Lionel Barrymore

Personal Details

  • Born

    • Birthday: 28 April 1878

  • Died

    • Deathday: 15 November 1954

  • Source ID

    • TMDb: 17753

Lionel Barrymore

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.

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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.

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Best movies and TV shows with Lionel Barrymore

Selected highlights from Lionel Barrymore’s filmography, featuring their best-known movies and TV shows in the Watchmora catalogue.