Lionel Barrymore
Acting
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…
Also known as
Lionel Herbert Blythe · Lionel Blythe · لیونل بریمور
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Known For
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Movie
MGM Parade
1955 · TV
Grand Hotel
1932 · Movie
Hollywood
1980 · TV
Duel in the Sun
1946 · Movie
Dinner at Eight
1933 · Movie
Key Largo
1948 · Movie
Mata Hari
1931 · Movie
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Movie
Camille
1936 · Movie
Red Hicks Defies the World
1913 · Movie