Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore
Barrymore c. 1910
Born	Lionel Herbert Blyth (1878-04-28)April 28, 1878 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	November 15, 1954(1954-11-15) (aged 76) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1893–1954
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Doris Rankin ​ ​ (m. 1904; div. 1922)​ Irene Fenwick ​ ​ (m. 1923; died 1936)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	Maurice Barrymore Georgiana Drew
Family	Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blyth; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director.^[1] 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.

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 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's nine Dr. Kildare films, a role he reprised in a further six films focusing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series titled The Story of Dr. Kildare. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.