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.
Filmography
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
2005
as Self (archive footage)
- No poster
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
The Mesmerist
2003
as The Innkeeper (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Super Duper Bloopers
1986
as Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Our Mr. Sun
1956
as Father Time (voice)
- No poster
Film Fun
1955
as (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
Main Street to Broadway
1953
as Self
Lone Star
1952
as Andrew Jackson
Bannerline
1951
as Hugo Trimble
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
1951
as Himself - Giving Introduction
Right Cross
1950
as Sean O'Malley
- No poster
Screen Actors
1950
as Self (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1949
1949
as Self
Malaya
1949
as John Manchester