Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Nasceu em 28 de abril de 1878 em Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, morreu em 15 de novembro de 1954.

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.

Ben-Hur (7.3) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Filme · 1925 como Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Friends (5.5) Filme · 1912 como Grizzley Fallon - Dandy Jack's Friend