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.
As actor 248
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
MGM Parade
1955
On Borrowed Time
1939
Treasure Island
1934
Key Largo
1948
Duel in the Sun
1946
Camille
1936
Grand Hotel
1932
You Can't Take It with You
1938
That's Entertainment!
1974
Mata Hari
1931
Dinner at Eight
1933
Captains Courageous
1937
Since You Went Away
1944
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Mark of the Vampire
1935
The Valley of Decision
1945
Pa Says
1913
David Copperfield
1935
A Guy Named Joe
1944
Broken Lullaby
1932
Bannerline
1951
Test Pilot
1938
Dragon Seed
1944
Arsène Lupin
1932
Carolina
1934
Twenty Years After
1944
Wife Tamers
1926
Road House
1928
Free and Easy
1930
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Dora Thorne
1915
Lone Star
1952
A Yank at Oxford
1938
Saratoga
1937
Malaya
1949
Classmates
1914
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Film Fun
1955
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
The Little Colonel
1935
The Devil-Doll
1936
Dark Delusion
1947
West of Zanzibar
1928
Three Friends
1913
The Road to Glory
1936
Decameron Nights
1924
The Upheaval
1916
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
Public Hero Number 1
1935
The Copperhead
1920
The Mysterious Island
1929
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
Judith of Bethulia
1914
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
Just Gold
1913
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
Strongheart
1914
This Side of Heaven
1934
Estrellados
1930
A Family Affair
1937
Fifty-Fifty
1925
Three Wise Fools
1946
Right Cross
1950
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Complicated Women
2003
The Way of the World
1947
Death's Marathon
1913
Sadie Thompson
1928
Main Street to Broadway
1953
Between Two Women
1945
Young Dr. Kildare
1938
One Man's Journey
1933
Night Flight
1933
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
The Mirror
1913
Under the Gaslight
1914
His Father's Son
1917
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940
The Bad Man
1941
The Secret Heart
1946
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
A Free Soul
1931
The Flaming Sword
1915
Lady Be Good
1941
Land of Liberty
1939
National Red Cross Pageant
1917
The Master Mind
1920
Our Mr. Sun
1956
The Informer
1912
Sweepings
1933
The Span of Life
1914
Screen Actors
1950
The Lucky Lady
1926
Super Duper Bloopers
1986
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
1942
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
Enemies of Women
1923
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
1941
The Well
1913
A Man of Iron
1925
The Temptress
1926
The Stranger's Return
1933
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936
The Show
1927
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941
The Sheriff's Baby
1913
Almost a Wild Man
1913
America
1924
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914
Ah, Wilderness!
1935
The Suffragette Minstrels
1913
The Devil's Garden
1920
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1928
Brutality
1912
Breakdowns of 1949
1949
Tennessee Johnson
1942
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943
Guilty Hands
1931
A Cry for Help
1912
The Exploits of Elaine
1914
The Stars Look Down
1940
The Stolen Treaty
1913
Wildfire
1915
Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942
The Perfidy of Mary
1913
The Washington Masquerade
1932
The New York Hat
1912
A Misunderstood Boy
1913
An Indian's Loyalty
1913
The Penalty
1941
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
So Runs the Way
1913
The Yellow Ticket
1931
Oil and Water
1913
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
Women Love Diamonds
1927
The One She Loved
1912
The Chief's Blanket
1912
The House of Discord
1913
The Vengeance of Galora
1913
The Woman in Black
1914
Men and Women
1914
The Wrong Bottle
1913
The Bells
1926
Drums of Love
1928
Under the Shadow of the Law
1913
Jim the Penman
1921
Yesterday and Today
1953
Friends
1912
The White Caps
1905
Looking Forward
1933
The Girl from Missouri
1934
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
The Unwelcome Guest
1913
3 Men in White
1944
The Movie Album
1932
I Am the Man
1924
Christopher Bean
1933
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
1949
Unseeing Eyes
1923
The Millionaire's Double
1917
The Lady and the Mouse
1913
The Eternal City
1923
The Miser's Heart
1911
Love in an Apartment Hotel
1913
Fate
1913
The Great Adventure
1921
The Quitter
1916
Gold and Glitter
1912
The Seats of the Mighty
1914
I Was Meant for You
1913
The End of the Tour
1917
The Yaqui Cur
1913
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
2005
The Little Tease
1913
My Baby
1912
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
A Modern Magdalen
1915
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
1915
The Splendid Road
1925
The Christmas Party
1931
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
1951
The Ranchero's Revenge
1913
The House of Darkness
1913
The Painted Lady
1912
Boomerang Bill
1922
Children of the Whirlwind
1925
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
2008
The Lion and the Mouse
1928
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
1925
A Gamble with Death
1913
Brooding Eyes
1926
The Movies March On
1939
The Return Of Peter Grimm
1935
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
1913
The Power of the Press
1914
Red Hicks Defies the World
1913
A Timely Interception
1913
The Romance of Elaine
1915
Should Ladies Behave
1933
The Strong Man's Burden
1913
Fighting Blood
1911
The Work Habit
1913
Let Freedom Ring
1939
The Crook and the Girl
1913
All for Science
1913
Dorian's Divorce
1916
Paris at Midnight
1926
Near To Earth
1913
The Switchtower
1913
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
The Thirteenth Hour
1927
The Battle
1911
Meddling Women
1924
The Cracksman's Gratitude
1914
The God Within
1912
Body and Soul
1927
The Woman Who Did
1925
The Brand of Cowardice
1916
A Yellow Streak
1915
The Wrongdoers
1925
Heredity
1912
Woman Against Woman
1914
The Wanderer
1913
The Tender Hearted Boy
1913
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
1913
The River Woman
1928
My Hero
1912
The Bartered Crown
1914
The Enemy's Baby
1913
In Diplomatic Circles
1913
A Chance Deception
1913
The Face in the Fog
1922
The Barrier
1926
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore
1938
The Mesmerist
2003
