Lionel Barrymore

Acting

Apr 28, 1878 – Nov 15, 1954 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

It's a Wonderful Life1946
as ⁨Mr. Potter⁩
Key Largo1948
as ⁨James Temple⁩
You Can't Take It with You1938
as ⁨Martin Vanderhof⁩
Grand Hotel1932
as ⁨Otto Kringelein⁩
Duel in the Sun1946
as ⁨Sen. Jackson McCanles⁩
Captains Courageous1937
as ⁨Captain Disko Troop⁩
Camille1936
as ⁨Monsieur Duval⁩
as ⁨Professor Zelin⁩
as ⁨Oliver Jordan⁩
as ⁨Paul Lavond⁩
as ⁨Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨The Musician's Friend⁩
as ⁨Howard B. Drake⁩
as ⁨Dan Peggotty⁩
as ⁨Billy Bones⁩
as ⁨(archive footage) (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨General Serge Shubin⁩
as ⁨Clergyman⁩
as ⁨The General⁩

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

It's a Wonderful Life1946
as ⁨Mr. Potter⁩
Key Largo1948
as ⁨James Temple⁩
You Can't Take It with You1938
as ⁨Martin Vanderhof⁩
Grand Hotel1932
as ⁨Otto Kringelein⁩
Duel in the Sun1946
as ⁨Sen. Jackson McCanles⁩
Captains Courageous1937
as ⁨Captain Disko Troop⁩
Camille1936
as ⁨Monsieur Duval⁩
as ⁨Professor Zelin⁩
as ⁨Oliver Jordan⁩
as ⁨Paul Lavond⁩
as ⁨Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨The Musician's Friend⁩
as ⁨Howard B. Drake⁩
as ⁨Dan Peggotty⁩
as ⁨Billy Bones⁩
as ⁨(archive footage) (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨General Serge Shubin⁩
as ⁨Clergyman⁩
as ⁨The General⁩