Abbott
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
1925 · Gordon Kent
Children of the Whirlwind
1925 · Joe Ellison
A Man of Iron
1925 · Philip Durban
I Am the Man
I Am the Man
1924 · James McQuade
Meddling Women
1924 · Edwin Ainsworth / John Wells (duel role)
America
1924 · Capt. Walter Butler
Decameron Nights
1924 · Saladin
The Eternal City
1923 · Baron Bonelli
Unseeing Eyes
1923 · Conrad Dean
Enemies of Women
1923 · Prince Lubimoff
The Face in the Fog
1922 · Boston Blackie Dawson
Boomerang Bill
1922 · Boomerang Bill
Jim the Penman
1921 · James Ralston
The Great Adventure
1921 · Priam Farll
The Devil's Garden
1920 · William Dale
The Master Mind
1920 · Henry Allen
The Copperhead
1920 · Milt Shanks
National Red Cross Pageant
1917
The Millionaire's Double
1917 · Bide Bennington
His Father's Son
1917 · J. Dabney Barro
The End of the Tour
1917 · Byron Bennett
The Brand of Cowardice
1916 · Cyril Hamilton
The Upheaval
1916 · Jim Gordon
The Quitter
1916 · Happy Jack Lewis
Dorian's Divorce
1916 · Richard Dorian
A Yellow Streak
1915 · Barry Dale
Dora Thorne
1915 · Lord Earle
The Flaming Sword
1915 · Steve
The Romance of Elaine
1915 · Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
1915 · Judge Randolph Legarde
A Modern Magdalen
1915 · Lindsay
Wildfire
1915 · John Keefe
The Exploits of Elaine
1914
The Seats of the Mighty
1914 · Monsieur Doltaire
The Span of Life
The Span of Life
1914 · Richard Blunt
Under the Gaslight
1914 · William Byke
The Woman in Black
1914 · Robert Crane
The Power of the Press
1914 · Steve Carson
Men and Women
1914 · Stephen Rodman / Robert Stevens
The Cracksman's Gratitude
The Cracksman's Gratitude
1914
Woman Against Woman
Woman Against Woman
1914 · Gilbert Craven
Judith of Bethulia
1914 · Extra (uncredited)
Strongheart
1914 · Billy Saunders
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914
Classmates
Classmates
1914 · Bubby Dumble
The Bartered Crown
The Bartered Crown
1914 · The Landlord
The House of Discord
1913 · The Husband
All for Science
All for Science
1913 · Detective
So Runs the Way
So Runs the Way
1913
The Stolen Treaty
The Stolen Treaty
1913 · The Japanese Diplomat
The Strong Man's Burden
1913 · John - the Elder Brother
The Crook and the Girl
The Crook and the Girl
1913 · The Nephew
The Work Habit
The Work Habit
1913 · The Father
The Suffragette Minstrels
The Suffragette Minstrels
1913 · (unconfirmed)
An Indian's Loyalty
1913 · The Cattle Buyer
Under the Shadow of the Law
Under the Shadow of the Law
1913 · Charles Darnton - the Employer
I Was Meant for You
I Was Meant for You
1913 · Lavina's Father
The Vengeance of Galora
The Vengeance of Galora
1913
The Mirror
The Mirror
1913 · Daisy's Father
Pa Says
Pa Says
1913 · Teddy's Rival
A Gamble with Death
A Gamble with Death
1913 · Jim Benton, the Bartender
In Diplomatic Circles
In Diplomatic Circles
1913 · The Japanese Ambassador
Almost a Wild Man
Almost a Wild Man
1913 · In Audience (uncredited)
The Switchtower
1913 · First Counterfeiter
Death's Marathon
1913 · The Financial Backer
The Well
The Well
1913 · The Farmer
The Enemy's Baby
The Enemy's Baby
1913 · Postmaster Ben Brown
Red Hicks Defies the World
Red Hicks Defies the World
1913 · The Referee
A Timely Interception
1913 · Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother
The Ranchero's Revenge
The Ranchero's Revenge
1913 · The Ranchero
Just Gold
Just Gold
1913 · The Stay-at-Home Brother
The Yaqui Cur
1913 · The Easterner
The House of Darkness
1913 · The Doctor
The Wanderer
1913 · The Male Lover
The Lady and the Mouse
1913 · The Father
A Misunderstood Boy
A Misunderstood Boy
1913 · The Father
The Little Tease
1913 · In Bar
The Perfidy of Mary
The Perfidy of Mary
1913 · Mary's Father
The Sheriff's Baby
1913 · Third Bandit
Fate
1913 · Father, Loving Family
Near To Earth
1913 · Gato
The Unwelcome Guest
1913 · At Auction (uncredited)
The Wrong Bottle
The Wrong Bottle
1913 · The Father
Love in an Apartment Hotel
Love in an Apartment Hotel
1913 · In Hotel Lobby
A Chance Deception
A Chance Deception
1913 · 2nd Policeman
Oil and Water
1913 · The Idealist's Friend
The Tender Hearted Boy
The Tender Hearted Boy
1913 · (uncredited)
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
1913 · The Father
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
1913 · The Desk Sergeant
Three Friends
1913 · Second Friend
The God Within
The God Within
1912 · The Woman of the Camp's Lover
A Cry for Help
1912 · The Tramp
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912 · The Householder
My Hero
My Hero
1912
The New York Hat
1912 · Minister
Brutality
1912 · At Wedding
The Informer
1912 · Union Soldier
My Baby
1912 · At table
Gold and Glitter
1912 · The Lover
Heredity
1912 · Woodsman
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912 · The Musician's Friend
The Painted Lady
1912 · At Ice Cream Festival
The One She Loved
The One She Loved
1912 · The Neighbor
The Chief's Blanket
1912 · The Young Man
So Near, Yet So Far
1912 · In Club
Friends
1912 · Grizzley Fallon - Dandy Jack's Friend
The Miser's Heart
1911 · Jules - the Thief
The Battle
1911 · Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Fighting Blood
1911
The White Caps
1905
Directed by Lionel Barrymore
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