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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 28, 1878
Died
November 15, 1954
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Lionel Herbert Blythe
- Lionel Blythe
- لیونل بریمور
Lionel Barrymore
1.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
2008
🎬
7.0
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
8.0
The Innkeeper (archive footage)
The Mesmerist
2003
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
0.0
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
6.0
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
6.0
Self
Super Duper Bloopers
1986
6.9
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
7.4
(archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
1974
Credits
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
as Self (archive footage)
2008
0.0
🎬
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
2004
7.0
The Mesmerist
as The Innkeeper (archive footage)
2003
8.0
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
6.7
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
0.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
6.0
Super Duper Bloopers
as Self
1986
6.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1976
0.0
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
7.4
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
Our Mr. Sun
as Father Time (voice)
1956
7.5
🎬
Film Fun
as (archive footage)
1955
4.0
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
1953
0.0
Main Street to Broadway
as Self
1953
6.5
Lone Star
as Andrew Jackson
1952
5.6
Bannerline
as Hugo Trimble
1951
6.0
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
as Himself - Giving Introduction
1951
2.0
Right Cross
as Sean O'Malley
1950
6.6
🎬
Screen Actors
as Self (uncredited)
1950
6.0
Breakdowns of 1949
as Self
1949
6.0
Malaya
as John Manchester
1949
6.5
🎬
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
as Himself
1949
0.0
Down to the Sea in Ships
as Bering Joy
1949
7.0
A Guy Named Joe
as The General
1949
6.6
Key Largo
as James Temple
1948
7.4
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Dark Delusion
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1947
6.0
The Way of the World
as Grizzley Fallon (Archive Footage)
1947
0.0
Duel in the Sun
as Sen. Jackson McCanles
1946
6.3
The Secret Heart
as Dr. Rossiger
1946
6.3
It's a Wonderful Life
as Mr. Potter
1946
8.3
Three Wise Fools
as Dr. Richard Gaunght
1946
5.0
The Valley of Decision
as Pat Rafferty
1945
7.3
Between Two Women
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1945
5.9
Dragon Seed
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1944
6.5
Since You Went Away
as Clergyman
1944
6.5
3 Men in White
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1944
6.0
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1944
6.0
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
as Gramps
1943
10.0
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1943
5.5
Tennessee Johnson
as Thaddeus Stevens
1942
6.1
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1942
5.3
Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1942
6.5
Dr. Kildare's Victory
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1942
5.8
Lady Be Good
as Judge Murdock
1941
5.4
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1941
6.6
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1941
6.8
The Bad Man
as Uncle Henry Jones
1941
5.4
The Penalty
as 'Grandpop' Logan
1941
6.0
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1940
6.0
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
1940
6.7
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1940
6.8
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1940
6.5
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
1940
5.5
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1940
4.6
The Stars Look Down
as Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
1940
6.4
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1939
5.6
On Borrowed Time
as Julian Northrup aka Gramps
1939
7.5
The Movies March On
as Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage)
1939
3.5
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
1939
0.0
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
1939
0.0
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1939
6.1
Let Freedom Ring
as Thomas Logan
1939
6.0
🎬
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore
as Self
1938
0.0
Young Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1938
6.5
You Can't Take It with You
as Martin Vanderhof
1938
7.5
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as Lionel Barrymore
1938
6.0
Test Pilot
as Howard B. Drake
1938
6.5
A Yank at Oxford
as Dan Sheridan
1938
6.7
Navy Blue and Gold
as Captain 'Skinny' Dawes
1937
5.3
Saratoga
as Grandpa Clayton
1937
6.2
Captains Courageous
as Captain Disko Troop
1937
7.5
A Family Affair
as Judge Hardy
1937
5.7
Camille
as Monsieur Duval
1936
6.9
The Road to Glory
as Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin
1936
6.3
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Andrew Jackson
1936
5.3
The Devil-Doll
as Paul Lavond
1936
6.8
The Voice of Bugle Ann
as Springfield Davis
1936
5.0
Ah, Wilderness!
as Nat Miller
1935
6.5
The Return Of Peter Grimm
as Peter Grimm
1935
5.2
Public Hero Number 1
as Dr. Josiah Glass
1935
6.2
Mark of the Vampire
as Professor Zelin
1935
6.1
The Little Colonel
as Colonel Lloyd
1935
6.5
David Copperfield
as Dan Peggotty
1935
6.6
Treasure Island
as Billy Bones
1934
6.5
The Girl from Missouri
as T.R. Paige
1934
6.9
This Side of Heaven
as Martin Turner
1934
7.0
Carolina
as Bob Connelly
1934
6.0
Dinner at Eight
as Oliver Jordan
1933
6.7
Should Ladies Behave
as Augustus Merrick
1933
4.1
Christopher Bean
as Dr. Milton Haggett
1933
0.0
Night Flight
as Robineau
1933
5.6
One Man's Journey
as Eli Watt
1933
6.5
The Stranger's Return
as Grandpa Cyrus Tatum Storr
1933
6.2
Looking Forward
as Tim Benton
1933
6.2
Sweepings
as Daniel Pardway
1933
5.1
Rasputin and the Empress
as Grigori Rasputin
1932
5.1
The Washington Masquerade
as Jefferson "Jeff" Keane
1932
6.5
Grand Hotel
as Otto Kringelein
1932
7.0
Arsène Lupin
as Detective Guerchard
1932
6.9
Broken Lullaby
as Dr. H. Holderlin
1932
7.5
Mata Hari
as General Serge Shubin
1931
6.2
The Christmas Party
as Himself (uncredited)
1931
4.9
The Yellow Ticket
as Baron Igor Andreeff
1931
4.7
Guilty Hands
as Richard Grant
1931
5.9
A Free Soul
as Stephen Ashe
1931
6.0
Estrellados
as Self (Guest Appearance)
1930
0.0
Free and Easy
as Bedroom Scene
1930
6.0
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited)
1929
5.6
The Mysterious Island
as Andre Dakkar
1929
5.2
The River Woman
as Bill Lefty
1928
0.0
West of Zanzibar
as Crane
1928
6.8
Alias Jimmy Valentine
as Doyle
1928
0.0
Road House
as Henry Grayson
1928
0.0
The Lion and the Mouse
as John Ryder
1928
0.0
Drums of Love
as Duke Cathos de Alvia
1928
5.0
Sadie Thompson
as Alfred Davidson
1928
6.5
The Thirteenth Hour
as Prof. Leroy
1927
7.0
Body and Soul
as Dr. Leyden
1927
0.0
Women Love Diamonds
as Hugo Harlan
1927
0.0
The Show
as The Greek
1927
6.0
The Temptress
as Canterac
1926
6.5
The Bells
as Mathias
1926
6.2
The Lucky Lady
as Count Ferranzo
1926
5.5
Paris at Midnight
as Vautrin
1926
9.0
Wife Tamers
as Mr. Barry
1926
6.0
The Barrier
as Stark Bennett
1926
6.0
🎬
Brooding Eyes
as Slim Jim Carey
1926
0.0
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
7.3
The Splendid Road
as Dan Clehollis
1925
0.0
🎬
The Woman Who Did
as Allan Merrick
1925
0.0
Fifty-Fifty
as Frederick Harmon
1925
0.0
The Wrongdoers
as Daniel Abbott
1925
0.0
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
as Gordon Kent
1925
0.0
Children of the Whirlwind
as Joe Ellison
1925
0.0
A Man of Iron
as Philip Durban
1925
0.0
🎬
I Am the Man
as James McQuade
1924
0.0
Meddling Women
as Edwin Ainsworth / John Wells (duel role)
1924
0.0
America
as Capt. Walter Butler
1924
5.7
Decameron Nights
as Saladin
1924
0.0
The Eternal City
as Baron Bonelli
1923
6.0
Unseeing Eyes
as Conrad Dean
1923
0.0
Enemies of Women
as Prince Lubimoff
1923
5.2
The Face in the Fog
as Boston Blackie Dawson
1922
6.0
Boomerang Bill
as Boomerang Bill
1922
2.0
Jim the Penman
as James Ralston
1921
0.0
The Great Adventure
as Priam Farll
1921
0.0
The Devil's Garden
as William Dale
1920
0.0
The Master Mind
as Henry Allen
1920
0.0
The Copperhead
as Milt Shanks
1920
5.5
National Red Cross Pageant
1917
0.0
The Millionaire's Double
as Bide Bennington
1917
0.0
His Father's Son
as J. Dabney Barro
1917
0.0
The End of the Tour
as Byron Bennett
1917
0.0
The Brand of Cowardice
as Cyril Hamilton
1916
0.0
The Upheaval
as Jim Gordon
1916
0.0
The Quitter
as Happy Jack Lewis
1916
0.0
Dorian's Divorce
as Richard Dorian
1916
0.0
A Yellow Streak
as Barry Dale
1915
0.0
Dora Thorne
as Lord Earle
1915
0.0
The Flaming Sword
as Steve
1915
0.0
The Romance of Elaine
as Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X
1915
0.0
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
as Judge Randolph Legarde
1915
0.0
A Modern Magdalen
as Lindsay
1915
0.0
Wildfire
as John Keefe
1915
0.0
The Exploits of Elaine
1914
6.0
The Seats of the Mighty
as Monsieur Doltaire
1914
0.0
🎬
The Span of Life
as Richard Blunt
1914
0.0
Under the Gaslight
as William Byke
1914
0.0
The Woman in Black
as Robert Crane
1914
5.0
The Power of the Press
as Steve Carson
1914
0.0
Men and Women
as Stephen Rodman / Robert Stevens
1914
0.0
🎬
The Cracksman's Gratitude
1914
0.0
🎬
Woman Against Woman
as Gilbert Craven
1914
0.0
Judith of Bethulia
as Extra (uncredited)
1914
6.1
Strongheart
as Billy Saunders
1914
5.0
🎬
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914
0.0
🎬
Classmates
as Bubby Dumble
1914
0.0
🎬
The Bartered Crown
as The Landlord
1914
0.0
The House of Discord
as The Husband
1913
0.0
🎬
All for Science
as Detective
1913
0.0
🎬
So Runs the Way
1913
0.0
🎬
The Stolen Treaty
as The Japanese Diplomat
1913
0.0
The Strong Man's Burden
as John - the Elder Brother
1913
5.0
🎬
The Crook and the Girl
as The Nephew
1913
0.0
🎬
The Work Habit
as The Father
1913
0.0
🎬
The Suffragette Minstrels
as (unconfirmed)
1913
0.0
An Indian's Loyalty
as The Cattle Buyer
1913
0.0
🎬
Under the Shadow of the Law
as Charles Darnton - the Employer
1913
6.0
🎬
I Was Meant for You
as Lavina's Father
1913
0.0
🎬
The Vengeance of Galora
1913
0.0
🎬
The Mirror
as Daisy's Father
1913
0.0
🎬
Pa Says
as Teddy's Rival
1913
0.0
🎬
A Gamble with Death
as Jim Benton, the Bartender
1913
0.0
🎬
In Diplomatic Circles
as The Japanese Ambassador
1913
0.0
🎬
Almost a Wild Man
as In Audience (uncredited)
1913
0.0
The Switchtower
as First Counterfeiter
1913
5.0
Death's Marathon
as The Financial Backer
1913
5.7
🎬
The Well
as The Farmer
1913
0.0
🎬
The Enemy's Baby
as Postmaster Ben Brown
1913
0.0
🎬
Red Hicks Defies the World
as The Referee
1913
0.0
A Timely Interception
as Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother
1913
4.8
🎬
The Ranchero's Revenge
as The Ranchero
1913
0.0
🎬
Just Gold
as The Stay-at-Home Brother
1913
0.0
The Yaqui Cur
as The Easterner
1913
0.0
The House of Darkness
as The Doctor
1913
5.0
The Wanderer
as The Male Lover
1913
5.5
The Lady and the Mouse
as The Father
1913
0.0
🎬
A Misunderstood Boy
as The Father
1913
0.0
The Little Tease
as In Bar
1913
5.0
🎬
The Perfidy of Mary
as Mary's Father
1913
0.0
The Sheriff's Baby
as Third Bandit
1913
5.0
Fate
as Father, Loving Family
1913
5.7
Near To Earth
as Gato
1913
0.0
The Unwelcome Guest
as At Auction (uncredited)
1913
5.0
🎬
The Wrong Bottle
as The Father
1913
0.0
🎬
Love in an Apartment Hotel
as In Hotel Lobby
1913
0.0
🎬
A Chance Deception
as 2nd Policeman
1913
0.0
Oil and Water
as The Idealist's Friend
1913
0.0
🎬
The Tender Hearted Boy
as (uncredited)
1913
0.0
🎬
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
as The Father
1913
0.0
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
as The Desk Sergeant
1913
5.7
Three Friends
as Second Friend
1913
5.0
🎬
The God Within
as The Woman of the Camp's Lover
1912
0.0
A Cry for Help
as The Tramp
1912
0.0
The Burglar’s Dilemma
as The Householder
1912
5.3
🎬
My Hero
1912
0.0
The New York Hat
as Minister
1912
5.6
Brutality
as At Wedding
1912
0.0
The Informer
as Union Soldier
1912
0.0
My Baby
as At table
1912
5.5
Gold and Glitter
as The Lover
1912
0.0
Heredity
as Woodsman
1912
0.0
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
as The Musician's Friend
1912
6.2
The Painted Lady
as At Ice Cream Festival
1912
5.5
The One She Loved
as The Neighbor
1912
0.0
The Chief's Blanket
as The Young Man
1912
0.0
So Near, Yet So Far
as In Club
1912
5.9
Friends
as Grizzley Fallon - Dandy Jack's Friend
1912
5.5
The Miser's Heart
as Jules - the Thief
1911
6.0
The Battle
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
1911
4.8
Fighting Blood
1911
6.3
The White Caps
1905
5.0