Lionel Barrymore
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Born: 1878-04-28
Died: 1954-11-15
Occupations recorded in source
actor; composer; director; film actor; film director; musician; screenwriter; stage actor; television presenter
Biography from Wikipedia
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blyth; 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 is 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 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's nine Dr. Kildare films, a role he reprised in a further six films focusing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series titled The Story of Dr. Kildare. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Lone Star (1952) — Andrew Jackson
- Right Cross (1950) — Sean O'Malley
- Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) — Captain Bering Joy
- Key Largo (1948) — James Temple
- Dark Delusion (1947)
- Duel in the Sun (1946) — Senator Jackson McCanles
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) — Henry F. Potter
- The Secret Heart (1946)
- Three Wise Fools (1946)
- The Valley of Decision (1945) — Pat Rafferty
- 3 Men in White (1944)
- Since You Went Away (1944) — Clergyman
- A Guy Named Joe (1943) — General
- Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942) — Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942)
- Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942)
- Tennessee Johnson (1942)
- Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)
- Lady Be Good (1941) — Judge Murdock
- The Bad Man (1941)
- The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
- Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
- Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940) — Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)
- Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
- Land of Liberty (1939)
- Let Freedom Ring (1939)
- On Borrowed Time (1939) — Julian Northrup (Gramps)
- The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939) — Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie
- A Yank at Oxford (1938) — Dan Sheridan
- Test Pilot (1938) — Drake
- You Can't Take It With You (1938) — Martin Vanderhof
- Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
- A Family Affair (1937)
- Captains Courageous (1937) — Captain Disko Troop
- Navy Blue and Gold (1937) — Captain "Skinny" Dawes
- Saratoga (1937) — Grandpa Clayton
- Camille (1936) — Monsieur Duval
- The Devil-Doll (1936) — Paul Lavond
- The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) — Andrew Jackson
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Lew Ayres · 9 films
- Laraine Day · 8 films
- Lewis Stone · 8 films
- Clark Gable · 6 films
- Harold S. Bucquet · 6 films
- John Barrymore · 6 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.