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.
248 acting credits · 9 directing credits
Acting · 248
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
MGM Parade
1955
Grand Hotel
1932
Camille
1936
Key Largo
1948
Duel in the Sun
1946
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Captains Courageous
1937
Dinner at Eight
1933
Mata Hari
1931
Dragon Seed
1944
The Valley of Decision
1945
Treasure Island
1934
Mark of the Vampire
1935
Lone Star
1952
Since You Went Away
1944
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
Complicated Women
2003
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Let Freedom Ring
1939
Lady Be Good
1941
A Free Soul
1931
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
Dark Delusion
1947
The Secret Heart
1946
David Copperfield
1935
Arsène Lupin
1932
Sweepings
1933
Main Street to Broadway
1953
The Road to Glory
1936
A Guy Named Joe
1944
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
That's Entertainment!
1974
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
Malaya
1949
Sadie Thompson
1928
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
On Borrowed Time
1939
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
The Bad Man
1941
Saratoga
1937
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
Estrellados
1930
The Mysterious Island
1929
Test Pilot
1938
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
The Girl from Missouri
1934
The Bells
1926
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
Guilty Hands
1931
Broken Lullaby
1932
Paris at Midnight
1926
Public Hero Number 1
1935
Strongheart
1914
The Stranger's Return
1933
The Devil-Doll
1936
Tennessee Johnson
1942
The Christmas Party
1931
Carolina
1934
The Sheriff's Baby
1913
This Side of Heaven
1934
Right Cross
1950
The Little Colonel
1935
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
Near To Earth
1913
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
The New York Hat
1912
The Stars Look Down
1940
Screen Actors
1950
Judith of Bethulia
1914
Ah, Wilderness!
1935
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943
Brutality
1912
Night Flight
1933
West of Zanzibar
1928
Dora Thorne
1915
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940
Our Mr. Sun
1956
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
2005
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942
Super Duper Bloopers
1986
Three Wise Fools
1946
A Gamble with Death
1913
Land of Liberty
1939
Young Dr. Kildare
1938
Twenty Years After
1944
A Yank at Oxford
1938
Looking Forward
1933
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
All for Science
1913
The Mirror
1913
The Washington Masquerade
1932
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
2008
Brooding Eyes
1926
3 Men in White
1944
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940
A Family Affair
1937
The Show
1927
Love in an Apartment Hotel
1913
America
1924
The Unwelcome Guest
1913
One Man's Journey
1933
Three Friends
1913
The Exploits of Elaine
1914
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1928
The Thirteenth Hour
1927
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
The Crook and the Girl
1913
Fighting Blood
1911
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
The Battle
1911
Free and Easy
1930
The Yellow Ticket
1931
National Red Cross Pageant
1917
The Lion and the Mouse
1928
Enemies of Women
1923
The Temptress
1926
The Millionaire's Double
1917
My Baby
1912
Death's Marathon
1913
The Upheaval
1916
The End of the Tour
1917
Between Two Women
1945
The Barrier
1926
The Enemy's Baby
1913
Yesterday and Today
1953
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
1942
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
Body and Soul
1927
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
1913
Women Love Diamonds
1927
Fate
1913
Almost a Wild Man
1913
Classmates
1914
Christopher Bean
1933
In Diplomatic Circles
1913
Breakdowns of 1949
1949
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
The Switchtower
1913
Dorian's Divorce
1916
The Penalty
1941
The Stolen Treaty
1913
Red Hicks Defies the World
1913
The Lucky Lady
1926
Film Fun
1955
The Well
1913
The Lady and the Mouse
1913
Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942
Bannerline
1951
The One She Loved
1912
The Devil's Garden
1920
I Am the Man
1924
The Little Tease
1913
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
1941
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
1913
Unseeing Eyes
1923
Under the Shadow of the Law
1913
The Return Of Peter Grimm
1935
Wildfire
1915
The Splendid Road
1925
Children of the Whirlwind
1925
The River Woman
1928
The Mesmerist
2003
The House of Discord
1913
The Master Mind
1920
Heredity
1912
The Informer
1912
Pa Says
1913
A Chance Deception
1913
The Painted Lady
1912
Woman Against Woman
1914
The Brand of Cowardice
1916
Boomerang Bill
1922
My Hero
1912
Meddling Women
1924
The Eternal City
1923
Road House
1928
The Chief's Blanket
1912
The Copperhead
1920
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
1925
The Wrongdoers
1925
The Miser's Heart
1911
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941
A Cry for Help
1912
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
1951
Friends
1912
The Perfidy of Mary
1913
Wife Tamers
1926
The Way of the World
1947
The Yaqui Cur
1913
Fifty-Fifty
1925
A Misunderstood Boy
1913
The Woman in Black
1914
The Strong Man's Burden
1913
Decameron Nights
1924
The Power of the Press
1914
The Ranchero's Revenge
1913
Gold and Glitter
1912
The White Caps
1905
A Timely Interception
1913
The Movies March On
1939
His Father's Son
1917
The House of Darkness
1913
I Was Meant for You
1913
The Vengeance of Galora
1913
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
1915
The Romance of Elaine
1915
The Wrong Bottle
1913
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914
The God Within
1912
The Seats of the Mighty
1914
Oil and Water
1913
The Bartered Crown
1914
Jim the Penman
1921
The Work Habit
1913
The Great Adventure
1921
Drums of Love
1928
The Wanderer
1913
Should Ladies Behave
1933
An Indian's Loyalty
1913
The Face in the Fog
1922
Just Gold
1913
The Suffragette Minstrels
1913
The Span of Life
1914
A Modern Magdalen
1915
Men and Women
1914
The Woman Who Did
1925
A Man of Iron
1925
The Tender Hearted Boy
1913
Under the Gaslight
1914
A Yellow Streak
1915
So Runs the Way
1913
The Flaming Sword
1915
The Cracksman's Gratitude
1914
The Movie Album
1932
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
1949
The Quitter
1916
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore
1938
