Lionel Barrymore
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 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.
Filmography
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
The Mesmerist
Complicated Women
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Super Duper Bloopers
That's Entertainment, Part II
Hooray for Hollywood
That's Entertainment!
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Our Mr. Sun
Yesterday and Today
Main Street to Broadway
Lone Star
Bannerline
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
Right Cross
Breakdowns of 1949
Malaya
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
Down to the Sea in Ships
