| Lionel Barrymore | |
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 Lionel Barrymore in David Copperfield (1935) |
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| Born | Lionel Herbert Blythe April 28, 1878 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | November 15, 1954 (aged 76) Beverly Hills, California |
| Occupation | Actor, director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1908-1954 |
| Spouse(s) | Doris Rankin (1904-1923) Irene Fenwick (1923-1936) |
Lionel Barrymore (April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American Academy Award-winning actor of stage, radio and film. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Doris Rankin (1880-1946 was an American film actress and the younger daughter of actor McKee Rankin and actress Kitty Blanchard Irene Fenwick (b September 5, 1887 in Chicago, Illinois &ndash d Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film.
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Biography
Personal life
Barrymore was born Lionel Herbert Blythe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of actors Georgiana Drew and Maurice Barrymore (née Blythe). Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Georgiana Emma Drew aka Georgie Drew Barrymore ( July 11, 1856 – July 2, 1893) was an American stage actress Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blythe ( September 21, 1849 – March 26, 1905) is the Patriarch of the Barrymore acting family He was the elder brother of Ethel and John Barrymore, the uncle of John Drew Barrymore, and the grand-uncle (or great-uncle) of Drew Barrymore. Ethel Barrymore ( August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an Academy Award -winning American actress and a member of John Sidney Blyth Barrymore ( February 15 1882 – May 29 1942) was an American Actor, frequently called the greatest John Drew Barrymore, born John Blyth Barrymore Jr ( June 4, 1932 &ndash November 29, 2004) was a member of the Barrymore A Great-uncle is the male sibling of one's grandparent or the uncle of one's mother or father Drew Blyth Barrymore (born February 22 1975 is an American actress and Film producer. Barrymore was raised Roman Catholic. [1]
He was married to actresses Doris Rankin and Irene Fenwick, a one-time lover of his brother John. Doris Rankin (1880-1946 was an American film actress and the younger daughter of actor McKee Rankin and actress Kitty Blanchard Irene Fenwick (b September 5, 1887 in Chicago, Illinois &ndash d Doris Rankin bore Lionel two daughters, Ethel Barrymore II (born 1909) and Mary Barrymore (born 1910). Unfortunately, neither baby girl survived infancy, though Mary lived a few months. Lionel never truly recovered from the deaths of his girls, and their loss undoubtedly strained his marriage to Doris Rankin which ended in 1923. Years later, Barrymore developed a fatherly affection for Jean Harlow, who was born around the same time as his two daughters and would have been around their age. Jean Harlow ( March 3, &ndash June 7,) was an American Film Actress and Sex symbol of the 1930s When Jean died in 1937, Lionel and Clark Gable mourned her as though she had been family. Clark Gable (February 1 &ndashNovember 16) was an iconic American Actor nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday
Career
Barrymore began his stage career in the early 1900s. Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one In 1907, after spending many years in Paris, he came back to Broadway, where he established his reputation as dramatic actor. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located He and Doris often acted together when in the theater. He proved his talent in many other plays such as Peter Ibbetson (with brother John) (1917), The Copperhead (1918) (with wife Doris) and The Jest (1919) (again with John). Peter Ibbetson is an American Black-and-white Drama film released in 1935 and directed by Henry Hathaway. John Sidney Blyth Barrymore ( February 15 1882 – May 29 1942) was an American Actor, frequently called the greatest
In 1924, he left Broadway for Hollywood. In 1931, he won an Academy Award for his role of an alcoholic lawyer in A Free Soul (1931), after having been nominated in 1930 for Best Director for Madame X. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize A Free Soul ( 1931) is a Pre-Code film which tells the story of an alcoholic defense attorney who must defend his daughter's ex-boyfriend The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Madame X is a 1929 Drama film directed by Lionel Barrymore. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Although he could play many types of characters, such as the evil Rasputin in the 1932 Rasputin and the Empress (in which he co-starred with siblings John and Ethel Barrymore), he was, during the 1930s and 1940s, stereotyped as grouchy, but usually sweet, elderly men in such films as The Mysterious Island (1929), Grand Hotel (1932, with John), Dinner at Eight (1933, the film also featured brother John, but they had no scenes together), Captains Courageous (1937), You Can't Take It with You (1938), Duel in the Sun (1946), and Key Largo (1948). Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film The Mysterious Island (L'Île mystérieuse is a Novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. Grand Hotel is a 1932 MGM Pre-Code Art Deco Film that won the Best Picture Oscar. Dinner at Eight is a Pre-Code 1933 Comedy of manners /drama produced by MGM Studios. Captains Courageous is an 1897 Novel, by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr You Can't Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize -winning comedic play in three acts by George S Duel in the Sun is a 1946 Western film, produced by David O Selznick, which tells the story of a Mestiza (half- Native American Key Largo is a 1948 Crime film starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G
He played the irascible Doctor Gillespie in a series of Doctor Kildare movies in the 1930s and 1940s, repeating the role in the radio series throughout the 1940s. Dr James Kildare is a Fictional character, the primary character in a series of American theatrical Films in the late 1930s and early 1940s an early 1950s Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film He also played the title role in another 1940s radio series, Mayor of the Town. Mayor of the Town was a comedy-drama Radio series that aired from 1942 to 1949 on CBS and NBC radio and starred noted actor Barrymore had broken his hip in an accident, hence he played Gillespie in a wheelchair; later, his worsening arthritis kept him in the chair. [2] The injury also precluded his playing Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1938 MGM film version of A Christmas Carol, a role which Barrymore had played annually on the radio since 1934, and would continue to 1951. Ebenezer Scrooge is the Main character in Charles Dickens ' 1843 Novel, A Christmas Carol. A Christmas Carol is a 1938 film Adaptation of Charles Dickens 's novelette.
Perhaps his best known role, due to perennial Christmas time replays on television, was Mr. Potter, the miserly and mean-spirited banker in It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Henry F Potter (commonly referred to as "Mr Potter" or just "Potter" is a fictional character in the 1946 Frank Capra film It's a Wonderful It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Film produced and directed by Frank Capra and based on the short story " The Greatest The role suggested that of the "unreformed" stage of Barrymore's "Scrooge" characterization.
Death
Barrymore died on November 15, 1954 from a heart attack in Van Nuys, California, and was entombed in the Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Calvary Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese, located at 4201 Whittier Boulevard in Los Angeles California See also East Los Angeles (region East Los Angeles (often shortened to East L [3]
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1724 Vine Street. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes | |
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| 1911 | Fighting Blood | |||
| The Battle | wagon driver | directed by D. The Battle is a 1911 War film directed by DW Griffith. The film was set during the American Civil War. W. Griffith | ||
| 1912 | Heredity | woodsman | ||
| The New York Hat | minister | |||
| Friends | Grizzley Fallon (Dandy Jack's friend) | |||
| 1913 | The Tender Hearted Boy | |||
| The Work Habit | The father | |||
| Oil and Water | In First Audience/In Second Audience/Visitor | |||
| The Strong Man's Burden | John | |||
| Almost a Wild Man | In audience | |||
| The Battle at Elderbush Gulch | ||||
| 1914 | Judith of Bethulia | extra | ||
| Strongheart | Billy Saunders | |||
| 1921 | The Great Adventure | Priam Farll | ||
| 1924 | I Am the Man | James McQuade | ||
| 1926 | The Bells | Mathias | ||
| The Temptress | Canterac | |||
| 1927 | The Show | The Greek | ||
| Body and Soul | Dr. The New York Hat is a short film produced by Biograph in 1912. Friends is a 1912 film written and directed by D W Griffith and starring Mary Pickford, Henry B The Strong Man's Burden is a 1913 Drama film featuring Harry Carey. The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (also known as The Battle of Elderbush Gulch) is a 1913 Western film directed by D Judith of Bethulia was a 1914 film and starred Blanche Sweet and Henry B The Bells is a 1926 Crime film directed by James Young, starring Lionel Barrymore and featuring Boris Karloff. The Temptress is a 1926 American silent Romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo. The Show is a 1927 American Drama film directed by Tod Browning. Leyden | |||
| 1928 | Sadie Thompson | Alfred Davidson | ||
| West of Zanzibar | Mr. Sadie Thompson (1928 is a Silent film which tells the story of a "fallen" woman who comes to Pago Pago on the island of Tutuila to start West of Zanzibar is a 1928 film directed by Tod Browning about the vengefulness of a cuckolded magician ( Lon Chaney) paralyzed in a brawl with Crane | |||
| 1929 | Madame X | director | ||
| The Unholy Night | director | |||
| The Mysterious Island | Count Dakkar | |||
| 1930 | The Sea Bat | director (uncredited) | ||
| 1931 | A Free Soul | Stephen Ashe, Defense Attorney | Academy Award for Best Actor | |
| The Yellow Ticket | Baron Igor Andrey | |||
| 1932 | Grand Hotel | Otto Kringelein | ||
| 1933 | Dinner at Eight | Oliver Jordan | ||
| Should Ladies Behave | Augustus Merrick | |||
| One Man's Journey | Eli Watt | |||
| 1934 | Treasure Island | Billy Bones | ||
| Carolina | Bob Connelly | |||
| The Girl From Missouri | Thomas Randall 'T. Madame X is a 1929 Drama film directed by Lionel Barrymore. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading The Unholy Night is a 1929 Mystery film directed by Lionel Barrymore, starring Ernest Torrence and featuring Boris Karloff The Mysterious Island (L'Île mystérieuse is a Novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The Sea Bat is a 1930 Thriller film directed by Lionel Barrymore and Wesley Ruggles, starring Raquel Torres and featuring A Free Soul ( 1931) is a Pre-Code film which tells the story of an alcoholic defense attorney who must defend his daughter's ex-boyfriend Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize The Yellow Ticket is a 1931 Drama film directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Lionel Barrymore and featuring Boris Karloff Grand Hotel is a 1932 MGM Pre-Code Art Deco Film that won the Best Picture Oscar. Dinner at Eight is a Pre-Code 1933 Comedy of manners /drama produced by MGM Studios. One Man's Journey is a 1933 American Drama film, starring Lionel Barrymore. Treasure Island is an adventure Novel by author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "pirates and buried gold" R. ' Paige | |||
| 1935 | The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield, the Younger |
Dan’l Peggotty | ||
| Ah, Wilderness! | Nat Miller | |||
| The Little Colonel | Col. Ah Wilderness! is a play by Eugene O'Neill, and has the distinction of being the only true Comedy he would ever write The Little Colonel is a 1935 movie starring Shirley Temple, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Lionel Barrymore and the Academy-Award Lloyd | |||
| Mark of the Vampire | Professor | |||
| 1936 | The Devil-Doll | Paul Lavond | ||
| The Gorgeous Hussy | Andrew Jackson | |||
| Camille | Monsieur Duval | |||
| The Road to Glory | Pvt. Mark of the Vampire (also known as Vampires of Prague) is a 1935 Horror film, starring Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth The Devil-Doll is a B&W 1936 Horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring a Cross-dressing Lionel Barrymore The Gorgeous Hussy is a 1936 Motion picture directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor. Moran | |||
| 1937 | Captains Courageous | Disko | ||
| A Family Affair | Judge James K. Captains Courageous is a 1937 MGM Film, based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling. A Family Affair ( 1937) is the first entry in the Andy Hardy film series though Mickey Rooney has a secondary role as the son of Judge Hardy Hardy | |||
| Navy Blue and Gold | Capt. 'Skinny' Dawes | |||
| Saratoga | Grandpa Clayton | |||
| 1938 | Test Pilot | Howard B. Test pilots are Aviators who fly new and modified Aircraft in specific maneuvers allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated Drake | ||
| A Yank at Oxford | Dan Sheridan | |||
| Young Dr. Kildare | Dr. A Yank at Oxford is a British 1938 film comedy produced by the British branch of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Young Dr Kildare is a 1938 Film starring Lew Ayres as an idealistic but somewhat immature young Medical doctor, who benefits greatly Gillespie | |||
| You Can't Take It with You | Grandpa Martin Vanderhof | |||
| 1939 | The Secret of Dr. You Can't Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize -winning comedic play in three acts by George S Kildare | Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie | ||
| On Borrowed Time | Julian Northrup (Gramps) | |||
| Calling Dr. On Borrowed Time is a 1939 film about the role death plays in life and how we cannot live without it Kildare | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |||
| Let Freedom Ring | Thomas Logan | |||
| 1940 | The Stars Look Down | Narrator | voice, uncredited | |
| Dr. The Stars Look Down is a 1935 novel by A J Cronin which chronicles various injustices in an English Coal mining community Kildare's Crisis | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |||
| Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |||
| Dr. Kildare's Strange Case | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |||
| 1941 | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | ||
| The People vs. Dr. Kildare | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |||
| The Bad Man | Uncle Henry Jones | |||
| The Penalty | 'Grandpop' Logan | |||
| Lady Be Good | Judge Murdock | |||
| 1942 | Tennessee Johnson | Thaddeus Stevens | ||
| Dr. The Bad Man is a 1941 Western film starring Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, and Ronald Reagan. Lady Be Good is the title of an MGM Musical film which was released in 1941 Tennessee Johnson was a 1942 American film about Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States Gillespie's New Assistant | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |||
| Calling Dr. Gillespie | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |||
| Dr. Kildare's Victory | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |||
| 1943 | A Guy Named Joe | The General | ||
| The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith | Gramps | |||
| Dr. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Gillespie's Criminal Case | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |||
| 1944 | Dragon Seed | Narrator | uncredited voice | |
| Since You Went Away | Clergyman | |||
| Three Men in White | Dr. Dragon Seed is a 1944 war Drama film starring Katharine Hepburn. Since You Went Away is a 1944 Film distributed by United Artists. Leonard B. Gillespie | |||
| 1945 | The Valley of Decision | Pat Rafferty | ||
| Between Two Women | Dr. For the Edith Wharton short story see The Valley of Decision The Valley of Decision ( 1945) is a film set in Pittsburgh Leonard Gillespie | |||
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun | Sen. Duel in the Sun is a 1946 Western film, produced by David O Selznick, which tells the story of a Mestiza (half- Native American Jackson McCanles | ||
| The Secret Heart | Dr. The Secret Heart is a 1946 film directed by Robert Z Leonard, and starring Claudette Colbert, Walter Pidgeon and June Allyson Rossiger | |||
| It's a Wonderful Life | Henry F. It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Film produced and directed by Frank Capra and based on the short story " The Greatest Potter | |||
| Three Wise Fools | Dr. Richard Gaunght | |||
| 1947 | Dark Delusion | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | ||
| 1948 | Key Largo | James Temple | ||
| 1949 | Down to the Sea in Ships | Capt. Key Largo is a 1948 Crime film starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G Bering Joy | ||
| Malaya | John Manchester | |||
| 1950 | Right Cross | Sean O'Malley | ||
| 1951 | Bannerline | Hugo Trimble | ||
| 1952 | Lone Star | Andrew Jackson |
See also
Further reading
- Menefee, David W. Malaya is a 1949 War film starring Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, John Hodiak, Valentina Cortese, Lionel Right Cross was a 1950 Drama film directed by John Sturges, written by Armand Deutsch and starring June Allyson, Lone Star is a 1952 Western film starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford, Ed Begley, and The Barrymore family is an American acting family The members have gained a reputation for both tremendous talent and tendencies for self-destructive behavior The First Male Stars: Men of the Silent Era.
References
- ^ NOTABLES ATTEND BARRYMORE RITES; Hollywood Stars Join Throng at Burial... - Free Preview - The New York Times
- ^ Landazuri, Margaret. Archives Spotlight: Young Dr. Kildare. Turner Classic Movies. com. Accessed: 7 December 2007.
- ^ "Lionel Barrymore Is Dead at 76. ", New York Times, November 16, 1954, Tuesday. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Retrieved on 2007-08-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan.
External links
- Lionel Barrymore at Find A Grave
- Lionel Barrymore at Allmovie
- Lionel Barrymore at the Internet Movie Database
- Photographs of Lionel Barrymore
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Barrymore, Lionel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blythe, Lionel Herbert |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor, director, screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1954 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Beverly Hills, California |
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