Actor info
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Name :
Lionel Barrymore
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Born :
April 28, 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (76 years at death)
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Died :
November 15, 1954
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
246 films (1905–2008)
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Also known as :
Lionel Herbert Blythe, Lionel Blythe, لیونل بریمور
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Biography
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.
Notable films
- Key Largo (1948) as James Temple
- Duel in the Sun (1946) as Sen. Jackson McCanles
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) as Mr. Potter
- Camille (1936) as Monsieur Duval
- Grand Hotel (1932) as Otto Kringelein
