Person Details

Birthday: 1878-04-28 08:23:29

Death: 1954-11-15 08:23:29

Aliases: Lionel Herbert Blythe , Lionel Blythe , Лайонел Бэрримор

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Movie Involvements: 213

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 in a radio series entitled The Story of Dr. Kildare. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.

Most Famous Work

It's a Wonderful Life
Average
8

It's a Wonderful Life

(1946) Mr. Potter
And the Oscar Goes To...
Average
7

And the Oscar Goes To...

(2014) Self (archive footage)
Grand Hotel
Average
7

Grand Hotel

(1932) Otto Kringelein
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Average
7

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

(1925) Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Duel in the Sun
Average
6

Duel in the Sun

(1946) Sen. Jackson McCanles
Captains Courageous
Average
7

Captains Courageous

(1937) Captain Disko Troop
David Copperfield
Average
7

David Copperfield

(1935) Dan Peggotty
Mark of the Vampire
Average
6

Mark of the Vampire

(1935) Professor Zelin

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2015 Self (archive footage)
2014 Self (archive footage)
2008 Self (archive footage)
2004 Self / Various roles (archive footage)
2003 The Innkeeper (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2002 N/A
1988 Self (archive footage)
1986 Himself
Professor Zelin - (archive footage)
1976 (archive footage)
1974 (archive footage) (uncredited)
1972 Self (archive footage)
1961 'Duel in the Sun' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1956 Father Time (voice)
1955 (archive footage)
1953 (archive footage)
Self
1952 Andrew Jackson
1951 Hugo Trimble
Himself - Giving Introduction
1950 Sean O'Malley
Self (uncredited)
1949 Self
John Manchester
Himself
Bering Joy
1948 James Temple
Self
1947 Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1946 Sen. Jackson McCanles
Dr. Rossiger
Mr. Potter
Dr. Richard Gaunght
1945 Pat Rafferty
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1944 Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Clergyman
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
(archive footage)
1943 The General
Gramps
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1942 Thaddeus Stevens
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1941 Judge Murdock
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Uncle Henry Jones
'Grandpop' Logan
1940 Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Self
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Self (archive footage)
Self
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
1939 Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Julian Northrup aka Gramps
Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage)
(archive footage)
Self
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Thomas Logan
1938 Self
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
Lionel Barrymore
Howard B. Drake
Dan Sheridan
1937 Captain 'Skinny' Dawes
Grandpa Clayton
Captain Disko Troop
Judge Hardy
1936 Monsieur Duval
Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin
Andrew Jackson
Paul Lavond
Springfield Davis
1935 Nat Miller
Peter Grimm
Dr. Josiah Glass
Professor Zelin
Colonel Lloyd
Dan Peggotty
1934 Billy Bones
T.R. Paige
Martin Turner
Bob Connelly
1933 Oliver Jordan
Augustus Merrick
Dr. Milton Haggett
Robineau
Eli Watt
Grandpa Cyrus Tatum Storr
Tim Benton
Daniel Pardway
1932 Grigori Rasputin
Jefferson "Jeff" Keane
Otto Kringelein
Detective Guerchard
Dr. H. Holderlin
1931 General Serge Shubin
Himself (uncredited)
Baron Igor Andreeff
Richard Grant
Stephen Ashe
1930 Self (Guest Appearance)
Bedroom Scene
1929 Self - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited)
Andre Dakkar
1928 Bill Lefty
Crane
Doyle
Henry Grayson
John Ryder
Duke Cathos de Alvia
Alfred Davidson
1927 Prof. Leroy
Dr. Leyden
Hugo Harlan
The Greek
1926 Canterac
Mathias
Count Ferranzo
Vautrin
Mr. Barry
Stark Bennett
Slim Jim Carey
1925 Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Dan Clehollis
Allan Merrick
Frederick Harmon
Daniel Abbott
Gordon Kent
Joe Ellison
Philip Durban
1924 James McQuade
Edwin Ainsworth / John Wells (duel role)
Capt. Walter Butler
Saladin
1923 Baron Bonelli
Conrad Dean
Prince Lubimoff
1922 Boston Blackie Dawson
Boomerang Bill
1921 James Ralston
Priam Farll
1920 William Dale
Henry Allen
Milt Shanks
1917 N/A
Bide Bennington
J. Dabney Barro
Byron Bennett
1916 Cyril Hamilton
Jim Gordon
Happy Jack Lewis
Richard Dorian
1915 Barry Dale
Lord Earle
Steve
Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X
Judge Randolph Legarde
Lindsay
John Keefe
1914 N/A
Richard Blunt
Monsieur Doltaire
William Byke
Robert Crane
Steve Carson
Stephen Rodman / Robert Stevens
N/A
Gilbert Craven
Extra (uncredited)
Billy Saunders
N/A
Bubby Dumble
The Landlord
1913 The Husband
Detective
N/A
The Japanese Diplomat
John - the Elder Brother
The Nephew
The Father
(unconfirmed)
The Cattle Buyer
Charles Darnton - the Employer
Lavina's Father
N/A
Daisy's Father
Teddy's Rival
Jim Benton, the Bartender
The Japanese Ambassador
In Audience (uncredited)
First Counterfeiter
The Financial Backer
The Farmer
Postmaster Ben Brown
The Referee
Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother
The Ranchero
The Stay-at-Home Brother
The Easterner
The Doctor
The Male Lover
The Father
The Father
In Bar
Mary's Father
Third Bandit
Father, Loving Family
Gato
At Auction (uncredited)
The Father
In Hotel Lobby
2nd Policeman
The Idealist's Friend
(uncredited)
The Father
The Desk Sergeant
Second Friend
1912 The Woman of the Camp's Lover
The Tramp
The Householder
N/A
Minister
At Wedding
Union Soldier
At table
The Lover
Woodsman
The Musician's Friend
At Ice Cream Festival
The Neighbor
The Young Man
In Club
Grizzley Fallon - Dandy Jack's Friend
1911 Jules - the Thief
Wagon Driver (uncredited)
N/A
1905 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
1929 Music
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing


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