Lionel Barrymore

Also known as Lionel Herbert Blythe

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 appears in Vinony's Best Actor collection — one of 186 entries. It also appears in Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Vinony's link graph records 889 inbound references to Lionel Barrymore, and connects out to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Dr. Kildare and World War II.

It is catalogued under topics including 1878 births, 1954 deaths and 19th-century American male actors.

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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…

Known for

Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You — Self (archive footage)2008
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2005
Checking Out: Grand Hotel — Self / Various roles (archive footage)2004
The Mesmerist — The Innkeeper (archive footage)2003
Complicated Women — Self (archive footage)2003
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-19132002
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)1987
Super Duper Bloopers — Self1986
That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)1976
Hooray for Hollywood — Self (archive footage)1976

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Lionel
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Philadelphia
Place of death: Van Nuys
Spouse: Irene Fenwick
Father: Maurice Barrymore
Mother: Georgiana Drew
Sibling: Ethel Barrymore
Occupation: television presenter
Political party: Republican Party (United States)
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Family: Barrymore family
Genre: Western
Image: Lionel Barrymore.jpg
Number of children: 2

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Commons category: Lionel Barrymore
cause of death: myocardial infarction
date of birth: 1878-04-28
date of death: 1954-11-15
manner of death: natural causes
Commons gallery: Lionel Barrymore
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Director
start of work period: 1893-00-00
birth name: Lionel Herbert Blythe
place of burial: Calvary Cemetery
related category: Category:Films directed by Lionel Barrymore
end of work period: 1954-00-00
writing language: English language
name in native language: Lionel Barrymore

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Encyclopedic overview

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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