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Lionel Barrymore
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 focussing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series entitled The Story of Dr. Kildare. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.
Known For
It's a Wonderful Life
as Mr. Potter
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
On Borrowed Time
as Julian Northrup aka Gramps
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
David Copperfield
as Dan Peggotty
Key Largo
as James Temple
Camille
as Monsieur Duval
Grand Hotel
as Otto Kringelein
You Can't Take It with You
as Martin Vanderhof
Duel in the Sun
as Sen. Jackson McCanles
