Lionel Barrymore
American actor, director, screenwriter (1878–1954)
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Lionel Barrymore was an American actor, director, and screenwriter who lived from 1878 to 1954 and became one of the most prominent figures in early film and theater. He matters because he was a pioneering entertainer whose work across multiple roles in the entertainment industry helped shape American cinema and performance during a transformative period.
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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. 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.
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