Lionel Barrymore
Known for: Acting
Born: April 28, 1878
Died: November 15, 1954
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Filmography
256 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
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Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
2008
10.0
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
20057.0
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
8.0
The Mesmerist
2003
6.9
Complicated Women
2003
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D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
6.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
4.0
Super Duper Bloopers
1986
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
8.0
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
7.4
That's Entertainment!
1974
7.2
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
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Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
7.3
Our Mr. Sun
1956
7.5
MGM Parade
19555.3
Film Fun
1955
7.0
Yesterday and Today
1953
7.3
Main Street to Broadway
1953
5.7
Lone Star
1952
6.8
Bannerline
1951
5.5
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
1951
7.3
Right Cross
19506.3
Screen Actors
1950
6.0
Breakdowns of 1949
1949
6.9
Malaya
1949
7.0
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
1949
7.2
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
7.5
Key Largo
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
6.8
Dark Delusion
1947
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The Way of the World
1947
6.4
Duel in the Sun
1946
6.5
The Secret Heart
1946
8.3
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
5.7
Three Wise Fools
1946
7.2
The Valley of Decision
1945
6.1
Between Two Women
1945
6.8
Dragon Seed
1944
6.6
Since You Went Away
1944
6.4
3 Men in White
1944
6.7
A Guy Named Joe
1944
8.0
Twenty Years After
1944
8.5
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943
6.0
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
6.7
Tennessee Johnson
1942
6.5
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
1942
7.0
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942
6.2
Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942
5.5
Lady Be Good
1941
6.8
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941
7.0
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
1941
5.9
The Bad Man
1941
7.4
The Penalty
1941
6.7
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940
6.8
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
6.8
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
6.3
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
5.8
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
4.8
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940
6.5
The Stars Look Down
1940
6.1
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
7.6
On Borrowed Time
1939
5.3
The Movies March On
1939
9.0
Land of Liberty
1939
5.0
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
6.6
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
6.8
Let Freedom Ring
19397.0
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore
1938
6.7
Young Dr. Kildare
1938
7.5
You Can't Take It with You
1938
6.0
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
6.1
Test Pilot
1938
6.8
A Yank at Oxford
1938
5.7
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
6.5
Saratoga
1937
7.4
Captains Courageous
1937
5.9
A Family Affair
1937
7.0
Camille
1936
6.5
The Road to Glory
1936
5.5
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
6.8
The Devil-Doll
1936
5.5
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936
6.6
Ah, Wilderness!
1935
6.0
The Return Of Peter Grimm
1935
6.3
Public Hero Number 1
1935
6.2
Mark of the Vampire
1935
6.6
The Little Colonel
1935
6.7
David Copperfield
1935
6.5
Treasure Island
1934
7.4
The Girl from Missouri
1934
7.5
This Side of Heaven
1934
6.7
Carolina
1934
6.8
Dinner at Eight
1933
4.8
Should Ladies Behave
1933
8.0
Christopher Bean
1933
5.6
Night Flight
1933
6.7
One Man's Journey
1933
6.2
The Stranger's Return
1933
6.6
Looking Forward
1933
5.8
Sweepings
1933
5.5
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
7.0
Grand Hotel
1932
6.8
The Washington Masquerade
1932
7.5
The Movie Album
1932
7.0
Arsène Lupin
1932
7.4
Broken Lullaby
1932
6.2
Mata Hari
1931
5.4
The Christmas Party
1931
5.1
The Yellow Ticket
1931
5.9
Guilty Hands
1931
6.2
A Free Soul
1931
6.7
Ten Cents a Dance
1931
10.0
Si l'empereur savait ça
1930
7.0
Estrellados
1930
4.4
The Sea Bat
1930
5.7
Redemption
1930
6.1
Free and Easy
1930
6.5
The Rogue Song
1930
5.7
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
5.6
The Mysterious Island
1929
7.0
His Glorious Night
1929
5.7
The Unholy Night
1929
6.3
Madame X
1929
9.0
The River Woman
1928
6.9
West of Zanzibar
1928
8.0
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1928
10.0
Road House
1928
9.0
The Lion and the Mouse
1928
7.5
Drums of Love
1928
6.6
Sadie Thompson
1928
8.0
The Thirteenth Hour
1927
7.0
Body and Soul
1927
8.0
Women Love Diamonds
1927
6.1
The Show
1927
6.7
The Temptress
1926
6.2
The Bells
1926
7.0
The Lucky Lady
1926
9.0
Paris at Midnight
1926
7.0
Wife Tamers
1926
7.0
The Barrier
192610.0
Brooding Eyes
1926
7.3
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
7.0
The Splendid Road
19259.0
The Woman Who Did
1925
9.0
Fifty-Fifty
1925
7.0
The Wrongdoers
1925
9.0
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
1925
9.0
Children of the Whirlwind
1925
10.0
A Man of Iron
19257.0
I Am the Man
1924
10.0
Meddling Women
1924
5.9
America
1924
9.0
Decameron Nights
1924
7.5
The Eternal City
1923
NR
Unseeing Eyes
1923
6.5
Enemies of Women
1923
7.0
The Face in the Fog
1922
4.5
Boomerang Bill
1922
8.0
Jim the Penman
1921
7.0
The Great Adventure
1921
7.0
The Devil's Garden
1920
8.0
The Master Mind
1920
7.0
The Copperhead
1920
8.0
National Red Cross Pageant
1917
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Life's Whirlpool
1917
NR
The Millionaire's Double
1917
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His Father's Son
1917
8.0
The End of the Tour
1917
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The Brand of Cowardice
1916
7.0
The Upheaval
1916
NR
The Quitter
1916
7.0
Dorian's Divorce
1916
NR
A Yellow Streak
1915
NR
Dora Thorne
1915
NR
The Flaming Sword
1915
NR
The Romance of Elaine
1915
NR
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
1915
NR
A Modern Magdalen
1915
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Wildfire
1915
6.0
The Exploits of Elaine
1914
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The Seats of the Mighty
1914NR
The Span of Life
1914
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Under the Gaslight
1914
5.0
The Woman in Black
1914
NR
The Power of the Press
1914
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Men and Women
1914NR
The Cracksman's Gratitude
191410.0
Woman Against Woman
1914
6.1
Judith of Bethulia
1914
5.0
Strongheart
1914
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Her Father's Silent Partner
1914NR
Classmates
1914NR
The Bartered Crown
1914
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The House of Discord
19137.0
All for Science
1913NR
So Runs the Way
1913
6.5
His Secret
1913NR
The Stolen Treaty
1913
7.0
The Strong Man's Burden
1913NR
The Crook and the Girl
19139.0
The Work Habit
191310.0
The Suffragette Minstrels
1913
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An Indian's Loyalty
19136.0
Under the Shadow of the Law
191310.0
I Was Meant for You
1913NR
The Vengeance of Galora
1913NR
The Mirror
1913NR
Pa Says
191310.0
A Gamble with Death
191310.0
In Diplomatic Circles
1913NR
Almost a Wild Man
1913
5.0
The Switchtower
1913
5.7
Death's Marathon
1913NR
The Well
1913NR
The Enemy's Baby
191310.0
Red Hicks Defies the World
1913
4.8
A Timely Interception
1913NR
The Ranchero's Revenge
1913NR
Just Gold
1913
NR
The Yaqui Cur
1913
5.0
The House of Darkness
1913
5.4
The Wanderer
1913
NR
The Lady and the Mouse
1913NR
A Misunderstood Boy
1913
5.0
The Little Tease
1913NR
The Perfidy of Mary
1913
5.5
The Sheriff's Baby
1913
5.7
Fate
1913
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Near To Earth
1913
5.0
The Unwelcome Guest
1913NR
The Wrong Bottle
1913NR
Love in an Apartment Hotel
1913NR
A Chance Deception
1913
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Oil and Water
1913NR
The Tender Hearted Boy
1913NR
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
1913
5.7
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
1913
5.0
Three Friends
1913NR
The God Within
1912
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A Cry for Help
1912
5.3
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912NR
My Hero
1912
5.6
The New York Hat
1912
NR
Brutality
1912
NR
The Informer
1912
5.5
My Baby
1912
NR
Gold and Glitter
1912
NR
Heredity
1912
6.1
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
5.7
The Painted Lady
1912NR
The One She Loved
1912
NR
The Chief's Blanket
1912
5.9
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
5.5
Friends
1912
6.0
The Miser's Heart
1911
4.6
The Battle
1911
6.3
Fighting Blood
1911
5.6
The White Caps
1905