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
1937 A Family Affair George B. Seitz 69 min B&W
1937 Captains courageous Films inc. 116 mi 16mm B&W sound
1937 Captains Courageous Victor Fleming 115 min B&W
1937 CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS New York University Film Library 12 min 16mm B&W Sound
1937 CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS New York University Film Library 12 min 16mm B&W Sound
1937 CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS New York University Film Library 11 min 16mm B&W Sound
1937 CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 12 reels B&W
1937 NAVY BLUE AND GOLD. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels B&W
1937 SARATOGA. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels B&W
1938 Test pilot Victor Fleming 118 min B&W
1938 You Can't Take It With You TIMELI 120 min 16mm B&W sound
1938 You can't take it with you. Columbia Pictures Corp. 13 reels 16mm B&W sound
1938 Young Dr. Kildare Sam Wood 82 min B&W
1939 Calling Dr. Kildare Harold S. Bucquet 86 min B&W
1939 Let Freedom Ring Jack Conway 87 min B&W
1939 ON BORROWED TIME. Loew's Inc. 10 reels 16mm B&W
1939 The Secret of Dr. Kildare Harold S. Bucquet 84 min B&W
1940 DR. KILDARE'S CRISIS. Harold S. Bucquet 75 min B&W
1940 DR. KILDARE'S STRANGE CASE. Harold S. Bucquet 77 min B&W
1941 The Bad Man. Richard Thorpe 7 reels B&W
1941 The Penalty. Harold S. Bucquet 8 reels B&W sound
1942 CALLING DR. GILLESPIE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 8 reels B&W sound
1942 DR. GILLESPIE'S NEW ASSISTANT. Loew's Inc. 9 reels B&W sound
1942 Tennessee Johnson. William Dieterle 10 reels B&W sound
1943 DR. GILLESPIE'S CRIMINAL CASE. Loew's Inc. 9 reels B&W sound
1944 3 Men in White Willis Goldbeck 85 min B&W
1945 The Valley Of Decision. Tay Garnett 12 reels B&W sound
1946 Duel In The Sun. Vanguard Films 138 min 35mm Color sound
1946 It's a wonderful life National Telefilm 135 mi 16mm B&W sound
1946 Three Wise Fools. Edward Buzzell 9 reels 35mm B&W sound
1947 Dark Delusion. Willis Goldbeck 90 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 Duel In The Sun unknown 129 min 16mm Color & B&W sound
1947 It's A Wonderful Life. Liberty Films 129 min 35mm B&W sound
1948 Key Largo John Huston 1:00 16mm B&W
1948 Key Largo. John Huston 101 min 35mm B&W sound
1949 Down To The Sea In Ships. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. 120 min 35mm B&W sound
1950 RIGHT CROSS John Sturges 90 min 16mm B&W sound
1950 Screen Actors ▶ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 8:42 16mm B&W sound
1990 Home Alone Barr Films. 103 min Color