
Lionel Barrymore
Where to watch Lionel Barrymore in United States. On screen since 1905. Licensed apps only — 24 titles we track below.
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 Life
Mr. Potter · 1946

Key Largo
James Temple · 1948

You Can't Take It with You
Martin Vanderhof · 1938

Grand Hotel
Otto Kringelein · 1932

Duel in the Sun
Sen. Jackson McCanles · 1946

Captains Courageous
Captain Disko Troop · 1937

Camille
Monsieur Duval · 1936

Mark of the Vampire
Professor Zelin · 1935

Dinner at Eight
Oliver Jordan · 1933

The Devil-Doll
Paul Lavond · 1936

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) · 1925

The Musketeers of Pig Alley
The Musician's Friend · 1912

Test Pilot
Howard B. Drake · 1938

Treasure Island
Billy Bones · 1934

David Copperfield
Dan Peggotty · 1935

That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited) · 1974

Mata Hari
General Serge Shubin · 1931

Since You Went Away
Clergyman · 1944

A Guy Named Joe
The General · 1944

A Free Soul
Stephen Ashe · 1931

Broken Lullaby
Dr. H. Holderlin · 1932

That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage) · 1976

West of Zanzibar
Crane · 1928

Sadie Thompson
Alfred Davidson · 1928