Lionel Barrymore
AKA: Lionel Herbert Blythe
Birthday: 1878-04-28
Died: 1954-11-15
Birthplace: 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.
Filmography
Character: Self (Guest Appearance)
Character: Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Character: Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X
Character: Self - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited)
Character: Sen. Jackson McCanles
Character: Dr. Josiah Glass
Character: Otto Kringelein
Character: Martin Vanderhof
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: General Serge Shubin
Character: Julian Northrup aka Gramps
Character: Professor Zelin
Character: Alfred Davidson
Character: The Musician's Friend
Character: Grigori Rasputin
Character: Howard B. Drake
Character: Monsieur Duval
Character: Andrew Jackson
Character: John Manchester
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Grandpa Clayton
Character: Captain Disko Troop
Character: Thaddeus Stevens
Character: Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Character: Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Character: At Auction (uncredited)
Character: In Hotel Lobby
Character: The Stay-at-Home Brother
Character: Dr. H. Holderlin
Character: The Japanese Ambassador
Character: Jim Benton, the Bartender
Character: Postmaster Ben Brown
Character: Daisy's Father
Character: Lavina's Father
Character: Charles Darnton - the Employer
Character: The Japanese Diplomat
Character: Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Character: Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Character: Baron Igor Andreeff
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Character: Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Grandpa Cyrus Tatum Storr
Character: Augustus Merrick
Character: Andrew Jackson
Character: Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Character: Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Character: Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Character: Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Character: Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Character: Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Character: The Financial Backer
Character: Captain 'Skinny' Dawes
Character: Gilbert Craven
Character: Stephen Rodman / Robert Stevens
Character: Lionel Barrymore
Character: Monsieur Doltaire
Character: Detective Guerchard
Character: Judge Randolph Legarde
Character: At Ice Cream Festival
Character: J. Dabney Barro
Character: Cyril Hamilton
Character: Bide Bennington
Character: Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Character: Jules - the Thief
Character: Boomerang Bill
Character: Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Character: Springfield Davis
Character: The Male Lover
Character: Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Character: First Counterfeiter
Character: Daniel Pardway
Character: Grizzley Fallon - Dandy Jack's Friend
Character: The Householder
Character: Billy Saunders
Character: Dr. Richard Gaunght
Character: Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Character: Jefferson "Jeff" Keane
Character: Father Time (voice)
Character: Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Character: In Audience (uncredited)
Character: Himself (uncredited)
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Character: Duke Cathos de Alvia
Character: (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: 'Grandpop' Logan
Character: Count Ferranzo
Character: Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
Character: Uncle Henry Jones
Character: The Cattle Buyer
Character: John - the Elder Brother
Character: Dr. Milton Haggett
Character: Boston Blackie Dawson
Character: Father, Loving Family
Character: The Desk Sergeant
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: The Innkeeper (archive footage)
Character: Capt. Walter Butler
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: (archive footage)
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Slim Jim Carey
Character: Frederick Harmon
Character: Himself - Giving Introduction
Character: The Idealist's Friend
Character: Happy Jack Lewis
Character: Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother
Character: The Woman of the Camp's Lover
Character: Prince Lubimoff
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage)
Character: Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Character: Richard Dorian
Character: Self (uncredited)
Character: Edwin Ainsworth / John Wells (duel role)
Character: Self (archive footage)
