Lionel Barrymore
233 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 28, 1878
- Died
- Nov 15, 1954 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Lionel Herbert Blythe · Lionel Blythe · لیونل بریمور
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.
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Known for
Lionel Barrymore: movies and TV shows
Acting (223)
- 2003 The Mesmerist
as The Innkeeper (archive footage)
- 2002
- 1976 That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
- 1974 That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1956 Our Mr. Sun
as Father Time (voice)
- 1955 Film Fun
as (archive footage)
- 1953 Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
- 1952 Lone Star
as Andrew Jackson
- 1951 Bannerline
as Hugo Trimble
- 1950 Right Cross
as Sean O'Malley
- 1949 Malaya
as John Manchester
- 1949 Down to the Sea in Ships
as Bering Joy
- 1948 Key Largo
as James Temple
- 1947 Dark Delusion
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1947 The Way of the World
as Grizzley Fallon (Archive Footage)
- 1946 Duel in the Sun
as Sen. Jackson McCanles
- 1946 The Secret Heart
as Dr. Rossiger
- 1946 It's a Wonderful Life
as Mr. Potter
- 1946 Three Wise Fools
as Dr. Richard Gaunght
- 1945 The Valley of Decision
as Pat Rafferty
- 1945 Between Two Women
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1944 Dragon Seed
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1944 Since You Went Away
as Clergyman
- 1944 3 Men in White
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1944 A Guy Named Joe
as The General
- 1944 Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
- 1943 The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
as Gramps
- 1943 Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1942 Tennessee Johnson
as Thaddeus Stevens
- 1942 Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1942 Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1942 Dr. Kildare's Victory
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1941 Lady Be Good
as Judge Murdock
- 1941 Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1941 The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1941 The Bad Man
as Uncle Henry Jones
- 1941 The Penalty
as 'Grandpop' Logan
- 1940 Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1940 Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1940 Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Leonard Gillespie
- 1940 The Stars Look Down
as Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
- 1939 The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Leonard Gillespie
- 1939 On Borrowed Time
as Julian Northrup aka Gramps
- 1939 Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
- 1939 Calling Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1939 Let Freedom Ring
as Thomas Logan
- 1938 Young Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1938 You Can't Take It with You
as Martin Vanderhof
- 1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as Lionel Barrymore
- 1938 Test Pilot
as Howard B. Drake
- 1938 A Yank at Oxford
as Dan Sheridan
- 1937 Navy Blue and Gold
as Captain 'Skinny' Dawes
- 1937 Saratoga
as Grandpa Clayton
- 1937 Captains Courageous
as Captain Disko Troop
- 1937 A Family Affair
as Judge Hardy
- 1936 Camille
as Monsieur Duval
- 1936 The Road to Glory
as Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin
- 1936 The Gorgeous Hussy
as Andrew Jackson
- 1936 The Devil-Doll
as Paul Lavond
- 1936 The Voice of Bugle Ann
as Springfield Davis
- 1935 Ah, Wilderness!
as Nat Miller
- 1935 The Return Of Peter Grimm
as Peter Grimm
- 1935 Public Hero Number 1
as Dr. Josiah Glass
- 1935 Mark of the Vampire
as Professor Zelin
- 1935 The Little Colonel
as Colonel Lloyd
- 1935 David Copperfield
as Dan Peggotty
- 1934 Treasure Island
as Billy Bones
- 1934 The Girl from Missouri
as T.R. Paige
- 1934 This Side of Heaven
as Martin Turner
- 1934 Carolina
as Bob Connelly
- 1933 Dinner at Eight
as Oliver Jordan
- 1933 Should Ladies Behave
as Augustus Merrick
- 1933 Christopher Bean
as Dr. Milton Haggett
- 1933 Night Flight
as Robineau
- 1933 One Man's Journey
as Eli Watt
- 1933 The Stranger's Return
as Grandpa Cyrus Tatum Storr
- 1933 Looking Forward
as Tim Benton
- 1933 Sweepings
as Daniel Pardway
- 1932 Rasputin and the Empress
as Grigori Rasputin
- 1932 Grand Hotel
as Otto Kringelein
- 1932 The Washington Masquerade
as Jefferson "Jeff" Keane
- 1932 The Movie Album
as (archive footage)
- 1932 Arsène Lupin
as Detective Guerchard
- 1932 Broken Lullaby
as Dr. H. Holderlin
- 1931 Mata Hari
as General Serge Shubin
- 1931 The Yellow Ticket
as Baron Igor Andreeff
- 1931 Guilty Hands
as Richard Grant
- 1931 A Free Soul
as Stephen Ashe
- 1930 Free and Easy
as Bedroom Scene
- 1929 The Mysterious Island
as Andre Dakkar
- 1928 The River Woman
as Bill Lefty
- 1928 West of Zanzibar
as Crane
- 1928 Alias Jimmy Valentine
as Doyle
- 1928 Road House
as Henry Grayson
- 1928 The Lion and the Mouse
as John Ryder
- 1928 Drums of Love
as Duke Cathos de Alvia
- 1928 Sadie Thompson
as Alfred Davidson
- 1927 The Thirteenth Hour
as Prof. Leroy
- 1927 Body and Soul
as Dr. Leyden
- 1927 Women Love Diamonds
as Hugo Harlan
- 1927 The Show
as The Greek
- 1926 The Temptress
as Canterac
- 1926 The Bells
as Mathias
- 1926 The Lucky Lady
as Count Ferranzo
- 1926 Paris at Midnight
as Vautrin
- 1926 Wife Tamers
as Mr. Barry
- 1926 The Barrier
as Stark Bennett
- 1926 Brooding Eyes
as Slim Jim Carey
- 1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- 1925 The Splendid Road
as Dan Clehollis
- 1925 The Woman Who Did
as Allan Merrick
- 1925 Fifty-Fifty
as Frederick Harmon
- 1925 The Wrongdoers
as Daniel Abbott
- 1925 The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
as Gordon Kent
- 1925 Children of the Whirlwind
as Joe Ellison
- 1925 A Man of Iron
as Philip Durban
- 1924 I Am the Man
as James McQuade
- 1924 Meddling Women
as Edwin Ainsworth / John Wells (duel role)
- 1924 America
as Capt. Walter Butler
- 1924 Decameron Nights
as Saladin
- 1923 The Eternal City
as Baron Bonelli
- 1923 Unseeing Eyes
as Conrad Dean
- 1923 Enemies of Women
as Prince Lubimoff
- 1922 The Face in the Fog
as Boston Blackie Dawson
- 1922 Boomerang Bill
as Boomerang Bill
- 1921 Jim the Penman
as James Ralston
- 1921 The Great Adventure
as Priam Farll
- 1920 The Devil's Garden
as William Dale
- 1920 The Master Mind
as Henry Allen
- 1920 The Copperhead
as Milt Shanks
- 1917
- 1917 The Millionaire's Double
as Bide Bennington
- 1917 His Father's Son
as J. Dabney Barro
- 1917 The End of the Tour
as Byron Bennett
- 1916 The Brand of Cowardice
as Cyril Hamilton
- 1916 The Upheaval
as Jim Gordon
- 1916 The Quitter
as Happy Jack Lewis
- 1916 Dorian's Divorce
as Richard Dorian
- 1915 A Yellow Streak
as Barry Dale
- 1915 Dora Thorne
as Lord Earle
- 1915 The Flaming Sword
as Steve
- 1915 The Romance of Elaine
as Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X
- 1915 The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
as Judge Randolph Legarde
- 1915 A Modern Magdalen
as Lindsay
- 1915 Wildfire
as John Keefe
- 1914
- 1914 The Span of Life
as Richard Blunt
- 1914 The Seats of the Mighty
as Monsieur Doltaire
- 1914 Under the Gaslight
as William Byke
- 1914 The Woman in Black
as Robert Crane
- 1914 The Power of the Press
as Steve Carson
- 1914 Men and Women
as Stephen Rodman / Robert Stevens
- 1914
- 1914 Woman Against Woman
as Gilbert Craven
- 1914 Judith of Bethulia
as Extra (uncredited)
- 1914 Strongheart
as Billy Saunders
- 1914
- 1914 Classmates
as Bubby Dumble
- 1914 The Bartered Crown
as The Landlord
- 1913 The House of Discord
as The Husband
- 1913 All for Science
as Detective
- 1913
- 1913 The Stolen Treaty
as The Japanese Diplomat
- 1913 The Strong Man's Burden
as John - the Elder Brother
- 1913 The Crook and the Girl
as The Nephew
- 1913 The Work Habit
as The Father
- 1913 The Suffragette Minstrels
as (unconfirmed)
- 1913 An Indian's Loyalty
as The Cattle Buyer
- 1913 Under the Shadow of the Law
as Charles Darnton - the Employer
- 1913 I Was Meant for You
as Lavina's Father
- 1913
- 1913 The Mirror
as Daisy's Father
- 1913 Pa Says
as Teddy's Rival
- 1913 A Gamble with Death
as Jim Benton, the Bartender
- 1913 In Diplomatic Circles
as The Japanese Ambassador
- 1913 Almost a Wild Man
as In Audience (uncredited)
- 1913 The Switchtower
as First Counterfeiter
- 1913 Death's Marathon
as The Financial Backer
- 1913 The Well
as The Farmer
- 1913 The Enemy's Baby
as Postmaster Ben Brown
- 1913 Red Hicks Defies the World
as The Referee
- 1913 A Timely Interception
as Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother
- 1913 The Ranchero's Revenge
as The Ranchero
- 1913 Just Gold
as The Stay-at-Home Brother
- 1913 The Yaqui Cur
as The Easterner
- 1913 The House of Darkness
as The Doctor
- 1913 The Wanderer
as The Male Lover
- 1913 The Lady and the Mouse
as The Father
- 1913 A Misunderstood Boy
as The Father
- 1913 The Little Tease
as In Bar
- 1913 The Perfidy of Mary
as Mary's Father
- 1913 The Sheriff's Baby
as Third Bandit
- 1913 Fate
as Father, Loving Family
- 1913 Near To Earth
as Gato
- 1913 The Unwelcome Guest
as At Auction (uncredited)
- 1913 The Wrong Bottle
as The Father
- 1913 Love in an Apartment Hotel
as In Hotel Lobby
- 1913 A Chance Deception
as 2nd Policeman
- 1913 Oil and Water
as The Idealist's Friend
- 1913 The Tender Hearted Boy
as (uncredited)
+ 23 more credits
Behind the camera (13)
- 1931 Ten Cents a Dance
Director
- 1930 Si l'empereur savait ça
Music
- 1930 The Sea Bat
Director
- 1930 Redemption
Director
- 1930 The Rogue Song
Director
- 1929 His Glorious Night
Director, Music
- 1929 The Unholy Night
Director
- 1929 Madame X
Director
- 1917 Life's Whirlpool
Director, Writer
- 1913 His Secret
Director
- 1913 The Vengeance of Galora
Writer
- 1913 The Tender Hearted Boy
Writer
- 1912 The Burglar’s Dilemma
Writer
Talk shows and appearances (26)
- 2008
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 1987
- 1986
- 1980 Hollywood
1 episode
- 1976
- 1972
- 1970
- 1955 MGM Parade
5 episodes
- 1953
- 1951
- 1950
- 1949
- 1949
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1 episode
- 1940
- 1940
- 1940
- 1939
- 1939
- 1938
- 1931
- 1930
- 1929