Lionel Barrymore
American actor, director, screenwriter (1878-1954) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 76
Lionel Barrymore 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 is known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Potter in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.
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1954Died15 November 19541952
Lone StarFilm, Andrew Jackson1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries
Key LargoFilm, 1948James Temple1946
Duel in the SunFilm, Sen. Jackson McCanles1944
A Guy Named JoeFilm, The General1939
On Borrowed TimeFilm, Julian Northrup aka Gramps1937
Captains CourageousFilm, Captain Disko Troop1936
CamilleFilm, Monsieur Duval1934
Treasure IslandFilm, Billy Bones1932
Arsène LupinFilm, Detective Guerchard1931Academy Award for Best ActorAward1929
The Hollywood Revue of 1929Film1928
Sadie ThompsonFilm, Alfred Davidson1914
Judith of BethuliaFilm, Extra (uncredited)1912
The Musketeers of Pig AlleyFilm, The Musician's Friend1878Born28 April 1878
Lone StarFilm, Andrew Jackson1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesKey LargoFilm, 1948James Temple1946Duel in the SunFilm, Sen. Jackson McCanles1944A Guy Named JoeFilm, The General1939On Borrowed TimeFilm, Julian Northrup aka Gramps1937Captains CourageousFilm, Captain Disko Troop1936CamilleFilm, Monsieur Duval1934Treasure IslandFilm, Billy Bones1932Arsène LupinFilm, Detective Guerchard1931Academy Award for Best ActorAward1929The Hollywood Revue of 1929Film1928Sadie ThompsonFilm, Alfred Davidson1914Judith of BethuliaFilm, Extra (uncredited)1912The Musketeers of Pig AlleyFilm, The Musician's Friend1878Born28 April 1878Known for
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It's a Wonderful Life 1946
Key Largo 1948
You Can't Take It with You 1938
That's Entertainment! 1974
Captains Courageous 1937
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D. W. Griffith Directed The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
Victor Fleming Directed Captains Courageous and Test Pilot
David O. Selznick Produced Duel in the Sun and Since You Went Away
Irving Thalberg Produced Grand Hotel (1933)
Tod Browning Directed Mark of the Vampire and The Devil-Doll
Clarence Brown Directed A Free Soul and The Gorgeous Hussy
Jack Conway Directed Saratoga and A Yank at Oxford
James Kirkwood Directed The House of Discord and Strongheart
Lucien Hubbard Produced The Stranger's Return (1933)- Anthony O'Sullivan Directed The Well and The Crook and the Girl
Harold S. Bucquet Directed Dragon Seed and Calling Dr. Kildare
Kenneth Webb Directed The Devil's Garden and The Master Mind
Lillian Gish Also in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
George Cukor Directed Camille and David Copperfield
William Randolph Hearst Produced Unseeing Eyes and The Face in the Fog
Raoul Walsh Directed Sadie Thompson and The Yellow Ticket
Lewis Stone Also in Mata Hari and Grand Hotel
Richard Thorpe Directed Malaya and The Bad Man
George B. Seitz Directed The Exploits of Elaine (1914)
Carey Wilson Produced Dark Delusion and 3 Men in White- J. Walter Ruben Produced Tennessee Johnson and The Bad Man
Edwin H. Knopf Produced The Valley of Decision (1945)
Willis Goldbeck Directed Dark Delusion (1947)- Bernard H. Hyman Produced Camille and Saratoga
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Filmography 40
266 credits on file
Television 3
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Young Lionel with John, Ethel, and their mother (1890)
Barrymore, 1906
Lionel and first wife Doris (in rocking chair) in the 1920 silent film The Devil's Garden
Lionel Barrymore and Alma Rubens in Enemies of Women (1923)
With second wife Irene Fenwick, 1923
Portraying Mr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Hosting "Concert Hall" for Armed Forces Radio Service during World War II, c. 1942Awards
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United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1878 to 1954 · aged 76
