Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1878-04-28
Day of Death
1954-11-15
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Lionel Barrymore
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.
Filmography (246)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
2008
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
2005Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
The Mesmerist
2003
Complicated Women
2003
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Super Duper Bloopers
1986
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
That's Entertainment!
1974
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
