History Creator / LionelBarrymore

Lionel Herbert Barrymore (née Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was one of the most famous screen actors during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Barrymore family, show business royalty that included his father Maurice (a big Broadway star), his sister [[Creator/EthelBarrymore Ethel]] (also a big Broadway star, who dabbled in movies), and his brother Creator/{{John|Barrymore}} (a big Broadway star who would become a Hollywood A-lister like his brother). The family would later include John's granddaughter Creator/DrewBarrymore.

* TheMentor: His role throughout the ''Dr. Kildare'' series saw him playing the gruff but well-meaning mentor to Dr. Kildare and other young doctors.

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Barrymore played a fairly wide variety of roles when he was younger, both heroes and villains, but in his later years became somewhat typecast as kindly grandpas. His most famous role, as evil Mr. Potter in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'', was thus a PlayingAgainstType triumph.

A broken hip and chronic arthritis left Barrymore in a wheelchair in his later years; [[DisabledCharacterDisabledActor this was written into several of his film parts]]. He died of a heart attack in 1954.

Lionel Herbert Barrymore (April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was one of the most famous film actors during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Barrymore family, show business royalty that included his father Maurice (a big Broadway star), his sister [[Creator/EthelBarrymore Ethel]] (also a big Broadway star, who dabbled in movies), and his brother Creator/{{John|Barrymore}} (a big Broadway star who would become a Hollywood A-lister like his brother). The family would later include John's granddaughter Creator/DrewBarrymore.

Lionel Herbert Barrymore (April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was one of the most famous film actors during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood. He was born to the Barrymore family, show business royalty that included his father Maurice (a big Broadway star), his sister [[Creator/EthelBarrymore Ethel]] (also a big Broadway star, who dabbled in movies), and his brother Creator/{{John|Barrymore}} (a big Broadway star who would become a Hollywood A-lister like his brother). The family would later include John's granddaughter Creator/DrewBarrymore.

* ''Film/{{Lone Star|1952}}'' (1952) -- his last film; he played UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson

* ''A Family Affair'' (1937), the first film in the Film/AndyHardy series

* ''Film/{{Lone Star|1952}}'' (1952)(last film)

* ''Literature/DavidCopperfield'' (1935)

Lionel Herbert Barrymore (April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was one of the most famous film actors during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood. He was born to the Barrymore family, show business royalty that included his father Maurice (a big Broadway star), his sister Ethel (also a big Broadway star, who dabbled in movies), and his brother Creator/{{John|Barrymore}} (a big Broadway star who would become a Hollywood A-lister like his brother). The family would later include John's granddaughter Creator/DrewBarrymore.

Lionel Barrymore entered the family business in the last years of the 19th century. When films began to take off Barrymore took to the new medium, making his film debut in 1911. Barrymore became a stock player with Creator/DWGriffith, but his career in movies really took off in TheTwenties when he signed up with Metro Pictures, which became Creator/{{MGM}} and used Barrymore as an actor in its most prestigious dramas.