About
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
It's a Wonderful LifeMovie • 1946
MGM ParadeSeries • 1955
Key LargoMovie • 1948
Dinner at EightMovie • 1933
Duel in the SunMovie • 1946
You Can't Take It with YouMovie • 1938
CamilleMovie • 1936
Grand HotelMovie • 1932
Mark of the VampireMovie • 1935
Broken LullabyMovie • 1932
Mata HariMovie • 1931
David CopperfieldMovie • 1935
The Valley of DecisionMovie • 1945
Treasure IslandMovie • 1934
That's Entertainment!Movie • 1974
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristMovie • 1925
Since You Went AwayMovie • 1944
Test PilotMovie • 1938
That's Entertainment, Part IIMovie • 1976
Captains CourageousMovie • 1937
Lone StarMovie • 1952
SaratogaMovie • 1937
Down to the Sea in ShipsMovie • 1949
A Guy Named JoeMovie • 1944