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Lionel Barrymore

April 28, 1878 (age 76)
November 15, 1954
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Male
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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…

Movies

244 credits
Dr. Gillespie’s Criminal Case Movie
★ 5.5
Crime, Drama
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound Movie
★ 6.7
Documentary
Dr. Kildare’s Crisis Movie
★ 6.0
Drama
Dr. Gillespie’s New Assistant Movie
★ 5.3
Comedy, Drama
1942 Comedy, Drama
Movie
★ 7.0
Documentary, Drama
2004 Documentary, Drama
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
★ 4.6
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Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940 as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Love in an Apartment Hotel
+
Love in an Apartment Hotel
1913 as In Hotel Lobby
A Guy Named Joe
★ 6.7
+
A Guy Named Joe
1944 as The General
David Copperfield
★ 6.6
+
David Copperfield
1935 as Dan Peggotty
It's a Wonderful Life
★ 8.3
+
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 as Mr. Potter
Woman Against Woman
+
Woman Against Woman
1914 as Gilbert Craven
Hooray for Hollywood
+
Hooray for Hollywood
1976 as Self (archive footage)
Camille
★ 7.0
+
Camille
1936 as Monsieur Duval
Dinner at Eight
★ 6.7
+
Dinner at Eight
1933 as Oliver Jordan
You Can't Take It with You
★ 7.5
+
You Can't Take It with You
1938 as Martin Vanderhof
One Man's Journey
★ 6.5
+
One Man's Journey
1933 as Eli Watt
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore
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A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore
1938 as Self
Main Street to Broadway
★ 6.5
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Main Street to Broadway
1953 as Self
Heredity
+
Heredity
1912 as Woodsman
The Voice of Bugle Ann
★ 5.0
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The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936 as Springfield Davis
The Show
★ 6.0
+
The Show
1927 as The Greek
The Switchtower
★ 5.0
+
The Switchtower
1913 as First Counterfeiter
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
★ 7.3
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Girl from Missouri
★ 7.1
+
The Girl from Missouri
1934 as T.R. Paige
Key Largo
★ 7.5
+
Key Largo
1948 as James Temple
Malaya
★ 6.7
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Malaya
1949 as John Manchester
The Return Of Peter Grimm
★ 5.2
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The Return Of Peter Grimm
1935 as Peter Grimm
The Woman Who Did
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The Woman Who Did
1925 as Allan Merrick
Dr. Kildare's Victory
★ 5.8
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Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942 as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Meddling Women
+
Meddling Women
1924 as Edwin Ainsworth / John…

TV Shows

4 credits
The Ed Sullivan Show TV
★ 6.8
Comedy, Talk
1948 Comedy, Talk
MGM Parade TV
+
MGM Parade
1955
MGM Parade TV
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MGM Parade
1955 as Self
MGM Parade TV
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MGM Parade
1955 as self