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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 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.
The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self / Various roles (archive footage) | Film |
| 2003 | The Mesmerist | The Innkeeper (archive footage) | Film |
| 1955 | Film Fun | (archive footage) | Film |
| 1952 | Lone Star | Andrew Jackson | Film |
| 1950 | Right Cross | Sean O'Malley | Film |
| 1949 | Malaya | John Manchester | Film |
| 1949 | Down to the Sea in Ships | Bering Joy | Film |
| 1948 | Key Largo | James Temple | Film |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life | Mr. Potter | Film |
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun | Sen. Jackson McCanles | Film |
| 1945 | The Valley of Decision | Pat Rafferty | Film |
| 1944 | Since You Went Away | Clergyman | Film |
| 1944 | Dragon Seed | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1944 | A Guy Named Joe | The General | Film |
| 1944 | 3 Men in White | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | Film |
| 1943 | Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | Film |
| 1942 | Calling Dr. Gillespie | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | Film |
| 1942 | Tennessee Johnson | Thaddeus Stevens | Film |
| 1942 | Dr. Kildare's Victory | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | Film |
| 1942 | Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | Film |
| 1941 | Lady Be Good | Judge Murdock | Film |
| 1941 | The People Vs. Dr. Kildare | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | Film |
| 1941 | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | Film |
| 1941 | The Bad Man | Uncle Henry Jones | Film |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Crisis | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | Film |
| 1940 | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | Film |
| 1940 | The Stars Look Down | Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice) | Film |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | Film |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Strange Case | Leonard Gillespie | Film |
| 1939 | On Borrowed Time | Julian Northrup aka Gramps | Film |
| 1939 | Calling Dr. Kildare | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | Film |
| 1939 | Let Freedom Ring | Thomas Logan | Film |
| 1939 | The Secret of Dr. Kildare | Leonard Gillespie | Film |
| 1938 | Test Pilot | Howard B. Drake | Film |
| 1938 | Young Dr. Kildare | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | Film |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Martin Vanderhof | Film |
| 1938 | A Yank at Oxford | Dan Sheridan | Film |
| 1937 | Navy Blue and Gold | Captain 'Skinny' Dawes | Film |
| 1937 | A Family Affair | Judge Hardy | Film |
| 1937 | Captains Courageous | Captain Disko Troop | Film |
| 1937 | Saratoga | Grandpa Clayton | Film |
| 1936 | The Devil-Doll | Paul Lavond | Film |
| 1936 | Camille | Monsieur Duval | Film |
| 1936 | The Gorgeous Hussy | Andrew Jackson | Film |
| 1936 | The Road to Glory | Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin | Film |
| 1936 | The Voice of Bugle Ann | Springfield Davis | Film |
| 1935 | Public Hero Number 1 | Dr. Josiah Glass | Film |
| 1935 | Ah, Wilderness! | Nat Miller | Film |
| 1935 | The Little Colonel | Colonel Lloyd | Film |
| 1935 | David Copperfield | Dan Peggotty | Film |
| 1935 | The Return Of Peter Grimm | Peter Grimm | Film |
| 1935 | Mark of the Vampire | Professor Zelin | Film |
| 1934 | The Girl from Missouri | T.R. Paige | Film |
| 1934 | Treasure Island | Billy Bones | Film |
| 1933 | The Stranger's Return | Grandpa Cyrus Tatum Storr | Film |
| 1933 | Should Ladies Behave | Augustus Merrick | Film |
| 1933 | Night Flight | Robineau | Film |
| 1933 | Dinner at Eight | Oliver Jordan | Film |
| 1933 | Sweepings | Daniel Pardway | Film |
| 1932 | Rasputin and the Empress | Grigori Rasputin | Film |
| 1932 | Arsène Lupin | Detective Guerchard | Film |
| 1932 | Grand Hotel | Otto Kringelein | Film |
| 1932 | Broken Lullaby | Dr. H. Holderlin | Film |
| 1931 | Mata Hari | General Serge Shubin | Film |
| 1931 | The Yellow Ticket | Baron Igor Andreeff | Film |
| 1931 | Guilty Hands | Richard Grant | Film |
| 1931 | The Christmas Party | Himself (uncredited) | Film |
| 1931 | A Free Soul | Stephen Ashe | Film |
| 1930 | Free and Easy | Bedroom Scene | Film |
| 1929 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Self - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited) | Film |
| 1929 | The Mysterious Island | Andre Dakkar | Film |
| 1928 | Sadie Thompson | Alfred Davidson | Film |
| 1928 | West of Zanzibar | Crane | Film |
| 1927 | The Show | The Greek | Film |
| 1927 | Women Love Diamonds | Hugo Harlan | Film |
| 1926 | The Temptress | Canterac | Film |
| 1926 | The Bells | Mathias | Film |
| 1926 | Wife Tamers | Mr. Barry | Film |
| 1926 | The Barrier | Stark Bennett | Film |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | Film |
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