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Lionel Barrymore
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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 focussing solely on Gillespie and... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You as Self (archive footage) | 2008-12-09 |
Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self / Various roles (archive footage) | 2004-02-03 |
The Mesmerist as The Innkeeper (archive footage) | 2003-11-07 |
Complicated Women as Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 | 2002-09-10 |
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage) | 1988-11-22 |
Super Duper Bloopers as Self | 1986-01-01 |
That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
Hooray for Hollywood as Self (archive footage) | 1976-01-01 |
That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1974-06-21 |
Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
Hollywood: The Selznick Years as 'Duel in the Sun' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1961-12-31 |
Our Mr. Sun as Father Time (voice) | 1956-11-19 |
Film Fun as (archive footage) | 1955-08-19 |
Yesterday and Today as (archive footage) | 1953-12-02 |
Main Street to Broadway as Self | 1953-10-12 |
Lone Star as Andrew Jackson | 1952-10-24 |
Bannerline as Hugo Trimble | 1951-10-12 |
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story as Himself - Giving Introduction | 1951-03-12 |
Right Cross as Sean O'Malley | 1950-10-06 |
Screen Actors as Self (uncredited) | 1950-05-13 |
Breakdowns of 1949 as Self | 1949-12-31 |
Malaya as John Manchester | 1949-12-27 |
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership as Himself | 1949-06-23 |
Down to the Sea in Ships as Bering Joy | 1949-02-15 |
Key Largo as James Temple | 1948-07-16 |
Dark Delusion as Dr. Leonard Gillespie | 1947-06-24 |
Duel in the Sun as Sen. Jackson McCanles | 1946-12-31 |
The Secret Heart as Dr. Rossiger | 1946-12-25 |
It's a Wonderful Life as Mr. Potter | 1946-12-20 |
Three Wise Fools as Dr. Richard Gaunght | 1946-09-26 |
The Valley of Decision as Pat Rafferty | 1945-05-03 |
Between Two Women as Dr. Leonard Gillespie | 1945-03-28 |
Dragon Seed as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-07-20 |
Since You Went Away as Clergyman | 1944-06-30 |
3 Men in White as Dr. Leonard Gillespie | 1944-05-25 |
Twenty Years After as (archive footage) | 1944-01-01 |
A Guy Named Joe as The General | 1943-12-24 |
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith as Gramps | 1943-09-09 |
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Dr. Leonard Gillespie | 1943-05-08 |
Tennessee Johnson as Thaddeus Stevens | 1942-12-01 |
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant as Dr. Leonard Gillespie | 1942-11-01 |
Calling Dr. Gillespie as Dr. Leonard Gillespie | 1942-08-01 |
Dr. Kildare's Victory as Dr. Leonard Gillespie | 1942-02-04 |
Lady Be Good as Judge Murdock | 1941-09-18 |
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day as Dr. Leonard Gillespie | 1941-08-22 |
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare as Dr. Leonard Gillespie | 1941-05-02 |
The Bad Man as Uncle Henry Jones | 1941-03-28 |
The Penalty as 'Grandpop' Logan | 1941-03-13 |
Dr. Kildare's Crisis as Dr. Leonard Gillespie | 1940-11-29 |
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self | 1940-10-24 |
Dr. Kildare Goes Home as Dr. Leonard Gillespie | 1940-09-06 |
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage) | 1940-07-31 |
Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Self | 1940-05-29 |
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case as Dr. Leonard Gillespie | 1940-04-12 |
The Stars Look Down as Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice) | 1940-01-22 |
The Secret of Dr. Kildare as Dr. Leonard Gillespie | 1939-11-24 |
On Borrowed Time as Julian Northrup aka Gramps | 1939-07-07 |
The Movies March On as Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage) | 1939-07-03 |
Land of Liberty as (archive footage) | 1939-06-15 |
From the Ends of the Earth as Self | 1939-05-28 |
Calling Dr. Kildare as Dr. Leonard Gillespie | 1939-04-28 |
Let Freedom Ring as Thomas Logan | 1939-02-24 |
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore as Self | 1938-12-09 |
Young Dr. Kildare as Dr. Leonard Gillespie | 1938-10-14 |
You Can't Take It with You as Martin Vanderhof | 1938-09-01 |
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 as Lionel Barrymore | 1938-07-29 |
Test Pilot as Howard B. Drake | 1938-04-16 |
A Yank at Oxford as Dan Sheridan | 1938-02-18 |
Navy Blue and Gold as Captain 'Skinny' Dawes | 1937-11-19 |
Saratoga as Grandpa Clayton | 1937-07-23 |
Captains Courageous as Captain Disko Troop | 1937-06-25 |
A Family Affair as Judge Hardy | 1937-03-12 |
Camille as Monsieur Duval | 1936-12-26 |
The Road to Glory as Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin | 1936-09-04 |
The Gorgeous Hussy as Andrew Jackson | 1936-08-28 |
The Devil-Doll as Paul Lavond | 1936-07-10 |
The Voice of Bugle Ann as Springfield Davis | 1936-02-15 |
Ah, Wilderness! as Nat Miller | 1935-12-25 |
The Return Of Peter Grimm as Peter Grimm | 1935-09-13 |
Public Hero Number 1 as Dr. Josiah Glass | 1935-05-31 |
Mark of the Vampire as Professor Zelin | 1935-04-26 |
The Little Colonel as Colonel Lloyd | 1935-02-22 |
David Copperfield as Dan Peggotty | 1935-01-18 |
Treasure Island as Billy Bones | 1934-08-17 |
The Girl from Missouri as T.R. Paige | 1934-08-03 |
This Side of Heaven as Martin Turner | 1934-02-02 |
Carolina as Bob Connelly | 1934-02-02 |
Dinner at Eight as Oliver Jordan | 1933-12-22 |
Should Ladies Behave as Augustus Merrick | 1933-12-01 |
Christopher Bean as Dr. Milton Haggett | 1933-11-17 |
Night Flight as Robineau | 1933-10-06 |
One Man's Journey as Eli Watt | 1933-08-31 |
The Stranger's Return as Grandpa Cyrus Tatum Storr | 1933-07-28 |
Looking Forward as Tim Benton | 1933-04-28 |
Sweepings as Daniel Pardway | 1933-04-14 |
Rasputin and the Empress as Grigori Rasputin | 1932-12-23 |
The Washington Masquerade as Jefferson "Jeff" Keane | 1932-07-09 |
Grand Hotel as Otto Kringelein | 1932-05-25 |
Arsène Lupin as Detective Guerchard | 1932-02-26 |
Broken Lullaby as Dr. H. Holderlin | 1932-01-19 |
Mata Hari as General Serge Shubin | 1931-12-26 |
The Christmas Party as Himself (uncredited) | 1931-12-17 |
The Yellow Ticket as Baron Igor Andreeff | 1931-10-30 |
Guilty Hands as Richard Grant | 1931-08-22 |
A Free Soul as Stephen Ashe | 1931-06-02 |
Estrellados as Self (Guest Appearance) | 1930-07-07 |
Free and Easy as Bedroom Scene | 1930-03-22 |
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 as Self - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited) | 1929-11-23 |
The Mysterious Island as Andre Dakkar | 1929-10-05 |
The River Woman as Bill Lefty | 1928-12-01 |
West of Zanzibar as Crane | 1928-11-24 |
Alias Jimmy Valentine as Doyle | 1928-11-15 |
Road House as Henry Grayson | 1928-07-25 |
The Lion and the Mouse as John Ryder | 1928-05-21 |
Drums of Love as Duke Cathos de Alvia | 1928-01-24 |
Sadie Thompson as Alfred Davidson | 1928-01-07 |
The Thirteenth Hour as Prof. Leroy | 1927-10-17 |
Body and Soul as Dr. Leyden | 1927-10-01 |
Women Love Diamonds as Hugo Harlan | 1927-02-12 |
The Show as The Greek | 1927-01-22 |
The Temptress as Canterac | 1926-10-03 |
The Bells as Mathias | 1926-07-29 |
The Lucky Lady as Count Ferranzo | 1926-04-25 |
Paris at Midnight as Vautrin | 1926-04-17 |
Wife Tamers as Mr. Barry | 1926-03-25 |
The Barrier as Stark Bennett | 1926-03-21 |
Brooding Eyes as Slim Jim Carey | 1926-03-15 |
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | 1925-12-25 |
The Splendid Road as Dan Clehollis | 1925-12-06 |
The Woman Who Did as Allan Merrick | 1925-11-18 |
Fifty-Fifty as Frederick Harmon | 1925-11-15 |
The Wrongdoers as Daniel Abbott | 1925-09-03 |
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work as Gordon Kent | 1925-08-18 |
Children of the Whirlwind as Joe Ellison | 1925-08-15 |
A Man of Iron as Philip Durban | 1925-06-28 |
I Am the Man as James McQuade | 1924-12-15 |
Meddling Women as Edwin Ainsworth / John Wells (duel role) | 1924-11-15 |
America as Capt. Walter Butler | 1924-02-21 |
Decameron Nights as Saladin | 1924-01-02 |
The Eternal City as Baron Bonelli | 1923-12-17 |
Unseeing Eyes as Conrad Dean | 1923-11-18 |
Enemies of Women as Prince Lubimoff | 1923-04-15 |
The Face in the Fog as Boston Blackie Dawson | 1922-10-07 |
Boomerang Bill as Boomerang Bill | 1922-01-15 |
Jim the Penman as James Ralston | 1921-04-04 |
The Great Adventure as Priam Farll | 1921-01-06 |
The Devil's Garden as William Dale | 1920-11-22 |
The Master Mind as Henry Allen | 1920-09-12 |
The Copperhead as Milt Shanks | 1920-01-25 |
National Red Cross Pageant | 1917-12-01 |
The Millionaire's Double as Bide Bennington | 1917-04-30 |
His Father's Son as J. Dabney Barro | 1917-03-19 |
The End of the Tour as Byron Bennett | 1917-01-29 |
The Brand of Cowardice as Cyril Hamilton | 1916-10-23 |
The Upheaval as Jim Gordon | 1916-08-28 |
The Quitter as Happy Jack Lewis | 1916-07-10 |
Dorian's Divorce as Richard Dorian | 1916-06-05 |
A Yellow Streak as Barry Dale | 1915-12-06 |
Dora Thorne as Lord Earle | 1915-11-03 |
The Flaming Sword as Steve | 1915-06-28 |
The Romance of Elaine as Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X | 1915-06-14 |
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde as Judge Randolph Legarde | 1915-04-01 |
A Modern Magdalen as Lindsay | 1915-02-17 |
Wildfire as John Keefe | 1915-01-25 |
The Exploits of Elaine | 1914-12-29 |
The Seats of the Mighty as Monsieur Doltaire | 1914-12-07 |
The Span of Life as Richard Blunt | 1914-12-07 |
Under the Gaslight as William Byke | 1914-12-01 |
The Woman in Black as Robert Crane | 1914-11-30 |
The Power of the Press as Steve Carson | 1914-10-01 |
Men and Women as Stephen Rodman / Robert Stevens | 1914-08-01 |
The Cracksman's Gratitude | 1914-07-04 |
Woman Against Woman as Gilbert Craven | 1914-06-27 |
Strongheart as Billy Saunders | 1914-03-08 |
Judith of Bethulia as Extra (uncredited) | 1914-03-08 |
Her Father's Silent Partner | 1914-02-23 |
Classmates as Bubby Dumble | 1914-02-14 |
The Bartered Crown as The Landlord | 1914-01-10 |
The House of Discord as The Husband | 1913-12-13 |
All for Science as Detective | 1913-11-24 |
So Runs the Way | 1913-10-11 |
The Stolen Treaty as The Japanese Diplomat | 1913-09-13 |
The Strong Man's Burden as John - the Elder Brother | 1913-09-05 |
The Crook and the Girl as The Nephew | 1913-08-25 |
The Work Habit as The Father | 1913-08-21 |
The Suffragette Minstrels as (unconfirmed) | 1913-08-18 |
An Indian's Loyalty as The Cattle Buyer | 1913-08-15 |
Under the Shadow of the Law as Charles Darnton - the Employer | 1913-08-07 |
I Was Meant for You as Lavina's Father | 1913-08-01 |
The Vengeance of Galora | 1913-07-28 |
The Mirror as Daisy's Father | 1913-07-24 |
Pa Says as Teddy's Rival | 1913-07-21 |
A Gamble with Death as Jim Benton, the Bartender | 1913-06-30 |
In Diplomatic Circles as The Japanese Ambassador | 1913-06-26 |
Almost a Wild Man as In Audience (uncredited) | 1913-06-19 |
The Switchtower as First Counterfeiter | 1913-06-15 |
Death's Marathon as The Financial Backer | 1913-06-14 |
The Well as The Farmer | 1913-06-12 |
The Enemy's Baby as Postmaster Ben Brown | 1913-06-10 |
Red Hicks Defies the World as The Referee | 1913-06-09 |
A Timely Interception as Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother | 1913-06-07 |
The Ranchero's Revenge as The Ranchero | 1913-06-02 |
Just Gold as The Stay-at-Home Brother | 1913-05-24 |
The Yaqui Cur as The Easterner | 1913-05-16 |
The House of Darkness as The Doctor | 1913-05-10 |
The Wanderer as The Male Lover | 1913-05-02 |
The Lady and the Mouse as The Father | 1913-04-26 |
A Misunderstood Boy as The Father | 1913-04-19 |
The Little Tease as In Bar | 1913-04-12 |
The Perfidy of Mary as Mary's Father | 1913-04-05 |
The Sheriff's Baby as Third Bandit | 1913-03-29 |
Fate as Father, Loving Family | 1913-03-22 |
Near To Earth as Gato | 1913-03-20 |
The Unwelcome Guest as At Auction (uncredited) | 1913-03-15 |
The Wrong Bottle as The Father | 1913-03-06 |
Love in an Apartment Hotel as In Hotel Lobby | 1913-02-27 |
A Chance Deception as 2nd Policeman | 1913-02-24 |
Oil and Water as The Idealist's Friend | 1913-02-10 |
The Tender Hearted Boy as (uncredited) | 1913-01-23 |
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods as The Father | 1913-01-16 |
The Telephone Girl and the Lady as The Desk Sergeant | 1913-01-06 |
Three Friends as Second Friend | 1913-01-02 |
The God Within as The Woman of the Camp's Lover | 1912-12-26 |
A Cry for Help as The Tramp | 1912-12-23 |
The Burglar’s Dilemma as The Householder | 1912-12-16 |
My Hero | 1912-12-12 |
The New York Hat as Minister | 1912-12-05 |
Brutality as At Wedding | 1912-12-02 |
The Informer as Union Soldier | 1912-11-21 |
My Baby as At table | 1912-11-14 |
Gold and Glitter as The Lover | 1912-11-11 |
Heredity as Woodsman | 1912-11-04 |
The Musketeers of Pig Alley as The Musician's Friend | 1912-10-31 |
The Painted Lady as At Ice Cream Festival | 1912-10-24 |
The One She Loved as The Neighbor | 1912-10-21 |
The Chief's Blanket as The Young Man | 1912-10-10 |
So Near, Yet So Far as In Club | 1912-09-29 |
Friends as Grizzley Fallon - Dandy Jack's Friend | 1912-09-22 |
The Miser's Heart as Jules - the Thief | 1911-11-20 |
The Battle as Wagon Driver (uncredited) | 1911-11-06 |
Fighting Blood | 1911-06-28 |
The White Caps | 1905-09-14 |