Lionel Barrymore
Born: Apr 28, 1878
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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.
Movie that he play too
It's a Wonderful Life
83% Match1946
Estrellados
0% Match1930
Calling Dr. Gillespie
65% Match1942
Key Largo
74% Match1948
The Romance of Elaine
0% Match1915
The End of the Tour
0% Match1917
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
56% Match1929
Duel in the Sun
63% Match1946
Public Hero Number 1
62% Match1935
Grand Hotel
70% Match1932
West of Zanzibar
68% Match1928
You Can't Take It with You
75% Match1938
Mata Hari
62% Match1931
On Borrowed Time
75% Match1939
Mark of the Vampire
61% Match1935
The Devil-Doll
68% Match1936
Since You Went Away
65% Match1944
The Little Colonel
65% Match1935
Sadie Thompson
65% Match1928
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
62% Match1912
Free and Easy
60% Match1930
A Guy Named Joe
66% Match1949
Rasputin and the Empress
51% Match1932
Test Pilot
65% Match1938
Lady Be Good
54% Match1941
Treasure Island
65% Match1934
The Valley of Decision
73% Match1945
Camille
69% Match1936
Lone Star
56% Match1952
David Copperfield
66% Match1935
Malaya
65% Match1949
Yesterday and Today
0% Match1953
Saratoga
62% Match1937
Captains Courageous
74% Match1937
Dinner at Eight
67% Match1933
Tennessee Johnson
61% Match1942
A Free Soul
60% Match1931
The Sheriff's Baby
50% Match1913
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
66% Match1941
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
68% Match1940
Gold and Glitter
0% Match1912
The Informer
0% Match1912
A Cry for Help
0% Match1912
The Unwelcome Guest
50% Match1913
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
0% Match1913
A Chance Deception
0% Match1913
Love in an Apartment Hotel
0% Match1913
Just Gold
0% Match1913
The Wrong Bottle
0% Match1913
So Runs the Way
0% Match1913
Night Flight
56% Match1933
Heredity
0% Match1912
Brutality
0% Match1912
My Hero
0% Match1912
Near To Earth
0% Match1913
Broken Lullaby
75% Match1932
The Ranchero's Revenge
0% Match1913
Red Hicks Defies the World
0% Match1913
The Well
0% Match1913
In Diplomatic Circles
0% Match1913
A Gamble with Death
0% Match1913
The Enemy's Baby
0% Match1913
The Mirror
0% Match1913
Under the Shadow of the Law
60% Match1913
I Was Meant for You
0% Match1913
The Work Habit
0% Match1913
The Crook and the Girl
0% Match1913
Fighting Blood
63% Match1911
The Stolen Treaty
0% Match1913
The Temptress
65% Match1926
All for Science
0% Match1913
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
55% Match1943
The Mysterious Island
51% Match1929
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
60% Match1940
The Yellow Ticket
47% Match1931
Ah, Wilderness!
65% Match1935
The Girl from Missouri
69% Match1934
Her Father's Silent Partner
0% Match1914
Judith of Bethulia
62% Match1914
The Road to Glory
63% Match1936
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
60% Match1972
The Stranger's Return
62% Match1933
The Show
60% Match1927
Should Ladies Behave
41% Match1933
The Gorgeous Hussy
53% Match1936
The New York Hat
57% Match1912
A Yank at Oxford
67% Match1938
Young Dr. Kildare
65% Match1938
Calling Dr. Kildare
61% Match1939
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
56% Match1939
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
46% Match1940
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
68% Match1941
Dr. Kildare's Victory
58% Match1942
A Family Affair
57% Match1937
A Misunderstood Boy
0% Match1913
Death's Marathon
57% Match1913
The Tender Hearted Boy
0% Match1913
The Perfidy of Mary
0% Match1913
Pa Says
0% Match1913
The Vengeance of Galora
0% Match1913
The Suffragette Minstrels
0% Match1913
Navy Blue and Gold
52% Match1937
Guilty Hands
58% Match1931
The Splendid Road
0% Match1925
The Woman Who Did
0% Match1925
The Barrier
60% Match1926
Road House
0% Match1928
The House of Discord
0% Match1913
The Return Of Peter Grimm
52% Match1935
The Bartered Crown
0% Match1914
Woman Against Woman
0% Match1914
The Cracksman's Gratitude
0% Match1914
Men and Women
0% Match1914
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
60% Match1938
The Power of the Press
0% Match1914
The Span of Life
0% Match1914
The Seats of the Mighty
0% Match1914
Arsène Lupin
69% Match1932
Down to the Sea in Ships
70% Match1949
The Exploits of Elaine
60% Match1914
Under the Gaslight
0% Match1914
A Modern Magdalen
0% Match1915
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
0% Match1915
The Flaming Sword
0% Match1915
Dora Thorne
0% Match1915
A Yellow Streak
0% Match1915
The Brand of Cowardice
0% Match1916
The Painted Lady
55% Match1912
His Father's Son
0% Match1917
The Millionaire's Double
0% Match1917
National Red Cross Pageant
0% Match1917
The White Caps
50% Match1905
The Battle
48% Match1911
The Miser's Heart
60% Match1911
The Chief's Blanket
0% Match1912
Boomerang Bill
20% Match1922
I Am the Man
0% Match1924
A Man of Iron
0% Match1925
The Wrongdoers
0% Match1925
3 Men in White
60% Match1944
The Voice of Bugle Ann
50% Match1936
The Yaqui Cur
0% Match1913
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
53% Match1942
The Wanderer
55% Match1913
The Switchtower
50% Match1913
So Near, Yet So Far
59% Match1912
Sweepings
51% Match1933
The Bells
62% Match1926
Friends
55% Match1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma
53% Match1912
Strongheart
50% Match1914
Wife Tamers
60% Match1926
Let Freedom Ring
60% Match1939
Right Cross
66% Match1950
One Man's Journey
65% Match1933
Bannerline
60% Match1951
Three Wise Fools
50% Match1946
Between Two Women
59% Match1945
The Washington Masquerade
65% Match1932
Our Mr. Sun
75% Match1956
This Side of Heaven
70% Match1934
Carolina
60% Match1934
The Secret Heart
63% Match1946
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
70% Match2004
Super Duper Bloopers
60% Match1986
Almost a Wild Man
0% Match1913
Looking Forward
62% Match1933
The Christmas Party
49% Match1931
Land of Liberty
0% Match1939
Unseeing Eyes
0% Match1923
The Eternal City
60% Match1923
Classmates
0% Match1914
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore
0% Match1938
Paris at Midnight
90% Match1926
Dark Delusion
60% Match1947
Drums of Love
50% Match1928
That's Entertainment!
74% Match1974
Alias Jimmy Valentine
0% Match1928
The Penalty
60% Match1941
The Devil's Garden
0% Match1920
Three Friends
50% Match1913
Body and Soul
0% Match1927
The Lucky Lady
55% Match1926
The Stars Look Down
64% Match1940
The Bad Man
54% Match1941
An Indian's Loyalty
0% Match1913
Main Street to Broadway
65% Match1953
The Strong Man's Burden
50% Match1913
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
67% Match1940
Christopher Bean
0% Match1933
The Face in the Fog
60% Match1922
The Lion and the Mouse
0% Match1928
From the Ends of the Earth
0% Match1939
Fate
57% Match1913
My Baby
55% Match1912
The One She Loved
0% Match1912
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
57% Match1913
Breakdowns of 1949
60% Match1949
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
65% Match1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
55% Match1940
The Mesmerist
80% Match2003
Wildfire
0% Match1915
America
57% Match1924
Dragon Seed
65% Match1944
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
0% Match2002
Complicated Women
67% Match2003
That's Entertainment, Part II
69% Match1976
Twenty Years After
60% Match1944
Brooding Eyes
0% Match1926
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
0% Match1925
Women Love Diamonds
0% Match1927
The Little Tease
50% Match1913
Fifty-Fifty
0% Match1925
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
20% Match1951
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
100% Match1943
Oil and Water
0% Match1913
The Quitter
0% Match1916
A Timely Interception
48% Match1913
The God Within
0% Match1912
Enemies of Women
52% Match1923
The Great Adventure
0% Match1921
The River Woman
0% Match1928
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
60% Match1987
The Copperhead
55% Match1920
Jim the Penman
0% Match1921
Children of the Whirlwind
0% Match1925
The Woman in Black
50% Match1914
The Thirteenth Hour
70% Match1927
The Lady and the Mouse
0% Match1913
Film Fun
40% Match1955
The Movies March On
35% Match1939
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
73% Match1925
The Upheaval
0% Match1916
Dorian's Divorce
0% Match1916
Screen Actors
60% Match1950
The House of Darkness
50% Match1913
Decameron Nights
0% Match1924
Meddling Women
0% Match1924
The Master Mind
0% Match1920
Hooray for Hollywood
0% Match1976
The Way of the World
0% Match1947