Lionel Barrymore(1878-1954)

Actor
Director
Writer

Lionel Barrymore in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Ex-President Andrew Jackson sends Texan Devereaux Burke back home on a mission to facilitate Sam Houston's drive for U.S. statehood.

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Lone Star (1952)

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".

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Won 1 Oscar
- 25 wins & 1 nomination total

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Known for

You Can't Take It with You

7.8

Martin Vanderhof

1938

Key Largo

7.7

James Temple

1948

It's a Wonderful Life

8.6

Mr. Potter

1946

Grand Hotel

7.3

Otto Kringelein

1932

Credits

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Actor

Our Mr. Sun
7.3
TV Movie
- Father Time (voice)
- 1956
Main Street to Broadway
6.0
- Lionel Barrymore
- 1953
Lone Star
6.2
- Andrew Jackson
- 1952
Bannerline
5.6
- Hugo Trimble
- 1951
Right Cross
6.0
- Sean O'Malley
- 1950
Breakdowns of 1949
6.5
Short
- 1949
Malaya
6.5
- John Manchester
- 1949
Down to the Sea in Ships
7.4
- Capt. Bering Joy
- 1949
Key Largo
7.7
- James Temple
- 1948
Dark Delusion
6.1
- Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- 1947
Duel in the Sun
6.7
- Sen. Jackson McCanles
- 1946
The Secret Heart
6.5
- Dr. Rossiger
- 1946
It's a Wonderful Life
8.6
- Mr. Potter
- 1946
Flicker Flashbacks No. 1, Series 4
Short
- The Male Lover
- 1946
Three Wise Fools
6.5
- Dr. Richard Gaunght
- 1946

Director

Guilty Hands
6.9
- Director (uncredited)
- 1931
Ten Cents a Dance
6.5
- Director (as A Lionel Barrymore Production)
- 1931
The Sea Bat
5.3
- Director (uncredited)
- 1930
Redemption
5.6
- retakes (uncredited)
- 1930
The Rogue Song
5.4
- Director
- 1930
His Glorious Night
5.5
- Director
- 1929
The Unholy Night
5.6
- Director
- 1929
Madame X
5.5
- Director
- 1929
Confession
Short
- Director
- 1929
Life's Whirlpool
- Director
- 1917
Chocolate Dynamite
Short
- Director
- 1914
Just Boys
Short
- Director
- 1914
No Place for Father
Short
- Director
- 1913
Where's the Baby?
Short
- Director
- 1913
His Secret
4.0
Short
- Director
- 1913

Writer

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Personal details

Alternative names
- Mr. Lionel Barrymore
Height
- 6′ (1.83 m)
Born
- April 28, 1878
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
- November 15, 1954
- Van Nuys, California, USA(heart attack)
Spouses
Parents
Relatives
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.
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Did you know

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.