Lionel Barrymore
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.
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- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- MGM Parade (1955)
- MGM Parade (1955) as Self
- MGM Parade (1955) as self
- 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
- Lone Star (1952) as Andrew Jackson
- You Can't Take It with You (1938) as Martin Vanderhof
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- Camille (1936) as Monsieur Duval
- Test Pilot (1938) as Howard B. Drake
- Captains Courageous (1937) as Captain Disko Troop
- The Valley of Decision (1945) as Pat Rafferty
- A Guy Named Joe (1944) as The General
- That's Entertainment! (1974) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Mata Hari (1931) as General Serge Shubin
- David Copperfield (1935) as Dan Peggotty
- Since You Went Away (1944) as Clergyman
- Treasure Island (1934) as Billy Bones
- That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) as (archive footage)
- Ah, Wilderness! (1935) as Nat Miller
- Dinner at Eight (1933) as Oliver Jordan