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Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Birthday: 1878-04-28 | Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 focussing 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1953
Main Street to Broadway

as    Self

1952
Lone Star

as    Andrew Jackson

1951
Bannerline

as    Hugo Trimble

1949
Malaya

as    John Manchester

1948
Key Largo

as    James Temple

1947
Dark Delusion

as    Dr. Leonard Gillespie

1946
It's a Wonderful Life

as    Mr. Potter

1946
Duel in the Sun

as    Sen. Jackson McCanles

1945
The Valley of Decision

as    Pat Rafferty

1944
Since You Went Away

as    Clergyman

1944
3 Men in White

as    Dr. Leonard Gillespie

1943
A Guy Named Joe

as    The General

1942
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

as    Dr. Leonard Gillespie

1942
Tennessee Johnson

as    Thaddeus Stevens

1941
The Penalty

as    'Grandpop' Logan

1941
The Bad Man

as    Uncle Henry Jones

1939
On Borrowed Time

as    Julian Northrup aka Gramps

1939
Let Freedom Ring

as    Thomas Logan

1938
A Yank at Oxford

as    Dan Sheridan

1938
Young Dr. Kildare

as    Dr. Leonard Gillespie

1938
Test Pilot

as    Howard B. Drake

1938
You Can't Take It with You

as    Martin Vanderhof

1937
Navy Blue and Gold

as    Captain 'Skinny' Dawes

1937
Captains Courageous

as    Captain Disko Troop

1937
Saratoga

as    Grandpa Clayton

1937
A Family Affair

as    Judge Hardy

1936
Camille

as    Monsieur Duval

1936
The Devil-Doll

as    Paul Lavond