Lionel Barrymore
Acting
Born: 1878-04-28 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1954-11-15
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
🎬 Movies (30)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
2008
Self (archive footage)
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
2005
Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
The Mesmerist
2003
The Innkeeper (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
Self (archive footage)
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Self (archive footage)
Super Duper Bloopers
1986
Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
(archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
Self (archive footage)
Our Mr. Sun
1956
Father Time (voice)
Film Fun
1955
(archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
1953
(archive footage)
Main Street to Broadway
1953
Self
Lone Star
1952
Andrew Jackson
Bannerline
1951
Hugo Trimble
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
1951
Himself - Giving Introduction
Right Cross
1950
Sean O'Malley
Screen Actors
1950
Self (uncredited)
Malaya
1949
John Manchester
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
Bering Joy
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
1949
Himself
Breakdowns of 1949
1949
Self
Key Largo
1948
James Temple
Dark Delusion
1947
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
The Way of the World
1947
Grizzley Fallon (Archive Footage)
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Mr. Potter
