Lionel Barrymore
Known For
Acting
Born
1878-04-28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
1954-11-15
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.
Most Known For
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
It's a Wonderful Life
as Mr. Potter
MGM Parade
MGM Parade
as Self
MGM Parade
as self
Treasure Island
as Billy Bones
Mata Hari
as General Serge Shubin
Wife Tamers
as Mr. Barry
Arsène Lupin
as Detective Guerchard
Carolina
as Bob Connelly
Bannerline
as Hugo Trimble
Malaya
as John Manchester
Key Largo
as James Temple
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Strongheart
as Billy Saunders
Brutality
as At Wedding
Duel in the Sun
as Sen. Jackson McCanles
Fifty-Fifty
as Frederick Harmon
You Can't Take It with You
as Martin Vanderhof
Grand Hotel
as Otto Kringelein