Biography: life and films
Lionel Barrymore was an American actor and film director. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on 28th April 1878 and died in Van Nuys, California, USA on 15th November 1954, aged 76.His best films as an actor include Tod Browning's thriller West of Zanzibar (1928), George Cukor's Camille (1936), Frank Capra's comedy You Can't Take It with You (1938), It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and John Huston's crime-thriller Key Largo (1948), and whose best work as a film director include Life's Whirlpool (1917), Redemption (1930) and The Rogue Song (1930).
Lionel Barrymore appeared in 163 films, directed 10 films (including 1 short), supplied the music for 2 films and scripted 2 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Anthony O'Sullivan (13 films), Harold S. Bucquet (12), Jack Conway (6), D.W. Griffith (6), Willis Goldbeck (5), Clarence Brown (5), (5), Victor Fleming (4), Tod Browning (4), Kenneth S. Webb (4), Dell Henderson (4), Richard Thorpe (3), Raoul Walsh (3), George Cukor (3), Fred Niblo (3), Will S. Davis (2), Whitman Bennett (2), W.S. Van Dyke (2), Tay Garnett (2), Sam Wood (2), King Vidor (2), John Cromwell (2), Ivan Abramson (2), George Fitzmaurice (2), George D. Baker (2), George B. Seitz (2), Frank Capra (2), Edwin Middleton (2), Edmund Goulding (2), Charles Horan (2) and Alan Crosland (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (119 films), romance (22), comedy-drama (14), comedy (13), comedy-romance (9), War (6), Thriller (6), history (5), Western (5), Fantasy (4), Documentary (4), Horror (3) and crime-thriller (2).
Our average rating for Lionel Barrymore over all films is: 2.7
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; m = musician; w = writer
The Exploits of Elaine (1914) [a]
The Seats of the Mighty (1914) [a]
The Span of Life (1914) [a]
Under the Gaslight (1914) [a]
A Modern Magdalen (1915) [a]
A Yellow Streak (1915) [a]
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde (1915) [a]
The Flaming Sword (1915) [a]
The Romance of Elaine (1915) [a]
Wildfire (1915) [a]
Dorian's Divorce (1916) [a]
The Brand of Cowardice (1916) [a]
The Upheaval (1916) [a]
His Father's Son (1917) [a]
Life's Whirlpool (1917) [d,w]
The End of the Tour (1917) [a]
The Millionaire's Double (1917) [a]
The Copperhead (1920) [a]
The Devil's Garden (1920) [a]
The Master Mind (1920) [a]
Jim the Penman (1921) [a]
The Great Adventure (1921) [a]
Boomerang Bill (1922) [a]
The Face in the Fog (1922) [a]
Enemies of Women (1923) [a]
The Eternal City (1923) [a]
Unseeing Eyes (1923) [a]
America (1924) [a]
Decameron Nights (1924) [a]
I Am the Man (1924) [a]
Meddling Women (1924) [a]
A Man of Iron (1925) [a]
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) [a]
Children of the Whirlwind (1925) [a]
Die Frau mit dem schlechten Ruf (1925) [a]
Fifty-Fifty (1925) [a]
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work (1925) [a]
The Splendid Road (1925) [a]
The Wrongdoers (1925) [a]
Brooding Eyes (1926) [a]
Paris at Midnight (1926) [a]
The Barrier (1926) [a]
The Bells (1926) [a]
The Lucky Lady (1926) [a]
The Temptress (1926) [a]
Body and Soul (1927) [a]
The Show (1927) [a]
The Thirteenth Hour (1927) [a]
Women Love Diamonds (1927) [a]
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928) [a]
Drums of Love (1928) [a]
Road House (1928) [a]
Sadie Thompson (1928) [a]
The Lion and the Mouse (1928) [a]
The River Woman (1928) [a]
His Glorious Night (1929) [d,m]
Madame X (1929) [d]
The Mysterious Island (1929) [a]
The Unholy Night (1929) [d]
Estrellados (1930) [a]
Free and Easy (1930) [a]
Olympia (1930) [m]
Redemption (1930) [d]
The Rogue Song (1930) [d]
The Sea Bat (1930) [d]
A Free Soul (1931) [a]
Guilty Hands (1931) [a,d]
Mata Hari (1931) [a]
Ten Cents a Dance (1931) [d]
Arsène Lupin (1932) [a]
Broken Lullaby (1932) [a]
Rasputin and the Empress (1932) [a]
The Washington Masquerade (1932) [a]
Christopher Bean (1933) [a]
Dinner at Eight (1933) [a]
Looking Forward (1933) [a]
Night Flight (1933) [a]
One Man's Journey (1933) [a]
Should Ladies Behave (1933) [a]
Sweepings (1933) [a]
The Stranger's Return (1933) [a]
Carolina (1934) [a]
La Ciudad de cartón (1934) [a]
The Girl from Missouri (1934) [a]
This Side of Heaven (1934) [a]
Treasure Island (1934) [a]
Ah, Wilderness! (1935) [a]
Mark of the Vampire (1935) [a]
Public Hero No. 1 (1935) [a]
The Little Colonel (1935) [a]
The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (1935) [a]
The Return of Peter Grimm (1935) [a]
Camille (1936) [a]
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) [a]
The Road to Glory (1936) [a]
The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936) [a]
A Family Affair (1937) [a]
Captains Courageous (1937) [a]
Navy Blue and Gold (1937) [a]
Saratoga (1937) [a]
A Yank at Oxford (1938) [a]
Test Pilot (1938) [a]
You Can't Take It with You (1938) [a]
Young Dr. Kildare (1938) [a]
Calling Dr. Kildare (1939) [a]
Land of Liberty (1939) [a]
Let Freedom Ring (1939) [a]
On Borrowed Time (1939) [a]
The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939) [a]
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940) [a]
Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940) [a]
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940) [a]
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941) [a]
Lady Be Good (1941) [a]
The Bad Man (1941) [a]
The Penalty (1941) [a]
The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941) [a]
Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942) [a]
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942) [a]
Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942) [a]
Tennessee Johnson (1942) [a]
A Guy Named Joe (1943) [a]
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943) [a]
Dragon Seed (1944) [a]
Since You Went Away (1944) [a]
Three Men in White (1944) [a]
Between Two Women (1945) [a]
The Valley of Decision (1945) [a]
Duel in the Sun (1946) [a]
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) [a]
The Secret Heart (1946) [a]
Three Wise Fools (1946) [a]
Dark Delusion (1947) [a]
Key Largo (1948) [a]
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) [a]
Malaya (1949) [a]
Right Cross (1950) [a]
Bannerline (1951) [a]
Lone Star (1952) [a]
Main Street to Broadway (1953) [a]
Hooray for Hollywood (1975) [a]
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