From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 focussing 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
| Birth Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1878-04-28 |
| Died | 1954-11-15 |
Movies
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
as Self (archive footage)
2008
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
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1988
Vincent Price's Dracula
as Professor Zelin - (archive footage)
1986
Super Duper Bloopers
as Himself
1986
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'Duel in the Sun' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
Our Mr. Sun
as Father Time (voice)
1956
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
1949
Down to the Sea in Ships
as Bering Joy
1949
Key Largo
as James Temple
1948
Dark Delusion
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
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
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1944
A Guy Named Joe
as The General
1943
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
1940
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1940
1940
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1940
The Stars Look Down
as Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
1940
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Dr. 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
1938
Young Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1938
You Can't Take It with You
as Grandpa 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
Camille
as Monsieur Duval
1936
The Road to Glory
as Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin
1936
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Andrew Jackson
1936
The Devil-Doll
as Paul Lavond
1936
The Voice of Bugle Ann
as Springfield Davis
1936
Ah, Wilderness!
as Nat Miller
1935
The Return Of Peter Grimm
as Peter Grimm
1935
Public Hero Number 1
as Dr. Josiah Glass
1935
Mark of the Vampire
as Professor Zelin
1935
The Little Colonel
as Colonel Lloyd
1935
David Copperfield
as Dan Peggotty
1935
Treasure Island
as Billy Bones
1934
The Girl from Missouri
as T.R. Paige
1934
This Side of Heaven
as Martin Turner
1934
Carolina
as Bob Connelly
1934
Dinner at Eight
as Oliver Jordan
1933
Should Ladies Behave
as Augustus Merrick
1933
Christopher Bean
as Dr. Milton Haggett
1933
Night Flight
as Robineau
1933
One Man's Journey
as Eli Watt
1933
The Stranger's Return
as Grandpa Cyrus Tatum Storr
1933
Looking Forward
as Tim Benton
1933
Sweepings
as Daniel Pardway
1933
Rasputin and the Empress
as Grigori Rasputin
1932
The Washington Masquerade
as Jefferson "Jeff" Keane
1932
Grand Hotel
as Otto Kringelein
1932
Arsène Lupin
as Detective Guerchard
1932
Broken Lullaby
as Dr. H. Holderlin
1932
Mata Hari
as General Serge Shubin
1931
The Christmas Party
as Himself (uncredited)
1931
The Yellow Ticket
as Baron Igor Andreeff
1931
Guilty Hands
as Richard Grant
1931
A Free Soul
as Stephen Ashe
1931
Estrellados
as Self (Guest Appearance)
1930
Free and Easy
as Bedroom Scene
1930
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited)
1929
The Mysterious Island
as Andre Dakkar
1929
The River Woman
as Bill Lefty
1928
West of Zanzibar
as Crane
1928
Alias Jimmy Valentine
as Doyle
1928
Road House
as Henry Grayson
1928
The Lion and the Mouse
as John Ryder
1928
Drums of Love
as Duke Cathos de Alvia
1928
Sadie Thompson
as Alfred Davidson
1928
The Thirteenth Hour
as Prof. Leroy
1927
Body and Soul
as Dr. Leyden
1927
Women Love Diamonds
as Hugo Harlan
1927
The Show
as The Greek
1927
The Temptress
as Canterac
1926
The Bells
as Mathias
1926
The Lucky Lady
as Count Ferranzo
1926
Paris at Midnight
as Vautrin
1926
Wife Tamers
as Mr. Barry
1926
The Barrier
as Stark Bennett
1926
Brooding Eyes
as Slim Jim Carey
1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
The Splendid Road
as Dan Clehollis
1925
The Woman Who Did
as Allan Merrick
1925
Fifty-Fifty
as Frederick Harmon
1925
The Wrongdoers
as Daniel Abbott
1925
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
as Gordon Kent
1925
Children of the Whirlwind
as Joe Ellison
1925
A Man of Iron
as Philip Durban
1925
I Am the Man
as James McQuade
1924
Meddling Women
as Edwin Ainsworth / John Wells (duel role)
1924
America
as Capt. Walter Butler
1924
Decameron Nights
as Saladin
1924
The Eternal City
as Baron Bonelli
1923
Unseeing Eyes
as Conrad Dean
1923
Enemies of Women
as Prince Lubimoff
1923
The Face in the Fog
as Boston Blackie Dawson
1922
Boomerang Bill
as Boomerang Bill
1922
Jim the Penman
as James Ralston
1921
The Great Adventure
as Priam Farll
1921
The Devil's Garden
as William Dale
1920
The Master Mind
as Henry Allen
1920
The Copperhead
as Milt Shanks
1920
The Millionaire's Double
as Bide Bennington
1917
His Father's Son
as J. Dabney Barro
1917
The End of the Tour
as Byron Bennett
1917
The Brand of Cowardice
as Cyril Hamilton
1916
The Upheaval
as Jim Gordon
1916
The Quitter
as Happy Jack Lewis
1916
Dorian's Divorce
as Richard Dorian
1916
A Yellow Streak
as Barry Dale
1915
Dora Thorne
as Lord Earle
1915
The Flaming Sword
as Steve
1915
The Romance of Elaine
as Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X
1915
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
as Judge Randolph Legarde
1915
A Modern Magdalen
as Lindsay
1915
Wildfire
as John Keefe
1915
The Seats of the Mighty
as Monsieur Doltaire
1914
The Span of Life
as Richard Blunt
1914
Under the Gaslight
as William Byke
1914
The Woman in Black
as Robert Crane
1914
The Power of the Press
as Steve Carson
1914
Men and Women
as Stephen Rodman / Robert Stevens
1914
Woman Against Woman
as Gilbert Craven
1914
Judith of Bethulia
as Extra (uncredited)
1914
Strongheart
as Billy Saunders
1914
Classmates
as Bubby Dumble
1914
The Bartered Crown
as The Landlord
1914
The House of Discord
as The Husband
1913
All for Science
as Detective
1913
1913
The Stolen Treaty
as The Japanese Diplomat
1913
The Strong Man's Burden
as John - the Elder Brother
1913
The Crook and the Girl
as The Nephew
1913
The Work Habit
as The Father
1913
The Suffragette Minstrels
as (unconfirmed)
1913
An Indian's Loyalty
as The Cattle Buyer
1913
Under the Shadow of the Law
as Charles Darnton - the Employer
1913
I Was Meant for You
as Lavina's Father
1913
The Mirror
as Daisy's Father
1913
Pa Says
as Teddy's Rival
1913
A Gamble with Death
as Jim Benton, the Bartender
1913
In Diplomatic Circles
as The Japanese Ambassador
1913
Almost a Wild Man
as In Audience (uncredited)
1913
The Switchtower
as First Counterfeiter
1913
Death's Marathon
as The Financial Backer
1913
The Well
as The Farmer
1913
The Enemy's Baby
as Postmaster Ben Brown
1913
Red Hicks Defies the World
as The Referee
1913
A Timely Interception
as Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother
1913
The Ranchero's Revenge
as The Ranchero
1913
Just Gold
as The Stay-at-Home Brother
1913
The Yaqui Cur
as The Easterner
1913
The House of Darkness
as The Doctor
1913
The Wanderer
as The Male Lover
1913
The Lady and the Mouse
as The Father
1913
A Misunderstood Boy
as The Father
1913
The Little Tease
as In Bar
1913
The Perfidy of Mary
as Mary's Father
1913
The Sheriff's Baby
as Third Bandit
1913
Fate
as Father, Loving Family
1913
Near To Earth
as Gato
1913
The Unwelcome Guest
as At Auction (uncredited)
1913
The Wrong Bottle
as The Father
1913
Love in an Apartment Hotel
as In Hotel Lobby
1913
A Chance Deception
as 2nd Policeman
1913
Oil and Water
as The Idealist's Friend
1913
The Tender Hearted Boy
as (uncredited)
1913
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
as The Father
1913
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
as The Desk Sergeant
1913
Three Friends
as Second Friend
1913
The God Within
as The Woman of the Camp's Lover
1912
A Cry for Help
as The Tramp
1912
1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma
as The Householder
1912
1912
The New York Hat
as Minister
1912
Brutality
as At Wedding
1912
The Informer
as Union Soldier
1912
My Baby
as At table
1912
Gold and Glitter
as The Lover
1912
Heredity
as Woodsman
1912
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
as The Musician's Friend
1912
The Painted Lady
as At Ice Cream Festival
1912
The One She Loved
as The Neighbor
1912
The Chief's Blanket
as The Young Man
1912
So Near, Yet So Far
as In Club
1912
Friends
as Grizzley Fallon - Dandy Jack's Friend
1912
The Miser's Heart
as Jules - the Thief
1911
The Battle
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
1911
1911
1905
Movies
Ten Cents a Dance
Director
1931
The Sea Bat
Director
1930
Redemption
Director
1930
The Rogue Song
Director
1930
His Glorious Night
Music
1929
His Glorious Night
Director
1929
The Unholy Night
Director
1929
Madame X
Director
1929
Life's Whirlpool
Writer
1917
Life's Whirlpool
Director
1917
His Secret
Director
1913
The Vengeance of Galora
Writer
1913
The Tender Hearted Boy
Writer
1913
The Burglar’s Dilemma
Writer
1912
