Lionel Barrymore
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
Credits
- 2008 · Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
- 2003 · The Mesmerist as The Innkeeper (archive footage)
- 2003 · Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 as
- 1987 · James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1986 · Super Duper Bloopers as Self
- 1976 · That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1976 · Hooray for Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1974 · That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1972 · Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1970 · Brasileiros em Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1956 · Our Mr. Sun as Father Time (voice)
- 1955 · MGM Parade as
- 1955 · Film Fun as (archive footage)
- 1953 · Yesterday and Today as (archive footage)
- 1953 · Main Street to Broadway as Self
- 1952 · Lone Star as Andrew Jackson
- 1951 · Bannerline as Hugo Trimble
- 1951 · The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story as Himself - Giving Introduction
- 1950 · Right Cross as Sean O'Malley
- 1950 · Screen Actors as Self (uncredited)
- 1949 · Breakdowns of 1949 as Self
- 1949 · Malaya as John Manchester
- 1949 · Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership as Himself
- 1949 · Down to the Sea in Ships as Bering Joy
- 1948 · Key Largo as James Temple
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1947 · Dark Delusion as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1947 · The Way of the World as Grizzley Fallon (Archive Footage)
- 1946 · Duel in the Sun as Sen. Jackson McCanles
- 1946 · The Secret Heart as Dr. Rossiger
- 1946 · It's a Wonderful Life as Mr. Potter
- 1946 · Three Wise Fools as Dr. Richard Gaunght
- 1945 · The Valley of Decision as Pat Rafferty
- 1945 · Between Two Women as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1944 · Dragon Seed as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1944 · Since You Went Away as Clergyman
- 1944 · 3 Men in White as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1944 · A Guy Named Joe as The General
- 1944 · Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
- 1943 · The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith as Gramps
- 1943 · Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1942 · Tennessee Johnson as Thaddeus Stevens
- 1942 · Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1942 · Calling Dr. Gillespie as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1942 · Dr. Kildare's Victory as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1941 · Lady Be Good as Judge Murdock
- 1941 · Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1941 · The People Vs. Dr. Kildare as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1941 ·