Actor

Lionel Barrymore

Acting

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Acting credits

207

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.5

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Movies: 215Series: 2Crew credits: 11

TMDB ID: 17753

IMDb ID: nm0000859

Known for: Acting

Born: April 28, 1878

Died: November 15, 1954

Age: 76

Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1905 - 2008

Years active: 104

Average TMDB rating: 6.63

Wikidata: Q295593

Also known as

Lionel Herbert Blythe • Lionel Blythe • لیونل بریمور

Other jobs

Director (8)Music (2)Writer (1)

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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.