Lionel Barrymore, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Lionel Barrymore

American actor, director, screenwriter

Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1878

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 15-Nov-1954

Profession: screenwriter, actor, composer, acting, musician, television presenter, stage actor, film director, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Lionel Barrymore

  • 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.

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