Lionel Barrymore
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA — Apr 28 1878• Died Nov 15 1954
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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 ni…
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MGM Parade
It's a Wonderful Life
Mr. Potter
Key Largo
James Temple
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Grand Hotel
Otto Kringelein
Camille
Monsieur Duval
Duel in the Sun
Sen. Jackson McCanles
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Treasure Island
Billy Bones
Dinner at Eight
Oliver Jordan
So Near, Yet So Far
In Club
Captains Courageous
Captain Disko Troop
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
A Yank at Oxford
Dan Sheridan
The Valley of Decision
Pat Rafferty
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
You Can't Take It with You
Martin Vanderhof
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
Rasputin and the Empress
Grigori Rasputin
This Side of Heaven
Martin Turner
The Unholy Night
Directing
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Public Hero Number 1
Dr. Josiah Glass
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Road to Glory
Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin
A Guy Named Joe
The General
On Borrowed Time
Julian Northrup aka Gramps
Mata Hari
General Serge Shubin
Since You Went Away
Clergyman
Navy Blue and Gold
Captain 'Skinny' Dawes
Sadie Thompson
Alfred Davidson
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
Arsène Lupin
Detective Guerchard
Test Pilot
Howard B. Drake
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
Lone Star
Andrew Jackson
Malaya
John Manchester
David Copperfield
Dan Peggotty
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Main Street to Broadway
Self
The Bad Man
Uncle Henry Jones
Down to the Sea in Ships
Bering Joy
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
The Gorgeous Hussy
Andrew Jackson
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
Saratoga
Grandpa Clayton
Calling Dr. Kildare
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Ah, Wilderness!
Nat Miller
Ten Cents a Dance
Directing
Bannerline
Hugo Trimble
Mark of the Vampire
Professor Zelin
Three Wise Fools
Dr. Richard Gaunght
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
A Free Soul
Stephen Ashe
The Stars Look Down
Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
Dragon Seed
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Night Flight
Robineau
Body and Soul
Dr. Leyden
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
The Devil-Doll
Paul Lavond
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Sweepings
Daniel Pardway
The Washington Masquerade
Jefferson "Jeff" Keane
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Young Dr. Kildare
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
The Yellow Ticket
Baron Igor Andreeff
The Show
The Greek
The Barrier
Stark Bennett
Our Mr. Sun
Father Time (voice)
Right Cross
Sean O'Malley
The Stranger's Return
Grandpa Cyrus Tatum Storr
Lady Be Good
Judge Murdock
The Perfidy of Mary
Mary's Father
A Family Affair
Judge Hardy
Carolina
Bob Connelly
Oil and Water
The Idealist's Friend
Breakdowns of 1949
Self
The Exploits of Elaine
The Mysterious Island
Andre Dakkar
Redemption
Directing
The New York Hat
Minister
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Lionel Barrymore
Looking Forward
Tim Benton
The Return Of Peter Grimm
Peter Grimm
The Bells
Mathias
Estrellados
Self (Guest Appearance)
Between Two Women
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Land of Liberty
(archive footage)
Free and Easy
Bedroom Scene
The Voice of Bugle Ann
Springfield Davis
3 Men in White
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Madame X
Directing
Three Friends
Second Friend
Tennessee Johnson
Thaddeus Stevens
Life's Whirlpool
Directing
The Christmas Party
Himself (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Screen Actors
Self (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
My Baby
At table
The Rogue Song
Directing
One Man's Journey
Eli Watt
Boomerang Bill
Boomerang Bill
Classmates
Bubby Dumble
Broken Lullaby
Dr. H. Holderlin
Men and Women
Stephen Rodman / Robert Stevens
Red Hicks Defies the World
The Referee
Near To Earth
Gato
Guilty Hands
Richard Grant
The Lucky Lady
Count Ferranzo
Wildfire
John Keefe
Pa Says
Teddy's Rival
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
The Musician's Friend
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited)
I Was Meant for You
Lavina's Father
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
National Red Cross Pageant
A Gamble with Death
Jim Benton, the Bartender
The Splendid Road
Dan Clehollis
The House of Discord
The Husband
The Penalty
'Grandpop' Logan
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Christopher Bean
Dr. Milton Haggett
In Diplomatic Circles
The Japanese Ambassador
Love in an Apartment Hotel
In Hotel Lobby
The Girl from Missouri
T.R. Paige
Jim the Penman
James Ralston
The Yaqui Cur
The Easterner
The Unwelcome Guest
At Auction (uncredited)
Super Duper Bloopers
Self
The Wanderer
The Male Lover
West of Zanzibar
Crane
Road House
Henry Grayson
Friends
Grizzley Fallon - Dandy Jack's Friend
The Romance of Elaine
Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X
Dora Thorne
Lord Earle
The Temptress
Canterac
Film Fun
(archive footage)
Brutality
At Wedding
The Mirror
Daisy's Father
Alias Jimmy Valentine
Doyle
Heredity
Woodsman
Wife Tamers
Mr. Barry
The Master Mind
Henry Allen
Meddling Women
Edwin Ainsworth / John Wells (duel role)
The Miser's Heart
Jules - the Thief
The Wrongdoers
Daniel Abbott
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Gramps
Enemies of Women
Prince Lubimoff
The Little Colonel
Colonel Lloyd
Judith of Bethulia
Extra (uncredited)
Dark Delusion
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
The Quitter
Happy Jack Lewis
The Chief's Blanket
The Young Man
The Informer
Union Soldier
The Vengeance of Galora
Children of the Whirlwind
Joe Ellison
The White Caps
The Work Habit
The Father
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
The Desk Sergeant
Fighting Blood
Drums of Love
Duke Cathos de Alvia
The Lady and the Mouse
The Father
Dr. Kildare's Victory
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
A Timely Interception
Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother
Paris at Midnight
Vautrin
A Man of Iron
Philip Durban
Let Freedom Ring
Thomas Logan
Decameron Nights
Saladin
A Misunderstood Boy
The Father
The Secret Heart
Dr. Rossiger
Strongheart
Billy Saunders
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
Gordon Kent
Just Gold
The Stay-at-Home Brother
Fate
Father, Loving Family
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
My Hero
The Little Tease
In Bar
The Wrong Bottle
The Father
The God Within
The Woman of the Camp's Lover
America
Capt. Walter Butler
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
The Suffragette Minstrels
(unconfirmed)
The Painted Lady
At Ice Cream Festival
The Upheaval
Jim Gordon
The Switchtower
First Counterfeiter
A Cry for Help
The Tramp
The Way of the World
Grizzley Fallon (Archive Footage)
Under the Shadow of the Law
Charles Darnton - the Employer
The One She Loved
The Neighbor
I Am the Man
James McQuade
All for Science
Detective
The Sea Bat
Directing
The Great Adventure
Priam Farll
The Battle
Wagon Driver (uncredited)
The Strong Man's Burden
John - the Elder Brother
The Devil's Garden
William Dale
The Thirteenth Hour
Prof. Leroy
The Well
The Farmer
The Lion and the Mouse
John Ryder
His Glorious Night
Directing
Woman Against Woman
Gilbert Craven
So Runs the Way
The End of the Tour
Byron Bennett
Should Ladies Behave
Augustus Merrick
The Burglar’s Dilemma
The Householder
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
The Father
The Sheriff's Baby
Third Bandit
Fifty-Fifty
Frederick Harmon
Death's Marathon
The Financial Backer
Brooding Eyes
Slim Jim Carey
The Copperhead
Milt Shanks
Her Father's Silent Partner
Gold and Glitter
The Lover
The Millionaire's Double
Bide Bennington
The Tender Hearted Boy
(uncredited)
A Chance Deception
2nd Policeman
The River Woman
Bill Lefty
The Mesmerist
The Innkeeper (archive footage)
Women Love Diamonds
Hugo Harlan
The Brand of Cowardice
Cyril Hamilton
The Enemy's Baby
Postmaster Ben Brown
Almost a Wild Man
In Audience (uncredited)
Unseeing Eyes
Conrad Dean
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
Himself - Giving Introduction
The Woman Who Did
Allan Merrick
The Power of the Press
Steve Carson
Dorian's Divorce
Richard Dorian
The Stolen Treaty
The Japanese Diplomat
His Secret
Directing
A Yellow Streak
Barry Dale
Si l'empereur savait ça
Sound
The Woman in Black
Robert Crane
His Father's Son
J. Dabney Barro
An Indian's Loyalty
The Cattle Buyer
The Movies March On
Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
Self (archive footage)
A Modern Magdalen
Lindsay
The Seats of the Mighty
Monsieur Doltaire
The House of Darkness
The Doctor
The Span of Life
Richard Blunt
The Ranchero's Revenge
The Ranchero
The Bartered Crown
The Landlord
The Face in the Fog
Boston Blackie Dawson
The Crook and the Girl
The Nephew
The Flaming Sword
Steve
Under the Gaslight
William Byke
The Eternal City
Baron Bonelli
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore
Self
The Cracksman's Gratitude
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
Himself
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
Judge Randolph Legarde