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