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Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Acting • 1878-04-28 • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

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It's a Wonderful Life8.3

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

You Can't Take It with You7.5

You Can't Take It with You

1938

Key Largo7.5

Key Largo

1948

Mark of the Vampire6.2

Mark of the Vampire

1935

The Devil-Doll6.8

The Devil-Doll

1936

Captains Courageous7.4

Captains Courageous

1937

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