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.
It's a Wonderful Life
Mr. Potter
Estrellados
Self (Guest Appearance)
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Key Largo
James Temple
The Romance of Elaine
Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X
The End of the Tour
Byron Bennett
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited)
Duel in the Sun
Sen. Jackson McCanles
Public Hero Number 1
Dr. Josiah Glass
Grand Hotel
Otto Kringelein
West of Zanzibar
Crane
You Can't Take It with You
Martin Vanderhof
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
Self (archive footage)
Mata Hari
General Serge Shubin
On Borrowed Time
Julian Northrup aka Gramps
Mark of the Vampire
Professor Zelin
The Devil-Doll
Paul Lavond
Since You Went Away
Clergyman
The Little Colonel
Colonel Lloyd
Sadie Thompson
Alfred Davidson
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
The Musician's Friend
Free and Easy
Bedroom Scene
A Guy Named Joe
The General
Rasputin and the Empress
Grigori Rasputin
Test Pilot
Howard B. Drake
Lady Be Good
Judge Murdock
Treasure Island
Billy Bones
The Valley of Decision
Pat Rafferty
Camille
Monsieur Duval
Lone Star
Andrew Jackson
David Copperfield
Dan Peggotty
Malaya
John Manchester
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
Saratoga
Grandpa Clayton
Captains Courageous
Captain Disko Troop
Dinner at Eight
Oliver Jordan
Tennessee Johnson
Thaddeus Stevens
A Free Soul
Stephen Ashe
The Sheriff's Baby
Third Bandit
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Gold and Glitter
The Lover
The Informer
Union Soldier
A Cry for Help
The Tramp
The Unwelcome Guest
At Auction (uncredited)
Night Flight
Robineau
Heredity
Woodsman
Brutality
At Wedding
Near To Earth
Gato
Broken Lullaby
Dr. H. Holderlin
Fighting Blood
The Temptress
Canterac
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
The Mysterious Island
Andre Dakkar
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
The Yellow Ticket
Baron Igor Andreeff
Ah, Wilderness!
Nat Miller
The Girl from Missouri
T.R. Paige
Judith of Bethulia
Extra (uncredited)
The Road to Glory
Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
The Stranger's Return
Grandpa Cyrus Tatum Storr
The Show
The Greek
Should Ladies Behave
Augustus Merrick
The Gorgeous Hussy
Andrew Jackson
The New York Hat
Minister
A Yank at Oxford
Dan Sheridan
Young Dr. Kildare
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Calling Dr. Kildare
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Dr. Kildare's Victory
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
A Family Affair
Judge Hardy
Death's Marathon
The Financial Backer
Navy Blue and Gold
Captain 'Skinny' Dawes
Guilty Hands
Richard Grant
The Splendid Road
Dan Clehollis
The Barrier
Stark Bennett
Road House
Henry Grayson
The House of Discord
The Husband
The Return Of Peter Grimm
Peter Grimm
Men and Women
Stephen Rodman / Robert Stevens
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Lionel Barrymore
The Power of the Press
Steve Carson
The Seats of the Mighty
Monsieur Doltaire
Arsène Lupin
Detective Guerchard
Down to the Sea in Ships
Bering Joy
The Exploits of Elaine
Under the Gaslight
William Byke
A Modern Magdalen
Lindsay
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
Judge Randolph Legarde
The Flaming Sword
Steve
Dora Thorne
Lord Earle
A Yellow Streak
Barry Dale
The Brand of Cowardice
Cyril Hamilton
The Painted Lady
At Ice Cream Festival
His Father's Son
J. Dabney Barro
The Millionaire's Double
Bide Bennington
National Red Cross Pageant
The White Caps
The Battle
Wagon Driver (uncredited)
The Miser's Heart
Jules - the Thief
The Chief's Blanket
The Young Man
Boomerang Bill
Boomerang Bill
A Man of Iron
Philip Durban
The Wrongdoers
Daniel Abbott
3 Men in White
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
The Voice of Bugle Ann
Springfield Davis
The Yaqui Cur
The Easterner
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
The Wanderer
The Male Lover
The Switchtower
First Counterfeiter
So Near, Yet So Far
In Club
Sweepings
Daniel Pardway
The Bells
Mathias
Friends
Grizzley Fallon - Dandy Jack's Friend
The Burglar’s Dilemma
The Householder
Strongheart
Billy Saunders
Wife Tamers
Mr. Barry
Let Freedom Ring
Thomas Logan
Right Cross
Sean O'Malley
One Man's Journey
Eli Watt
Bannerline
Hugo Trimble
Three Wise Fools
Dr. Richard Gaunght
Between Two Women
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
The Washington Masquerade
Jefferson "Jeff" Keane
Our Mr. Sun
Father Time (voice)
This Side of Heaven
Martin Turner
Carolina
Bob Connelly
The Secret Heart
Dr. Rossiger
Super Duper Bloopers
Self
Looking Forward
Tim Benton
The Christmas Party
Himself (uncredited)
Land of Liberty
(archive footage)
Unseeing Eyes
Conrad Dean
The Eternal City
Baron Bonelli
Paris at Midnight
Vautrin
Dark Delusion
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Drums of Love
Duke Cathos de Alvia
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Alias Jimmy Valentine
Doyle
The Penalty
'Grandpop' Logan
The Devil's Garden
William Dale
Three Friends
Second Friend
Body and Soul
Dr. Leyden
The Lucky Lady
Count Ferranzo
The Stars Look Down
Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
The Bad Man
Uncle Henry Jones
An Indian's Loyalty
The Cattle Buyer
Main Street to Broadway
Self
The Strong Man's Burden
John - the Elder Brother
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
Christopher Bean
Dr. Milton Haggett
The Face in the Fog
Boston Blackie Dawson
The Lion and the Mouse
John Ryder
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
Fate
Father, Loving Family
My Baby
At table
The One She Loved
The Neighbor
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
The Desk Sergeant
Breakdowns of 1949
Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
The Mesmerist
The Innkeeper (archive footage)
Wildfire
John Keefe
America
Capt. Walter Butler
Dragon Seed
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
Gordon Kent
Women Love Diamonds
Hugo Harlan
The Little Tease
In Bar
Fifty-Fifty
Frederick Harmon
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
Himself - Giving Introduction
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Gramps
Oil and Water
The Idealist's Friend
The Quitter
Happy Jack Lewis
A Timely Interception
Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother
Enemies of Women
Prince Lubimoff
The Great Adventure
Priam Farll
The River Woman
Bill Lefty
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
The Copperhead
Milt Shanks
Jim the Penman
James Ralston
Children of the Whirlwind
Joe Ellison
The Woman in Black
Robert Crane
The Thirteenth Hour
Prof. Leroy
The Lady and the Mouse
The Father
The Movies March On
Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Upheaval
Jim Gordon
Dorian's Divorce
Richard Dorian
The House of Darkness
The Doctor
Decameron Nights
Saladin
Meddling Women
Edwin Ainsworth / John Wells (duel role)
The Master Mind
Henry Allen
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Way of the World
Grizzley Fallon (Archive Footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)