
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 Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948

MGM Parade
TV • 1955

MGM Parade
TV • 1955

MGM Parade
TV • 1955

It's a Wonderful Life
MOVIE • 1946

You Can't Take It with You
MOVIE • 1938

Key Largo
MOVIE • 1948

Grand Hotel
MOVIE • 1932

Mata Hari
MOVIE • 1931

Duel in the Sun
MOVIE • 1946

Brutality
MOVIE • 1912

Camille
MOVIE • 1936

That's Entertainment!
MOVIE • 1974

Treasure Island
MOVIE • 1934

Three Wise Fools
MOVIE • 1946

Arsène Lupin
MOVIE • 1932

Land of Liberty
MOVIE • 1939

Bannerline
MOVIE • 1951