Acting

Lionel Barrymore

Born 1878-04-28 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died 1954-11-15

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.

Credits

Newest first

Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
2004
The Mesmerist
as The Innkeeper (archive footage)
2003
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
Super Duper Bloopers
as Self
1986
Hollywood
as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
1980
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1976
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1970
Our Mr. Sun
as Father Time (voice)
1956
MGM Parade
1955
MGM Parade
as Self
1955
MGM Parade
as self
1955
Film Fun
as (archive footage)
1955
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
1953
Main Street to Broadway
as Self
1953
Lone Star
as Andrew Jackson
1952
Bannerline
as Hugo Trimble
1951
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
as Himself - Giving Introduction
1951
Right Cross
as Sean O'Malley
1950
Screen Actors
as Self (uncredited)
1950
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
1949
Key Largo
as James Temple
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Dark Delusion
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1947
The Way of the World
as Grizzley Fallon (Archive Footage)
1947
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
1946
The Valley of Decision
as Pat Rafferty
1945
Between Two Women
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1945
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)
1944
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
as Gramps
1943
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1943
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
1942
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
The Bad Man
as Uncle Henry Jones
1941
The Penalty
as 'Grandpop' Logan
1941
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
1940
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
1940
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Leonard Gillespie
1940
The Stars Look Down
as Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
1940
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Leonard Gillespie
1939
On Borrowed Time
as Julian Northrup aka Gramps
1939
The Movies March On
as Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage)
1939
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
1939
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
1939
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1939
Let Freedom Ring
as Thomas Logan
1939
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore
as Self
1938
Young Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1938
You Can't Take It with You
as Martin Vanderhof
1938
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as Lionel Barrymore
1938
Test Pilot
as Howard B. Drake
1938
A Yank at Oxford
as Dan Sheridan
1938
Navy Blue and Gold
as Captain 'Skinny' Dawes
1937
Saratoga
as Grandpa Clayton
1937
Captains Courageous
as Captain Disko Troop
1937
A Family Affair
as Judge Hardy
1937