Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1878-04-28 (76 years old)
Deathday
1954-11-15
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known As
Lionel Herbert Blythe
Lionel Blythe
لیونل بریمور
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 furth...
1946
as Mr. Potter
1930
as Self (Guest Appearance)
1942
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1948
as James Temple
1915
as Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X
1917
as Byron Bennett
1929
as Self - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited)
1946
as Sen. Jackson McCanles
1935
as Dr. Josiah Glass
1932
as Otto Kringelein
1928
as Crane
1938
as Martin Vanderhof
2008
as Self (archive footage)
1931
as General Serge Shubin
1939
as Julian Northrup aka Gramps
1935
as Professor Zelin
1936
as Paul Lavond
1944
as Clergyman
1935
as Colonel Lloyd
1928
as Alfred Davidson
1912
as The Musician's Friend
1930
as Bedroom Scene
1943
as The General
1932
as Grigori Rasputin
1938
as Howard B. Drake
1941
as Judge Murdock
1945
as Pat Rafferty
1934
as Billy Bones
1936
as Monsieur Duval
1952
as Andrew Jackson
1935
as Dan Peggotty
1949
as John Manchester
1953
as (archive footage)
1937
as Grandpa Clayton
1937
as Captain Disko Troop
1933
as Oliver Jordan
1942
as Thaddeus Stevens
1931
as Stephen Ashe
1913
as Third Bandit
1941
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1940
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1912
as The Lover
1912
as Union Soldier
1913
as At Auction (uncredited)
1913
1913
as The Father
1913
as In Hotel Lobby
1913
as 2nd Policeman
1912
as The Tramp
1913
as The Father
1913
as The Stay-at-Home Brother
1933
as Robineau
1912
as Woodsman
1912
as At Wedding
1912
1913
as Gato
1932
as Dr. H. Holderlin
1913
as The Ranchero
1913
as The Japanese Ambassador
1913
as The Referee
1913
as The Farmer
1913
as Jim Benton, the Bartender
1913
as Postmaster Ben Brown
1913
as Daisy's Father
1913
as Lavina's Father
1913
as Charles Darnton - the Employer
1913
as The Father
1911
1913
as The Nephew
1913
as The Japanese Diplomat
1926
as Canterac
1913
as Detective
1943
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1929
as Andre Dakkar
1940
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1931
as Baron Igor Andreeff
1935
as Nat Miller
1934
as T.R. Paige
1914
as Extra (uncredited)
1936
as Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin
1972
as Self (archive footage)
1933
as Grandpa Cyrus Tatum Storr
1927
as The Greek
1933
as Augustus Merrick
1936
as Andrew Jackson
1912
as Minister
1938
as Dan Sheridan
1939
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1939
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1941
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1938
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1940
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1942
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1937
as Judge Hardy
1913
as The Father
1913
as The Financial Backer
1913
as Mary's Father
1913
as (uncredited)
1913
as Teddy's Rival
1913
as (unconfirmed)
1937
as Captain 'Skinny' Dawes
1931
as Richard Grant
1925
as Allan Merrick
1925
as Dan Clehollis
1926
as Stark Bennett
1928
as Henry Grayson
1913
as The Husband
1935
as Peter Grimm
1914
as Gilbert Craven
1914
as The Landlord
1914
as Stephen Rodman / Robert Stevens
1938
as Lionel Barrymore
1914
as Steve Carson
1914
as Richard Blunt
1914
as Monsieur Doltaire
1932
as Detective Guerchard
1949
as Bering Joy
1915
as Steve
1915
as Lindsay
1914
as William Byke
1915
as Lord Earle
1915
as Judge Randolph Legarde
1915
as Barry Dale
1912
as At Ice Cream Festival
1917
as J. Dabney Barro
1916
as Cyril Hamilton
1917
as Bide Bennington
1911
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
1912
as The Young Man
1905
1911
as Jules - the Thief
1922
as Boomerang Bill
1925
as Philip Durban
1925
as Daniel Abbott
1924
as James McQuade
1944
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1936
as Springfield Davis
1913
as The Easterner
1913
as The Male Lover
1942
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1913
as First Counterfeiter
1912
as In Club
1933
as Daniel Pardway
1926
as Mathias
1912
as Grizzley Fallon - Dandy Jack's Friend
1912
as The Householder
1914
as Billy Saunders
1926
as Mr. Barry
1939
as Thomas Logan
1950
as Sean O'Malley
1933
as Eli Watt
1951
as Hugo Trimble
1946
as Dr. Richard Gaunght
1945
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1932
as Jefferson "Jeff" Keane
1956
as Father Time (voice)
1934
as Martin Turner
1934
as Bob Connelly
1946
as Dr. Rossiger
2004
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
1961
as 'Duel in the Sun' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1986
as Self
1913
as In Audience (uncredited)
1933
as Tim Benton
1931
as Himself (uncredited)
1939
as (archive footage)
1923
as Conrad Dean
1923
as Baron Bonelli
1914
as Bubby Dumble
1938
1926
as Vautrin
1947
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1928
as Duke Cathos de Alvia
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1928
as Doyle
1941
as 'Grandpop' Logan
1920
as William Dale
1913
as Second Friend
1927
as Dr. Leyden
1926
as Count Ferranzo
1940
as Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
1941
as Uncle Henry Jones
1913
as The Cattle Buyer
1953
as Self
1913
as John - the Elder Brother
1933
as Dr. Milton Haggett
1922
as Boston Blackie Dawson
1928
as John Ryder
1939
as Self
1913
as Father, Loving Family
1912
as The Neighbor
1912
as At table
1913
as The Desk Sergeant
1949
as Self
1940
as Self (archive footage)
1940
2003
as The Innkeeper (archive footage)
1915
as John Keefe
1924
as Capt. Walter Butler
1944
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1976
as (archive footage)
1944
as (archive footage)
1926
as Slim Jim Carey
1925
as Gordon Kent
1927
as Hugo Harlan
1913
as In Bar
1925
as Frederick Harmon
1951
as Himself - Giving Introduction
1943
1913
as The Idealist's Friend
1916
as Happy Jack Lewis
1913
as Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother
1912
as The Woman of the Camp's Lover
1923
as Prince Lubimoff
1921
as Priam Farll
1928
as Bill Lefty
1987
as Self (archive footage)
2014
as Self (archive footage)
1921
as James Ralston
1920
as Milt Shanks
1925
as Joe Ellison
1914
as Robert Crane
1927
as Prof. Leroy
1913
as The Father
1955
as (archive footage)
1939
as Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage)
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1916
as Jim Gordon
1916
as Richard Dorian
1950
as Self (uncredited)
1913
as The Doctor
1924
as Saladin
1924
as Edwin Ainsworth / John Wells (duel role)
1920
as Henry Allen
1976
as Self (archive footage)
1913
as Writer
1929
as Director
1913
as Writer
1931
as Director
1929
as Director
1930
as Director
1930
as Director
1929
as Director
1929
as Music
1917
as Director
1917
as Writer
1930
as Director
1913
as Director
1912
as Writer
1930
as Music
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