Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore
Barrymore c. 1910
Born
Lionel Herbert Blyth

(1878-04-28)April 28, 1878
DiedNovember 15, 1954(1954-11-15) (aged 76)
OccupationActor
Years active1893–1954
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
(m. 1904; div. 1922)
(m. 1923; died 1936)
Children2
Parent(s)Maurice Barrymore
Georgiana Drew
FamilyBarrymore
Young Lionel with John, Ethel, and their mother (1890)

Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blyth; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director.[1] 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.

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 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's nine Dr Kildare films, a role he reprised in a further six films focusing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series titled The Story of Dr Kildare. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.

  1. ^ "A Man in His Life Plays Many Parts". Variety. November 17, 1954. p. 2. Retrieved April 25, 2018.