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
1928 The Lion and the Mouse Lloyd Bacon
1928 THE RIVER WOMAN. Lumas Film Corp. 7 reels B&W
1928 West of Zanzibar Tod Browning 65 min B&W
1929 ALIAS JIMMY VALENTINE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 10 reels B&W
1929 Madame X Lionel Barrymore 91 min B&W
1929 The Mysterious Island Lucien Hubbard, Benjamin Christensen, Maurice Tourneur 95 min 16mm B&W sound
1929 The Mysterious Island Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp 1:34:00 16mm B&W sound
1929 THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 10 reels B&W
1929 THE UNHOLY NIGHT. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 10 reels B&W
1930 Free And Easy ▶ Handy (Jam) Organization 92 min 16mm B&W sound
1930 THE SEA BAT. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 8 reels B&W
1931 A free soul 1931) (theatrical): Distributor 1:31:00 16mm B&W sound
1931 A FREE SOUL. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 10 reels B&W
1931 GUILTY HANDS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 8 reels B&W
1931 THE YELLOW TICKET. Fox Film Corp 88 min B&W
1932 Broken Lullaby Paramount Publix Corp. (Publisher) 76 16mm B&W sound
1932 BROKEN LULLABY. Paramount Publix Corp. 76 min B&W
1932 Grand Hotel Edmund Goulding 1:12 B&W
1932 Grand Hotel Edmund Goulding 113 min B&W
1932 MATA HARI. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 10 reels B&W
1932 THE WASHINGTON MASQUERADE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 9 reels B&W
1933 Dinner at eight. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 11 reels. 16mm B&W sound
1933 Looking Forward Clarence Brown B&W
1933 Night Flight Clarence Brown 84 min 16mm B&W
1933 NIGHT FLIGHT. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 9 reels B&W
1933 ONE MAN'S JOURNEY. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1933 RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 13 reels B&W
1933 SHOULD LADIES BEHAVE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 9 reels B&W
1933 SWEEPINGS. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 9 reels B&W
1933 THE STRANGER'S RETURN. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 9 reels B&W
1934 CAROLINA. Fox Film Corp 85 min B&W
1934 THE GIRL FROM MISSOURI. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 8 reels B&W
1934 THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 8 reels B&W
1934 Treasure Island ▶ MGM/UA 40 min. 16mm B&W sound
1934 TREASURE ISLAND Teaching Film Custodians, Inc 40min 16mm B&W Sound
1935 AH, WILDERNESS! Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels Color & B&W
1935 David Copperfield George Cukor 133 min B&W
1935 David Copperfield ▶ George Cukor 133 min B&W
1935 Mark of the Vampire Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp 1:00:00 16mm B&W sound
1935 MARK OF THE VAMPIRE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 6 reels B&W
1935 Public Hero No. 1 J. Walter Ruben 89 min B&W
1935 The little colonel David Butler 81 min 16mm B&W sound
1935 THE LITTLE COLONEL. Fox Film Corp 81 min B&W
1935 THE RETURN OF PETER GRIMM. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 9 reels B&W
1936 Camille. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 12 reels 16mm B&W sound
1936 The Devil Doll Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp 1:19:00 16mm B&W sound
1936 THE DEVIL DOLL. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 8 reels B&W
1936 THE GORGEOUS HUSSY. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels B&W
1936 The road to glory. Fox Film Corp 6 reels 16mm B&W sound
1936 THE VOICE OF BUGLE ANN. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 7 reels B&W