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Lionel Barrymore(1878-1954)

  • Actor
  • Director
  • Writer
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Lionel Barrymore c. 1933
Ex-President Andrew Jackson sends Texan Devereaux Burke back home on a mission to facilitate Sam Houston's drive for U.S. statehood.
Play trailer2:34
Lone Star (1952)
33 Videos
99+ Photos
Famed actor, composer, artist, author and director. His talents extended to the authoring of the novel "Mr. Cartonwine: A Moral Tale" as well as his autobiography. In 1944, he joined ASCAP, and composed "Russian Dances", "Partita", "Ballet Viennois", "The Woodman and the Elves", "Behind the Horizon", "Fugue Fantasia", "In Memorium", "Hallowe'en", "Preludium & Fugue", "Elegie for Oboe, Orch.", "Farewell Symphony (1-act opera)", "Elegie (piano pieces)", "Rondo for Piano" and "Scherzo Grotesque".
BornApril 28, 1878
DiedNovember 15, 1954(76)
BornApril 28, 1878
DiedNovember 15, 1954(76)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 4 wins & 1 nomination total

Photos520

Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, and Diana Wynyard in Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
Lionel Barrymore and Grace Valentine in The Brand of Cowardice (1916)
Lionel Barrymore in The Thirteenth Hour (1927)
Lionel Barrymore, Nancy Carroll, and Phillips Holmes in Broken Lullaby (1932)
Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, and Diana Wynyard in Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
Lionel Barrymore in The Woman in Black (1914)
Lionel Barrymore in Woman Against Woman (1914)
Lionel Barrymore in Dorian's Divorce (1916)
Lionel Barrymore and Gertrude Astor in Wife Tamers (1926)
Lionel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, and Kate Bruce in Just Gold (1913)
Lionel Barrymore and Irene Howley in A Yellow Streak (1915)
Lionel Barrymore in A Yellow Streak (1915)

Known for

James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, Spring Byington, Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer, Samuel S. Hinds, Donald Meek, Ann Miller, and H.B. Warner in You Can't Take It with You (1938)
You Can't Take It with You
7.8
  • Martin Vanderhof
  • 1938
Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, and Edward G. Robinson in Key Largo (1948)
Key Largo
7.7
  • James Temple
  • 1948
James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life
8.6
  • Mr. Potter
  • 1946
Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer in A Free Soul (1931)
A Free Soul
6.6
  • Stephen Ashe
  • 1931

Credits

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Actor

  • Our Mr. Sun (1956)
    Our Mr. Sun
    • Father Time (voice)
    • TV Movie
    • 1956
  • Tallulah Bankhead, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Shirley Booth, Mary Martin, Tommy Morton, and Mary Murphy in Main Street to Broadway (1953)
    Main Street to Broadway
    • Lionel Barrymore
    • 1953
  • Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, and Broderick Crawford in Lone Star (1952)
    Lone Star
    • Andrew Jackson
    • 1952
  • Keefe Brasselle and Sally Forrest in Bannerline (1951)
    Bannerline
    • Hugo Trimble
    • 1951
  • June Allyson, Ricardo Montalban, and Dick Powell in Right Cross (1950)
    Right Cross
    • Sean O'Malley
    • 1950
  • James Stewart, Spencer Tracy, Sydney Greenstreet, Valentina Cortese, and John Hodiak in Malaya (1949)
    Malaya
    • John Manchester
    • 1949
  • Lionel Barrymore, Dean Stockwell, and Richard Widmark in Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
    Down to the Sea in Ships
    • Capt. Bering Joy
    • 1949
  • Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, and Edward G. Robinson in Key Largo (1948)
    Key Largo
    • James Temple
    • 1948
  • Lucille Bremer and James Craig in Dark Delusion (1947)
    Dark Delusion
    • Dr. Leonard Gillespie
    • 1947
  • Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946)
    Duel in the Sun
    • Sen. Jackson McCanles
    • 1946
  • June Allyson, Claudette Colbert, and Walter Pidgeon in The Secret Heart (1946)
    The Secret Heart
    • Dr. Rossiger
    • 1946
  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    It's a Wonderful Life
    • Mr. Potter
    • 1946
  • Three Wise Fools (1946)
    Three Wise Fools
    • Dr. Richard Gaunght
    • 1946
  • Gregory Peck and Greer Garson in The Valley of Decision (1945)
    The Valley of Decision
    • Pat Rafferty
    • 1945
  • Gloria DeHaven, Van Johnson, and Marilyn Maxwell in Between Two Women (1945)
    Between Two Women
    • Dr. Leonard B. Gillespie
    • 1945

Director

  • Lionel Barrymore and Kay Francis in Guilty Hands (1931)
    Guilty Hands
    • Director (uncredited)
    • 1931
  • Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Cortez, and Monroe Owsley in Ten Cents a Dance (1931)
    Ten Cents a Dance
    • Director
    • 1931
  • Charles Bickford, Nils Asther, and Raquel Torres in The Sea Bat (1930)
    The Sea Bat
    • Director (uncredited)
    • 1930
  • Renée Adorée and John Gilbert in Redemption (1930)
    Redemption
    • Director (retakes, uncredited)
    • 1930
  • Lawrence Tibbett in The Rogue Song (1930)
    The Rogue Song
    • Director
    • 1930
  • John Gilbert and Catherine Dale Owen in His Glorious Night (1929)
    His Glorious Night
    • Director
    • 1929
  • Dorothy Sebastian and Roland Young in The Unholy Night (1929)
    The Unholy Night
    • Director
    • 1929
  • Ruth Chatterton in Madame X (1929)
    Madame X
    • Director
    • 1929
  • Confession
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1929
  • Life's Whirlpool
    • Director
    • 1917
  • Chocolate Dynamite
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1914
  • Just Boys
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1914
  • No Place for Father
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1913
  • Where's the Baby?
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1913
  • Donald Crisp in His Secret (1913)
    His Secret
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1913

Writer

  • Life's Whirlpool
    • scenario
    • 1917
  • The Criminal's Thumb (1916)
    The Criminal's Thumb
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1916
  • The Vengeance of Galora
    • writer
    • Short
    • 1913
  • Robert Harron and Gertrude Norman in The Tender Hearted Boy (1913)
    The Tender Hearted Boy
    • writer
    • Short
    • 1913
  • The Adventures of Dollie (1908)
    The Burglar's Dilemma
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1912

Videos33

It's a Wonderful Life
Clip 0:37
It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life
Clip 0:46
It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life
Clip 1:07
It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life
Clip 0:55
It's a Wonderful Life
The Little Colonel
Clip 1:46
The Little Colonel
Trailer
Trailer 1:57
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Trailer 2:48
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Trailer 2:34
Trailer
Mata Hari Official Trailer
Trailer 2:42
Mata Hari Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 1:51
Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:32
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Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Lionel Blythe
  • Height
    • 6′ (1.83 m)
  • Born
    • April 28, 1878
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • November 15, 1954
    • Van Nuys, California, USA(heart attack)
  • Spouses
      Irene FenwickJuly 14, 1923 - December 24, 1936 (her death)
  • Parents
      Maurice Barrymore
  • Relatives
      Ethel Barrymore(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (as "Frank Turner"; Broadway debut) in "Sag Harbor" on Broadway. Drama. Written by James A. Herne [final Broadway credit]. Scenic Design by Frank E. Gates, E.A. Morange and Ernest Albert. Theatre Republic: (closing date unknown/76 performances). Cast: Marion Abbott, T.H. Burke, John D. Garrick, Robert Gillig, Chrystal Herne, James A. Herne, Julia A. Herne (as "Martha Reese"), William T. Hodge, Harriett McDonald, Frank Monroe [Broadway debut], C. Dibden Pitt, Margaret Dibden (as "Pitt"), Mollie Revel, Forrest Robinson (as "Ben Turner"), Mrs. Sol Smith.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 5 Print Biographies
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 19 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Invented the boom microphone.
  • Quotes
    This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them. Hollywood is tied hand and foot to the demands for artificiality of the masses all over the world.
  • Trademarks
      Playing grouchy, but usually lovable, elderly men in films
  • Salaries
      The Tender Hearted Boy
      (1913)
      $15

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