Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

April 28, 1878 (146 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 focussing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series entitled The Story of Dr. Kildare. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.

Known For

It's a Wonderful Life It's a Wonderful Life
The Ed Sullivan Show The Ed Sullivan Show
You Can't Take It with You You Can't Take It with You
Captains Courageous Captains Courageous
Grand Hotel Grand Hotel

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