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