Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

American actor, director and screenwriter (1878–1954)

Lionel Barrymore 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.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 139 films (1911–1990) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 29 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1911 Heredity D. W. Griffith 17 min 16mm B&W sound
1911 Heredity Encyclopedia Britannica Films 17 min B&W
1911 Heredity D. W. Griffith 17 min B&W
1911 HEREDITY Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc 10 min 16mm B&W Sound
1911 The Battle ▶ D.W. Griffith; Biograph; Blackhawk FIlms 0:10:00 16mm B&W silent
1911 The Miser's Heart ▶ Biograph Company 18 min 16mm B&W silent
1912 So Near, Yet So Far Biograph Co 17 min 16mm B&W sound
1912 The Massacre Blackhawk 34 16mm B&W silent
1912 THE MUSKETEERS OF PIG ALLEY. ▶ Biograph Co 17 16mm B&W silent
1912 The New York hat. ▶ Biograph Co 3:00 16mm B&W silent
1912 The One She Loved Biograph Co 17 min 16mm B&W sound
1912 The Painted Lady ▶ Biograph Co 12 min 16mm B&W sound
1912 The Painted lady Museum of Modern Art 15 16mm B&W silent
1913 Battle of Elderbush Gulch ▶ Pyramid 20 min. 16mm B&W sound
1913 Death's marathon Museum of Modern Art 15 16mm B&W silent
1913 Death's Marathon D. W. Griffith 15 min 16mm B&W
1913 Judith of Bethulia. Biograph Co 4 reels 16mm B&W
1913 WHERE'S THE BABY? Biograph Co B&W
1914 THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY. World Film Corp 7 reels B&W
1914 UNDER THE GASLIGHT. Klaw & Erlanger. 4 reels B&W silent
1915 A YELLOW STREAK. Metro Pictures Corp. 5 reels B&W silent
1915 THE FLAMING SWORD. Metro Pictures Corp. 5 reels B&W silent
1916 DORIAN'S DIVORCE. Rolfe Photoplays Inc 5 reels B&W silent
1916 THE BRAND OF COWARDICE. Rolfe Photoplays Inc 5 reels B&W silent
1917 HIS FATHER'S SON. Rolfe Photoplays Inc 5 reels B&W
1917 LIFE'S WHIRLPOOL. Metro Pictures Corp. 5 reels B&W
1917 THE END OF THE TOUR. Rolfe Photoplays Inc 5 reels B&W
1917 THE MILLIONAIRE'S DOUBLE. Metro Pictures Corp. 5 reels B&W
1919 THE COPPERHEAD. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 7 reels B&W
1920 THE MASTER MIND. Whitman Bennett 6 reels B&W
1921 Jim the Penman. First National. 6 reels 16mm B&W sound
1921 THE GREAT ADVENTURE. Whitman Bennett Productions 6 reels B&W
1922 BOOMERANG BILL. International Film Service Co. Inc. 6 reels B&W
1922 THE FACE IN THE FOG. The Cosmopolitan Corp. 7 reels B&W
1923 THE ETERNAL CITY. Samuel Goldwyn 8 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1923 UNSEEING EYES. William Randolph Hearst 9 reels B&W
1925 A MAN OF IRON. Chadwick Pictures Corp. 6 reels B&W
1925 Fifty-Fifty Henri Diamant-Berger B&W
1925 MEDDLING WOMEN. Ivan Abramson 7 reels B&W
1925 THE GIRL WHO WOULDN'T WORK. Marcel De Sano 2390 16mm B&W
1926 PARIS AT MIDNIGHT. Metropolitan Pictures Corp. of Calif. 7 reels B&W
1926 The Barrier ▶ George W. Hill 70 min B&W
1926 The Bells James Young
1926 THE LUCKY LADY. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 6 reels B&W
1926 WIFE TAMERS. Pathe Exchange Inc. 16mm Color & B&W Silent
1927 THE SHOW. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 7 reels B&W
1927 THE THIRTEENTH HOUR. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 6 reels B&W
1927 WOMEN LOVE DIAMONDS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 7 reels B&W
1928 DRUMS OF LOVE. Feature Productions Inc. 9 reels B&W
1928 SADIE THOMPSON. Gloria Swanson Productions Inc. 9 reels B&W