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Lionel Barrymore

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.

On screen

  • Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
  • Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
  • The Mesmerist
  • Complicated Women
  • D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
  • James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
  • Super Duper Bloopers
  • That's Entertainment, Part II
  • Hooray for Hollywood
  • That's Entertainment!
  • Hollywood: The Dream Factory
  • Brasileiros em Hollywood
  • Our Mr. Sun
  • Yesterday and Today
  • Main Street to Broadway
  • Lone Star
  • Bannerline
  • The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
  • Right Cross
  • Malaya
  • Down to the Sea in Ships
  • Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
  • Breakdowns of 1949
  • Key Largo
  • Dark Delusion
  • The Way of the World
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Duel in the Sun
  • Three Wise Fools
  • The Secret Heart
  • The Valley of Decision
  • Between Two Women
  • Since You Went Away
  • A Guy Named Joe
  • 3 Men in White
  • Dragon Seed
  • Twenty Years After
  • Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
  • The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
  • Calling Dr. Gillespie
  • Tennessee Johnson
  • Dr. Kildare's Victory
  • Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
  • Lady Be Good
  • Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
  • The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
  • The Penalty
  • The Bad Man
  • Dr. Kildare Goes Home
  • Dr. Kildare's Crisis
  • Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
  • The Stars Look Down
  • A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
  • Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
  • Hollywood: Style Center of the World
  • On Borrowed Time
  • The Secret of Dr. Kildare
  • Calling Dr. Kildare
  • Let Freedom Ring
  • Land of Liberty
  • From the Ends of the Earth
  • The Movies March On
  • You Can't Take It with You
  • Test Pilot
  • A Yank at Oxford
  • Young Dr. Kildare
  • Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
  • Saratoga
  • Captains Courageous
  • A Family Affair
  • Navy Blue and Gold
  • The Devil-Doll
  • Camille
  • The Road to Glory
  • The Gorgeous Hussy
  • The Voice of Bugle Ann
  • Public Hero Number 1
  • Mark of the Vampire
  • The Little Colonel
  • David Copperfield
  • Ah, Wilderness!
  • The Return Of Peter Grimm
  • Treasure Island
  • The Girl from Missouri
  • This Side of Heaven
  • Carolina
  • Dinner at Eight
  • Night Flight
  • The Stranger's Return
  • Should Ladies Behave
  • Sweepings
  • One Man's Journey
  • Looking Forward
  • Christopher Bean
  • Grand Hotel
  • Rasputin and the Empress
  • Broken Lullaby
  • Arsène Lupin
  • The Washington Masquerade
  • The Movie Album
  • Mata Hari
  • A Free Soul
  • The Yellow Ticket
  • Guilty Hands
  • The Christmas Party
  • Estrellados
  • Free and Easy
  • The Hollywood Revue of 1929
  • The Mysterious Island
  • West of Zanzibar
  • Sadie Thompson
  • Road House
  • Drums of Love
  • Alias Jimmy Valentine
  • The Lion and the Mouse
  • The River Woman
  • The Show
  • Body and Soul
  • Women Love Diamonds
  • The Thirteenth Hour
  • The Temptress
  • The Barrier
  • The Bells
  • Wife Tamers
  • Paris at Midnight
  • The Lucky Lady
  • The Splendid Road
  • A Man of Iron
  • The Wrongdoers
  • The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
  • Fifty-Fifty
  • Children of the Whirlwind
  • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
  • America
  • Decameron Nights
  • Meddling Women
  • Unseeing Eyes
  • The Eternal City
  • Enemies of Women
  • Boomerang Bill
  • The Face in the Fog
  • The Great Adventure
  • Jim the Penman
  • The Devil's Garden
  • The Copperhead
  • The Master Mind
  • The End of the Tour
  • His Father's Son
  • The Millionaire's Double
  • National Red Cross Pageant
  • The Brand of Cowardice
  • The Quitter
  • The Upheaval
  • Dorian's Divorce
  • The Romance of Elaine
  • The Flaming Sword
  • A Modern Magdalen
  • Dora Thorne
  • The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
  • A Yellow Streak
  • Wildfire
  • Her Father's Silent Partner
  • Judith of Bethulia
  • Men and Women
  • The Power of the Press
  • The Seats of the Mighty
  • The Exploits of Elaine
  • Under the Gaslight
  • Strongheart
  • The Woman in Black
  • The Sheriff's Baby
  • The Unwelcome Guest
  • Near To Earth
  • Death's Marathon
  • The House of Discord
  • The Yaqui Cur
  • The Wanderer
  • The Switchtower
  • Three Friends
  • An Indian's Loyalty
  • The Strong Man's Burden
  • Fate
  • The Telephone Girl and the Lady
  • The Little Tease
  • Oil and Water
  • A Timely Interception
  • The Lady and the Mouse
  • The House of Darkness
  • The Musketeers of Pig Alley
  • Gold and Glitter
  • The Informer
  • A Cry for Help
  • Heredity
  • Brutality
  • The New York Hat
  • The Painted Lady
  • The Chief's Blanket
  • So Near, Yet So Far
  • Friends
  • The Burglar’s Dilemma
  • My Baby
  • Fighting Blood
  • The Battle
  • The Miser's Heart
  • The White Caps

Behind the camera

  • Ten Cents a Dance
  • Redemption
  • The Rogue Song
  • The Sea Bat
  • Madame X
  • The Unholy Night
  • His Glorious Night
  • Life's Whirlpool
  • His Secret
  • The Burglar’s Dilemma

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