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Lionel Barrymore
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 Aw…
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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.
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2008
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2005
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Movie Self / Various roles (archive footage)
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2003
The Mesmerist
Movie The Innkeeper (archive footage)
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2003
Complicated Women
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2002
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1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1986
Super Duper Bloopers
Movie Self
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1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie (archive footage)
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1976
Hooray for Hollywood
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1974
That's Entertainment!
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1970
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1956
Our Mr. Sun
Movie Father Time (voice)
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1955
MGM Parade
TV show
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1955
Film Fun
Movie (archive footage)
More credits
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1953
Yesterday and Today
Movie (archive footage)
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1953
Main Street to Broadway
Movie Self
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1952
Lone Star
Movie Andrew Jackson
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1951
Bannerline
Movie Hugo Trimble
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1951
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
Movie Himself - Giving Introduction
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1950
Right Cross
Movie Sean O'Malley
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1950
Screen Actors
Movie Self (uncredited)
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1949
Breakdowns of 1949
Movie Self
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1949
Malaya
Movie John Manchester
- 1949
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1949
Down to the Sea in Ships
Movie Bering Joy
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1948
Key Largo
Movie James Temple
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1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV show Self
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1947
Dark Delusion
Movie Dr. Leonard Gillespie
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1947
The Way of the World
Movie Grizzley Fallon (Archive Footage)
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1946
Duel in the Sun
Movie Sen. Jackson McCanles
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1946
The Secret Heart
Movie Dr. Rossiger
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1946
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie Mr. Potter
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1946
Three Wise Fools
Movie Dr. Richard Gaunght
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1945
The Valley of Decision
Movie Pat Rafferty
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1945
Between Two Women
Movie Dr. Leonard Gillespie
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1944
Dragon Seed
Movie Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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1944
Since You Went Away
Movie Clergyman
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1944
3 Men in White
Movie Dr. Leonard Gillespie
