Movie Credits
Our Mr. Sun	(1956)
[ Eddie Albert ][ Edward Albert ]
Lone Star	(1952)
[ George Hamilton ][ Clark Gable ]
Bannerline	(1951)
Right Cross	(1950)
[ Johnny Crawford ][ Ricardo Montalban ]
Malaya	(1949)
[ James Stewart ][ Spencer Tracy ][ DeForest Kelley ]
Down to the Sea in Ships	(1949)
[ Harry Morgan ][ Dean Stockwell ][ Richard Widmark ]
Key Largo	(1948)
[ Humphrey Bogart ]
Dark Delusion	(1947)
Duel in the Sun	(1946)
[ Gregory Peck ][ Orson Welles ][ Joseph Cotten ]
The Secret Heart	(1946)
[ Hume Cronyn ]
It's a Wonderful Life	(1946)
[ James Stewart ][ Irving Berlin ][ Ward Bond ]
Three Wise Fools	(1946)
[ Billy Barty ]
The Valley of Decision	(1945)
[ Gregory Peck ][ Dean Stockwell ]
Between Two Women	(1945)
[ Van Johnson ][ Keenan Wynn ]
Since You Went Away	(1944)
[ John Derek ][ Guy Madison ][ Joseph Cotten ][ Keenan Wynn ]
Three Men in White	(1944)
[ Van Johnson ]
Dragon Seed	(1944)
[ Katharine Hepburn ]
A Guy Named Joe	(1943)
[ Spencer Tracy ][ Robert Urich ][ Van Johnson ][ Ward Bond ]
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith	(1943)
[ George Reeves ][ Fred MacMurray ][ Walter Brennan ]
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case	(1943)
[ Van Johnson ]
Tennessee Johnson	(1942)
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant	(1942)
[ Van Johnson ]
Calling Dr. Gillespie	(1942)
Dr. Kildare's Victory	(1942)
Lady Be Good	(1941)
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day	(1941)
The People vs. Dr. Kildare	(1941)
The Bad Man	(1941)
[ Ronald Reagan ]
The Penalty	(1941)
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case	(1940)
The Stars Look Down	(1940)
Dr. Kildare's Crisis	(1940)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home	(1940)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare	(1939)
On Borrowed Time	(1939)
Calling Dr. Kildare	(1939)
Let Freedom Ring	(1939)
Young Dr. Kildare	(1938)
You Can't Take It with You	(1938)
[ James Stewart ][ Ward Bond ]
Test Pilot	(1938)
[ Clark Gable ][ Spencer Tracy ]
A Yank at Oxford	(1938)
[ Robert Taylor ]
Navy Blue and Gold	(1937)
[ James Stewart ]
Saratoga	(1937)
[ Clark Gable ]
Captains Courageous	(1937)
[ Mickey Rooney ][ Spencer Tracy ]
A Family Affair	(1937)
[ Mickey Rooney ]
The Devil-Doll	(1936)
The Road to Glory	(1936)
The Voice of Bugle Ann	(1936)
Camille	(1936)
[ Robert Taylor ]
The Gorgeous Hussy	(1936)
[ James Stewart ][ Robert Taylor ][ Ward Bond ]
Ah, Wilderness!	(1935)
[ Mickey Rooney ]
The Return of Peter Grimm	(1935)
Public Hero #1	(1935)
Mark of the Vampire	(1935)
[ Bela Lugosi ]
The Little Colonel	(1935)
The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield, the Younger	(1935)
Treasure Island	(1934)
[ Jackie Cooper ]
The Girl from Missouri	(1934)
Carolina	(1934)
This Side of Heaven	(1934)
One Man's Journey	(1933)
[ Joel McCrea ]
Dinner at Eight	(1933)
The Stranger's Return	(1933)
Looking Forward	(1933)
Sweepings	(1933)
Should Ladies Behave	(1933)
Christopher Bean	(1933)
Night Flight	(1933)
[ Clark Gable ]
Rasputin and the Empress	(1932)
Washington Masquerade	(1932)
Grand Hotel	(1932)
Arsène Lupin	(1932)
Broken Lullaby	(1932)
Mata Hari	(1931)
[ Ramon Novarro ]
The Yellow Ticket	(1931)
[ Laurence Olivier ][ Boris Karloff ]
Guilty Hands	(1931)
A Free Soul	(1931)
[ Clark Gable ]
The Mysterious Island	(1929)
West of Zanzibar	(1928)
[ Lon Chaney ]
Alias Jimmy Valentine	(1928)
Road House	(1928)
The Lion and the Mouse	(1928)
Drums of Love	(1928)
Sadie Thompson	(1928)
The River Woman	(1928)
The Thirteenth Hour	(1927)
Body and Soul	(1927)
Women Love Diamonds	(1927)
The Show	(1927)
Brooding Eyes	(1926)
The Temptress	(1926)
The Bells	(1926)
[ Boris Karloff ]
The Lucky Lady	(1926)
Paris at Midnight	(1926)
Wife Tamers	(1926)
The Barrier	(1926)
Frau mit dem schlechten Ruf, Die	(1925)
The Splendid Road	(1925)
Fifty-Fifty	(1925)
The Wrongdoers	(1925)
Children of the Whirlwind	(1925)
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work	(1925)
A Man of Iron	(1925)
I Am the Man	(1924)
Meddling Women	(1924)
Decameron Nights	(1924)
America	(1924)
Wedding Women	(1924)
The Eternal City	(1923)
Unseeing Eyes	(1923)
Enemies of Women	(1923)
The Face in the Fog	(1922)
Boomerang Bill	(1922)
Jim the Penman	(1921)
The Great Adventure	(1921)
The Devil's Garden	(1920)
The Master Mind	(1920)
The Copperhead	(1920)
National Red Cross Pageant	(1917)
The Millionaire's Double	(1917)
His Father's Son	(1917)
The End of the Tour	(1917)
The Brand of Cowardice	(1916)
The Upheaval	(1916)
The Quitter	(1916)
Dorian's Divorce	(1916)
Dora Thorne	(1915)
The Flaming Sword	(1915)
The Romance of Elaine	(1915)
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde	(1915)
A Modern Magdalen	(1915)
Wildfire	(1915)
A Yellow Streak	(1915)
Judith of Bethulia	(1914)
Her Father's Silent Partner	(1914)
Classmates	(1914)
Under the Gaslight	(1914)
The Exploits of Elaine	(1914)
The Seats of the Mighty	(1914)
The Span of Life	(1914)
The Woman in Black	(1914)
The Power of the Press	(1914)
Men and Women	(1914)
Woman Against Woman	(1914)
Brute Force	(1914)
Strongheart	(1914)
Three Friends	(1913)
The Mirror	(1913)
A Misunderstood Boy	(1913)
The Enemy's Baby	(1913)
The Little Tease	(1913)
A Gamble with Death	(1913)
The Perfidy of Mary	(1913)
The House of Discord	(1913)
In Diplomatic Circles	(1913)
The Sheriff's Baby	(1913)
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch	(1913)
Almost a Wild Man	(1913)
Fate	(1913)
All for Science	(1913)
The Switch Tower	(1913)
Near to Earth	(1913)
So Runs the Way	(1913)
Death's Marathon	(1913)
The Unwelcome Guest	(1913)
The Stolen Treaty	(1913)
The Well	(1913)
A Girl's Stratagem	(1913)
The Strong Man's Burden	(1913)
Red Hicks Defies the World	(1913)
The Wrong Bottle	(1913)
The Crook and the Girl	(1913)
A Timely Interception	(1913)
Love in an Apartment Hotel	(1913)
The Work Habit	(1913)
The Ranchero's Revenge	(1913)
The Massacre	(1913)
The Suffragette Minstrels	(1913)
Just Gold	(1913)
A Chance Deception	(1913)
An Indian's Loyalty	(1913)
The Yaqui Cur	(1913)
Oil and Water	(1913)
I Was Meant for You	(1913)
The House of Darkness	(1913)
The Tender Hearted Boy	(1913)
Under the Shadow of the Law	(1913)
The Wanderer	(1913)
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods	(1913)
The Vengeance of Galora	(1913)
The Lady and the Mouse	(1913)
The Telephone Girl and the Lady	(1913)
Friends	(1912)
The God Within	(1912)
Home Folks	(1912)
A Cry for Help	(1912)
The Burglar's Dilemma	(1912)
My Hero	(1912)
The New York Hat	(1912)
Brutality	(1912)
The Informer	(1912)
My Baby	(1912)
Gold and Glitter	(1912)
Heredity	(1912)
The Musketeers of Pig Alley	(1912)
The Painted Lady	(1912)
The One She Loved	(1912)
The Chief's Blanket	(1912)
So Near, Yet So Far	(1912)
The Miser's Heart	(1911)
The Battle	(1911)
Fighting Blood	(1911)
The Paris Hat	(1908)

Like his younger brother John, American actor Lionel Barrymore wanted more than anything to be an artist. But a member of the celebrated Barrymore family was expected to enter the family trade, so Lionel reluctantly launched an acting career. Not as attractive as John or sister Ethel, he was most effectively cast in character roles - villains, military officers, fathers - even in his youth. Unable to save what he earned, Barrymore was "reduced" to appearing in films for the Biograph Company in 1911, where he was directed by the great D.W. Griffith and where he was permitted to write a few film stories himself, which to Lionel was far more satisfying than playacting. His stage career was boosted when cast in 1917 as Colonel Ibbetson in Peter Ibbetson, which led to his most celebrated role, Milt Shanks in The Copperhead; even late in life, he could always count on being asked to recite his climactic Copperhead soliloquy, which never failed to bring down the house. Moving on to film, Barrymore was signed to what would be a 25-year hitch with MGM and begged the MGM heads to be allowed to direct; he showed only moderate talent in this field, and was most often hired to guide those films in which MGM wanted to "punish" its more rebellious talent. Resigning himself to acting again in 1931, he managed to cop an Academy Award for his bravura performance as a drunken defense attorney in A Free Soul (1931), the first in an increasingly prestigious series of movie character parts. In 1937, Barrymore was crippled by arthritis, and for the rest of his career was confined to a wheelchair. The actor became more popular than ever as he reached his sixtieth birthday, principally as a result of his annual radio appearance as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol and his continuing role as Dr. Gillespie in MGM's Dr. Kildare film series. Barrymore was aware that venerability and talent are not often the same thing, but he'd become somewhat lazy (if one can call a sixtyish wheelchair-bound man who showed up on time and appeared in at least three films per year "lazy") and settled into repeating his "old curmudgeon with a heart of gold" performance, save for the occasional topnotch part in such films as It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and Down to the Sea in Ships (1949). Denied access to television work by his MGM contract, Barrymore nonetheless remained active in radio (he'd starred in the long-running series Mayor of the Town), and at one point conducted a talk program from his own home; additionally, the actor continued pursuing his hobbies of writing, composing music, painting and engraving until arthritis overcame him. On the day of his death, he was preparing for his weekly performance on radio's Hallmark Playhouse; that evening, the program offered a glowing tribute to Barrymore, never once alluding to the fact that he'd spent a lifetime in a profession he openly despised.