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
Movies
- It's a Wonderful Life
1946
- Estrellados
1930
- Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942
- Key Largo
1948
- The Romance of Elaine
1915
- The End of the Tour
1917
- The Hollywood Revue of ...
1929
- Duel in the Sun
1946
- Public Hero Number 1
1935
- Grand Hotel
1932
- West of Zanzibar
1928
- You Can't Take It with ...
1938
- Frank Capra Jr. Remembe...
2008
- Mata Hari
1931
- On Borrowed Time
1939
- Mark of the Vampire
1935
- The Devil-Doll
1936
- Since You Went Away
1944
- The Little Colonel
1935
- Sadie Thompson
1928
- The Musketeers of Pig A...
1912
- Free and Easy
1930
- A Guy Named Joe
1949
- Rasputin and the Empress
1932
- Test Pilot
1938
- Lady Be Good
1941
- Treasure Island
1934
- The Valley of Decision
1945
- Camille
1936
- Lone Star
1952
- The Personal History, A...
1935
- Malaya
1949
- Yesterday and Today
1953
- Saratoga
1937
- Captains Courageous
1937
- Dinner at Eight
1933
- Tennessee Johnson
1942
- A Free Soul
1931
- The Sheriff's Baby
1913
- Dr. Kildare's Wedding D...
1941
- Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
- Gold and Glitter
1912
- The Informer
1912
- A Cry for Help
1912
- The Unwelcome Guest
1913
- An Adventure in the Aut...
1913
- A Chance Deception
1913
- Love in an Apartment Ho...
1913
- Just Gold
1913
- The Wrong Bottle
1913
- So Runs the Way
1913
- Night Flight
1933
- Heredity
1912
- Brutality
1912
- My Hero
1912
- Near To Earth
1913
- Broken Lullaby
1932
- The Ranchero's Revenge
1913
- Red Hicks Defies the Wo...
1913
- The Well
1913
- In Diplomatic Circles
1913
- A Gamble with Death
1913
- The Enemy's Baby
1913
- The Mirror
1913
- Under the Shadow of the...
1913
- I Was Meant for You
1913
- The Work Habit
1913
- The Crook and the Girl
1913
- Fighting Blood
1911
- The Stolen Treaty
1913
- The Temptress
1926
- All for Science
1913
- Dr. Gillespie's Crimina...
1943
- The Mysterious Island
1929
- Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940
- The Yellow Ticket
1931
- Ah, Wilderness!
1935
- The Girl from Missouri
1934
- Her Father's Silent Par...
1914
- Judith of Bethulia
1914
- The Road to Glory
1936
- Hollywood: The Dream Fa...
1972
- The Stranger's Return
1933
- The Show
1927
- Should Ladies Behave
1933
- The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
- The New York Hat
1912
- A Yank at Oxford
1938
- Young Dr. Kildare
1938
- Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
- The Secret of Dr. Kilda...
1939
- Dr. Kildare's Strange C...
1940
- The People Vs. Dr. Kild...
1941
- Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942
- A Family Affair
1937
- A Misunderstood Boy
1913
- Death's Marathon
1913
- The Tender Hearted Boy
1913
- The Perfidy of Mary
1913
- Pa Says
1913
- The Vengeance of Galora
1913
- The Suffragette Minstre...
1913
- Navy Blue and Gold
1937
- Guilty Hands
1931
- The Splendid Road
1925
- Die Frau mit dem schlec...
1925
- The Barrier
1926
- Road House
1928
- The House of Discord
1913
- The Return Of Peter Gri...
1935
- The Bartered Crown
1914
- Woman Against Woman
1914
- The Cracksman's Gratitu...
1914
- Men and Women
1914
- Screen Snapshots Series...
1938
- The Power of the Press
1914
- The Span of Life
1914
- The Seats of the Mighty
1914
- Arsène Lupin
1932
- Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
- The Exploits of Elaine
1914
- Under the Gaslight
1914
- A Modern Magdalen
1915
- The Curious Conduct of ...
1915
- The Flaming Sword
1915
- Dora Thorne
1915
- A Yellow Streak
1915
- The Brand of Cowardice
1916
- The Painted Lady
1912
- His Father's Son
1917
- The Millionaire's Double
1917
- National Red Cross Page...
1917
- The White Caps
1905
- The Battle
1911
- The Miser's Heart
1911
- The Chief's Blanket
1912
- Boomerang Bill
1922
- I Am the Man
1924
- A Man of Iron
1925
- The Wrongdoers
1925
- 3 Men in White
1944
- The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936
- The Yaqui Cur
1913
- Dr. Gillespie's New Ass...
1942
- The Wanderer
1913
- The Switchtower
1913
- So Near, Yet So Far
1912
- Sweepings
1933
- The Bells
1926
- Friends
1912
- The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
- Strongheart
1914
- Wife Tamers
1926
- Let Freedom Ring
1939
- Right Cross
1950
- One Man's Journey
1933
- Bannerline
1951
- Three Wise Fools
1946
- Between Two Women
1945
- The Washington Masquera...
1932
- Our Mr. Sun
1956
- This Side of Heaven
1934
- Carolina
1934
- The Secret Heart
1946
- Checking Out: Grand Hot...
2004
- Super Duper Bloopers
1986
- Almost a Wild Man
1913
- Looking Forward
1933
- The Christmas Party
1931
- Land of Liberty
1939
- Unseeing Eyes
1923
- The Eternal City
1923
- Classmates
1914
- A Fireside Chat with Li...
1938
- Paris at Midnight
1926
- Dark Delusion
1947
- Drums of Love
1928
- That's Entertainment!
1974
- Alias Jimmy Valentine
1928
- The Penalty
1941
- The Devil's Garden
1920
- Three Friends
1913
- Body and Soul
1927
- The Lucky Lady
1926
- The Stars Look Down
1940
- The Bad Man
1941
- An Indian's Loyalty
1913
- Main Street to Broadway
1953
- The Strong Man's Burden
1913
- A New Romance of Cellul...
1940
- Christopher Bean
1933
- The Face in the Fog
1922
- Some of the Best: Twent...
1949
- The Lion and the Mouse
1928
- From the Ends of the Ea...
1939
- Fate
1913
- My Baby
1912
- The One She Loved
1912
- The Telephone Girl and ...
1913
- Breakdowns of 1949
1949
- Cavalcade of the Academ...
1940
- Hollywood: Style Center...
1940
- The Mesmerist
2003
- Wildfire
1915
- America
1924
- Dragon Seed
1944
- D.W. Griffith - Years o...
2002
- Complicated Women
2003
- That's Entertainment, P...
1976
- Twenty Years After
1944
- Brooding Eyes
1926
- The Girl Who Wouldn't W...
1925
- Women Love Diamonds
1927
- The Little Tease
1913
- Fifty-Fifty
1925
- The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
1951
- The Last Will and Testa...
1943
- Oil and Water
1913
- The Quitter
1916
- A Timely Interception
1913
- The God Within
1912
- Enemies of Women
1923
- The Great Adventure
1921
- The River Woman
1928
- James Stewart: A Wonder...
1987
- The Copperhead
1920
- Jim the Penman
1921
- Children of the Whirlwi...
1925
- The Woman in Black
1914
- The Thirteenth Hour
1927
- The Lady and the Mouse
1913
- Film Fun
1955
- The Movies March On
1939
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ...
1925
- The Upheaval
1916
- Dorian's Divorce
1916
- Screen Actors
1950
- The House of Darkness
1913
- Decameron Nights
1924
- Meddling Women
1924
- The Master Mind
1920
- Hooray for Hollywood
1976
- The Way of the World
1947