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Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Acting · 1878–1954 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

IMDb

14 titles in this catalog with a median Balasaur Score of 73. The 1930s rate best: median 76 across 7 titles. Lionel Barrymore appears most often alongside Beulah Bondi (3 titles).

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.

Acting 207

Directing 9

Sound 2

Writing 2