Lionel Barrymore: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Lionel Herbert Blythe
Born	April 28, 1878 • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Died	November 15, 1954 (aged 76) • California
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1931) • Academy Award (1932): Actor in a Leading Role
House / Dynasty	Barrymore family
Notable Family Members	mother Georgiana Barrymore • brother John Barrymore • sister Ethel Barrymore
Married To	Irene Fenwick (1923–1936 [her death]) • Doris Rankin (1904–1922)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Main Street to Broadway" (1953) • "Lone Star" (1952) • "Bannerline" (1951) • "Right Cross" (1950) • "Malaya" (1949) • "Down to the Sea in Ships" (1949) • "Key Largo" (1948) • "Dark Delusion" (1947) • "Duel in the Sun" (1946) • "The Secret Heart" (1946) • "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) • "Three Wise Fools" (1946) • "The Valley of Decision" (1945) • "Between Two Women" (1945) • "Since You Went Away" (1944) • "3 Men in White" (1944) • "A Guy Named Joe" (1943) • "Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case" (1943) • "Tennessee Johnson" (1942) • "Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant" (1942) • "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) • "The Penalty" (1941) • "Dr. Kildare's Crisis" (1940) • "Dr. Kildare Goes Home" (1940) • "Dr. Kildare's Strange Case" (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) • "Test Pilot" (1938) • "A Yank at Oxford" (1938) • "Navy Blue and Gold" (1937) • "Saratoga" (1937) • "Captains Courageous" (1937) • "A Family Affair" (1937) • "Camille" (1936) • "The Gorgeous Hussy" (1936) • "The Devil-Doll" (1936) • "The Road to Glory" (1936) • "The Voice of Bugle Ann" (1936) • "Ah Wilderness!" (1935) • "The Return of Peter Grimm" (1935) • "Public Hero Number 1" (1935) • "Mark of the Vampire" (1935) • "The Little Colonel" (1935) • "The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger" (1935) • "Treasure Island" (1934) • "The Girl from Missouri" (1934) • "Carolina" (1934) • "This Side of Heaven" (1934) • "Should Ladies Behave" (1933) • "Christopher Bean" (1933) • "Night Flight" (1933) • "One Man's Journey" (1933) • "Dinner at Eight" (1933) • "The Stranger's Return" (1933) • "Looking Forward" (1933) • "Sweepings" (1933) • "Rasputin and the Empress" (1932) • "The Washington Masquerade" (1932) • "Grand Hotel" (1932) • "Arsène Lupin" (1932) • "Broken Lullaby" (1932) • "Mata Hari" (1931) • "The Yellow Ticket" (1931) • "Guilty Hands" (1931) • "A Free Soul" (1931) • "Free and Easy" (1930) • "The Mysterious Island" (1929) • "The River Woman" (1928) • "West of Zanzibar" (1928) • "Alias Jimmy Valentine" (1928) • "Road House" (1928) • "The Lion and the Mouse" (1928) • "Drums of Love" (1928) • "Sadie Thompson" (1928) • "The Thirteenth Hour" (1927) • "Body and Soul" (1927) • "Women Love Diamonds" (1927) • "The Show" (1927) • "The Temptress" (1926) • "The Bells" (1926) • "The Lucky Lady" (1926) • "Paris at Midnight" (1926) • "The Barrier" (1926) • "Brooding Eyes" (1926) • "Die Frau mit dem schlechten Ruf" (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) • "Wedding Women" (1924) • "I Am the Man" (1924) • "Meddling Women" (1924) • "Decameron Nights" (1924) • "America" (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) • "Dorian's Divorce" (1916) • "A Yellow Streak" (1915) • "The Flaming Sword" (1915) • "The Romance of Elaine" (1915) • "The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde" (1915) • "A Modern Magdalen" (1915) • "Wildfire" (1915) • "Under the Gaslight" (1914) • "The Exploits of Elaine" (1914) • "The Seats of the Mighty" (1914) • "The Span of Life" (1914)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"Ten Cents a Dance" (1931) • "The Rogue Song" (1930) • "Redemption" (1930) • "His Glorious Night" (1929) • "The Unholy Night" (1929) • "Madame X" (1929) • "Life's Whirlpool" (1917)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"Life's Whirlpool" (1917)