Lionel Barrymore Net Worth
Lionel Barrymore Net Worth is
$300,000
Lionel Barrymore Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Lionel Barrymore (April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931), and remains perhaps best known for the role of the villainous Mr. Potter character in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family. | Full Name | Lionel Barrymore |
| Date Of Birth | April 28, 1878, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | November 15, 1954, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Height | 5' 11" (1.8 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Director, Soundtrack |
| Education | Episcopal Academy, University of Vermont, Dartmouth College |
| Nationality | American, American |
| Spouse | Irene Fenwick, Doris Rankin |
| Children | Ethel Barrymore, Mary Barrymore |
| Parents | Maurice Barrymore, Georgiana Drew, Joshua Stevens, Sarah Stevens |
| Siblings | John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Actor |
| Nominations | Academy Award for Best Director |
| Movies | It's a Wonderful Life, You Can't Take It with You, A Free Soul, Grand Hotel, Dinner at Eight, Key Largo, Captains Courageous, Duel in the Sun, Rasputin and the Empress, Camille, On Borrowed Time, The Devil-Doll, Young Dr. Kildare, Calling Dr. Gillespie, West of Zanzibar, David Copperfield, The Littl... |
| TV Shows | Underdog |
| Star Sign | Taurus |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | On radio, the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in annual broadcasts of "A Christmas Carol". This role led directly to his being cast as Mr. Potter in "It's A Wonderful Life". |
| 2 | The role of Mr Potter in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) |
| 3 | Playing grouchy, but usually lovable, elderly men in films |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| The Tender Hearted Boy (1913) | $15 |
| Friends (1912) | $10 a day |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | Don't ever forget that acting is the greatest profession ever invented. When you act, you move millions of people, shape their lives, give them a sense of exaltation. No other profession has that power. |
| 2 | [on how he intends to perform his role in 'Arsene Lupin'] Oh, I'll stumble around, growl a little, limp a little bit. |
| 3 | L.B. [Louis B. Mayer] gets me $400 worth of cocaine a day to ease my pain. I don't know where he gets it. And I don't care. But I bless him every time it puts me to sleep. |
| 4 | You can't retire in Hollywood. Nobody gives up a job, even if he;s ninety, or sick, or has money like Midas. Everybody works until his last breath, and when one day they die, they die like Napoleon/s grenadiers, who died with the words "Vive l'Empereur!" Just so, the last words of a director or producer are "Make another take!" |
| 5 | [1943 comment on Margaret O'Brien] If that child had been born in the middle ages, she'd have been burned as a witch. |
| 6 | I can remember when nobody believed an actor and didn't care what he believed. Why, the fact that he was an actor made everything he said open to question, because acting was thought to be a vocation embraced exclusively by scatter-brains, wastrels and scamps. I don't believed that's true today and I don't think that it ever was. |
| 7 | I've got a lot of ham in me. |
| 8 | This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them. Hollywood is tied hand and foot to the demands for artificiality of the masses all over the world. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Studied musical composition with Eugene Zador for ten years. |
| 2 | He appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: Grand Hotel (1932) and You Can't Take It with You (1938). Lee Phelps also appeared in both films. |
| 3 | He and Spring Byington played husband and wife in Ah, Wilderness! (1935). Three years later, they played father and daughter in You Can't Take It with You (1938). |
| 4 | Barrymore was a member of the historical actor's club of New York, The Lambs, in 1900 and remained a member until his death. |
| 5 | Spent most of his screen career under contract to MGM (1926-52). |
| 6 | Directed 2 actors to Oscar nominations: Ruth Chatterton (Best Actress, Madame X (1929), technically not an official nominee), and Lawrence Tibbett (Best Actor, The Rogue Song (1930)). |
| 7 | Ex-brother-in-law of Phyllis Rankin, Mrs. Sidney Drew and Harry Davenport. |
| 8 | Had extreme problems with his income taxes, and during the last 15 years of his life routinely turned over all of his paycheck to the Internal Revenue Service except for a small sum to maintain his living expenses. The IRS also took the proceeds from a sale of his artwork after his death. |
| 9 | Had two daughters by his first wife Doris Rankin, both of whom died young. He later left Rankin for Irene Fenwick, a longtime friend and one-time girlfriend of his brother, John Barrymore. |
| 10 | Honorary pallbearer at Lon Chaney's funeral. |
| 11 | He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - for motion pictures at 1724 Vine Street and for radio at 1651 Vine Street. |
| 12 | In Rasputin and the Empress (1932), he played Rasputin, allegedly the lover of Czar Nicholas II's wife Alexandra, played by Barrymore's real life sister Ethel Barrymore. Their brother, John Barrymore played the role of Prince Chegodieff in the same film. |
| 13 | In 1930, he lived at 802 N. Roxbury Drive in Beverly Hills. |
| 14 | Started as a stock player at the Biograph Company. |
| 15 | He was one of the very few screen actors in the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s who had a prolific career despite being in a wheelchair. From 1938, his screen roles were written to accommodate his disability. |
| 16 | Invented the boom microphone. |
| 17 | He and his sister Ethel Barrymore were the first Oscar-winning brother and sister in acting categories. |
| 18 | In the 1960s cartoon series Underdog (1964), Underdog's nemesis, Simon Bar Sinister, has a voice reminiscent of Barrymore. |
| 19 | Uncle of John Drew Barrymore, Diana Barrymore, Samuel Colt, Ethel Colt, and John Drew Colt. |
| 20 | His name appeared in the Looney Toons Cartoon One Froggy Evening (1955) (directed by Chuck Jones) in a newspaper on a park bench before the distraught man was sent to a psychiatric ward because the frog would not sing in front of anyone else. |
| 21 | Portrayed Dr. Gillespie on the syndicated radio show "The Story of Dr. Kildare" (1950-1951), and in the late 30s/40s movie series. |
| 22 | Great uncle of Drew Barrymore. |
| 23 | Reared Roman Catholic by their mother, the three Barrymore siblings all had suffered the stigma of divorce (doubtless connected to the family business) and only Ethel Barrymore was a practicing Catholic in adulthood. |
| 24 | Son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore; grandson of Louisa Drew and stage actor John Drew (1827-1862); nephew of Sidney Drew; cousin of S. Rankin Drew. Fathered two daughters: Ethel (1909-1910) and Mary (1916- 1917). |
| 25 | Interred at Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA, in the Main Mausoleum, Block 352. |
| 26 | Acted from wheelchair from 1938 due to the effects of arthritis and hip injury. |
| 27 | Screen, stage, radio, vaudeville actor, film producer, and screenwriter. |
| 28 | The three Barrymore siblings appeared in only one film together: Rasputin and the Empress (1932). Lionel and John appeared without Ethel in Arsène Lupin (1932), Grand Hotel (1932), Night Flight (1933) and Dinner at Eight (1933). A decade after John's demise, Lionel and Ethel appeared in Main Street to Broadway (1953), Lionel's last film. |
| 29 | He played Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol" on the radio annually for 20 tears between 1934 and 1953. He missed only twice, In 1936 brother John replaced him because of the Christmas Eve death of his wife and in 1938 by Reginald Owen, whose MGM version was then in theatrical release. |
| 30 | He was buried a Roman Catholic next to his second wife and his brother, John Barrymore, in Calvary Cemetery, Hollywood. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Should Ladies Behave | 1933 | Augustus Merrick | |
| Christopher Bean | 1933 | Dr. Milton Haggett | |
| Night Flight | 1933 | Insp. Robineau | |
| One Man's Journey | 1933 | Eli Watt | |
| Dinner at Eight | 1933 | Oliver Jordan | |
| The Stranger's Return | 1933 | Grandpa Storr | |
| Looking Forward | 1933 | Tim Benton | |
| Sweepings | 1933 | Daniel Pardway | |
| Rasputin and the Empress | 1932 | Rasputin | |
| The Washington Masquerade | 1932 | Jeff Keane | |
| Grand Hotel | 1932/I | Otto Kringelein | |
| Arsène Lupin | 1932 | Guerchard | |
| Broken Lullaby | 1932 | Dr. H. Holderlin | |
| Mata Hari | 1931 | General Serge Shubin | |
| The Christmas Party | 1931 | Short | Lionel Barrymore (uncredited) |
| The Yellow Ticket | 1931 | Baron Igor Andreeff | |
| Guilty Hands | 1931 | Richard Grant | |
| A Free Soul | 1931 | Stephen Ashe | |
| Free and Easy | 1930 | Lionel Barrymore - Director of Bedroom Scene | |
| The Mysterious Island | 1929 | Dakkar | |
| The River Woman | 1928 | Bill Lefty | |
| West of Zanzibar | 1928 | Crane | |
| Alias Jimmy Valentine | 1928 | Doyle | |
| Road House | 1928 | Henry Grayson | |
| The Lion and the Mouse | 1928 | John Ryder | |
| Drums of Love | 1928 | Duke Cathos de Alvia | |
| Sadie Thompson | 1928 | Alfred Davidson | |
| The Thirteenth Hour | 1927 | Prof. Leroy | |
| Body and Soul | 1927 | Dr. Leyden | |
| Women Love Diamonds | 1927 | Hugo Harlan | |
| The Show | 1927 | The Greek | |
| The Temptress | 1926 | Canterac | |
| The Bells | 1926 | Mathias | |
| The Lucky Lady | 1926 | Count Ferranzo | |
| Paris at Midnight | 1926 | Vautrin | |
| Wife Tamers | 1926 | Short | Mr. Barry |
| The Barrier | 1926 | Stark Bennett | |
| Brooding Eyes | 1926 | Slim Jim Carey | |
| Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | 1925 | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | |
| Die Frau mit dem schlechten Ruf | 1925 | Allan Merrick | |
| The Splendid Road | 1925 | Dan Clehollis | |
| Fifty-Fifty | 1925 | Frederick Harmon | |
| The Wrongdoers | 1925 | Daniel Abbott | |
| Children of the Whirlwind | 1925 | Joe Ellison | |
| The Girl Who Wouldn't Work | 1925 | Gordon Kent | |
| A Man of Iron | 1925 | Philip Durban | |
| Wedding Women | 1924 | ||
| I Am the Man | 1924 | James McQuade | |
| Meddling Women | 1924 | Edwin Ainsworth / John Wells | |
| Decameron Nights | 1924 | Saladin | |
| America | 1924 | Capt. Walter Butler | |
| The Eternal City | 1923 | Baron Bonelli | |
| Unseeing Eyes | 1923 | Conrad Dean | |
| Enemies of Women | 1923 | Prince Lubimoff | |
| The Face in the Fog | 1922 | Boston Blackie Dawson | |
| Boomerang Bill | 1922 | Boomerang Bill | |
| Jim the Penman | 1921 | James Ralston | |
| The Great Adventure | 1921 | Priam Farll | |
| The Devil's Garden | 1920 | William Dale | |
| The Master Mind | 1920 | Henry Allen | |
| The Copperhead | 1920 | Milt Shanks | |
| National Red Cross Pageant | 1917 | Undetermined role and episode | |
| The Millionaire's Double | 1917 | Bide Bennington | |
| His Father's Son | 1917 | J. Dabney Barro | |
| The End of the Tour | 1917 | Bron Bennett | |
| The Brand of Cowardice | 1916 | Cyril Hamilton | |
| The Upheaval | 1916 | Jim Gordon | |
| The Quitter | 1916/I | Short | Happy Jack Lewis |
| Dorian's Divorce | 1916 | Richard Dorian | |
| A Yellow Streak | 1915 | Barry Dale | |
| Dora Thorne | 1915 | Short | Lord Earle |
| The Flaming Sword | 1915 | Steve | |
| The Romance of Elaine | 1915 | Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X | |
| The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde | 1915 | Judge Randolph Legarde | |
| A Modern Magdalen | 1915 | Lindsay | |
| Wildfire | 1915 | John Keefe | |
| The Exploits of Elaine | 1914 | Undetermined Role | |
| The Seats of the Mighty | 1914 | Monsieur Doltaire | |
| The Span of Life | 1914 | Richard Blunt | |
| Under the Gaslight | 1914 | William Byke | |
| The Woman in Black | 1914/I | Short | Robert Crane |
| The Power of the Press | 1914 | Short | Steve Carson |
| Men and Women | 1914 | Short | Stephen Rodman / Robert Stevens |
| The Cracksman's Gratitude | 1914 | Short | |
| Woman Against Woman | 1914 | Short | Gilbert Craven |
| The Primitive Man | 1914 | Short | |
| Strongheart | 1914 | Short | Billy Saunders |
| Judith of Bethulia | 1914 | Extra | |
| Her Father's Silent Partner | 1914 | Short | |
| Classmates | 1914 | Short | Bubby Dumble |
| The Bartered Crown | 1914 | Short | The Landlord |
| The House of Discord | 1913 | Short | The Husband |
| The Battle of Elderbush Gulch | 1913 | Short | |
| All for Science | 1913 | Short | Detective |
| So Runs the Way | 1913 | Short | Undetermined Role (unconfirmed) |
| The Stolen Treaty | 1913 | Short | The Japanese Diplomat |
| The Strong Man's Burden | 1913 | Short | John - the Elder Brother |
| The Crook and the Girl | 1913 | Short | The Nephew |
| The Work Habit | 1913 | Short | The Father |
| The Suffragette Minstrels | 1913 | Short unconfirmed | |
| An Indian's Loyalty | 1913 | Short | The Cattle Buyer |
| I Was Meant for You | 1913 | Short | Lavina's Father |
| Under the Shadow of the Law | 1913 | Short | Charles Darnton - the Employer |
| The Vengeance of Galora | 1913 | Short unconfirmed | |
| The Mirror | 1913 | Short | Daisy's Father |
| Pa Says | 1913 | Short | Teddy's Rival |
| The Enemy's Baby | 1913 | Short | Ben Brown |
| A Gamble with Death | 1913 | Short | Jim Benton, the Bartender |
| In Diplomatic Circles | 1913 | Short | The Japanese Ambassador |
| Almost a Wild Man | 1913 | Short | In Audience (uncredited) |
| The Switch Tower | 1913 | Short | First Counterfeiter |
| Death's Marathon | 1913 | Short | The Financial Backer |
| The Well | 1913 | Short | The Farmer |
| Red Hicks Defies the World | 1913 | Short | The Referee |
| A Timely Interception | 1913 | Short | The Farmer's Brother |
| The Ranchero's Revenge | 1913 | Short | The Ranchero |
| Just Gold | 1913 | Short | First Brother |
| The Yaqui Cur | 1913 | Short | The Easterner |
| The House of Darkness | 1913 | Short | The Doctor |
| The Wanderer | 1913/II | Short | The Male Lover |
| The Lady and the Mouse | 1913 | Short | The Father |
| A Misunderstood Boy | 1913 | Short | The Father |
| The Little Tease | 1913 | Short | In Bar |
| The Perfidy of Mary | 1913 | Short | Mary's Father |
| The Sheriff's Baby | 1913 | Short | Third Bandit |
| Fate | 1913 | Short | Father, Loving Family |
| Near to Earth | 1913 | Short | Gato |
| The Unwelcome Guest | 1913 | Short | At Auction (uncredited) |
| A Girl's Stratagem | 1913 | Short | |
| The Wrong Bottle | 1913 | Short | The Father |
| Love in an Apartment Hotel | 1913 | Short | In Hotel Lobby |
| A Chance Deception | 1913 | Short | A Policeman |
| Oil and Water | 1913 | Short | The Idealist's Friend |
| The Tender Hearted Boy | 1913 | Short | Undetermined Secondary Role (unconfirmed, uncredited) |
| An Adventure in the Autumn Woods | 1913 | Short | The Father |
| The Telephone Girl and the Lady | 1913 | Short | The Desk Sergeant |
| Three Friends | 1913 | Short | Second Friend |
| The God Within | 1912 | Short | The Woman of the Camp's Lover |
| A Cry for Help | 1912 | Short | The Tramp |
| The Massacre | 1912 | Short | |
| The Burglar's Dilemma | 1912 | Short | The Author |
| My Hero | 1912 | Short | Secondary Role |
| The New York Hat | 1912 | Short | Preacher Bolton (minister) |
| Brutality | 1912 | Short | At Wedding |
| The Informer | 1912 | Short | Union Soldier |
| My Baby | 1912 | Short | At Table |
| Gold and Glitter | 1912 | Short | The Lover |
| Heredity | 1912 | Short | Woodsman |
| The Musketeers of Pig Alley | 1912 | Short | The Musician's Friend (uncredited) |
| The Painted Lady | 1912 | Short | At Ice Cream Festival (uncredited) |
| The One She Loved | 1912 | Short | The Neighbor |
| The Chief's Blanket | 1912 | Short | The Young Man |
| So Near, Yet So Far | 1912 | Short | In Club |
| Friends | 1912 | Short | Grizzley Fallon - Dandy Jack's Friend |
| Home Folks | 1912 | Short | |
| The Miser's Heart | 1911 | Short | Jules - the Thief |
| The Battle | 1911 | Short | Wagon Driver (uncredited) |
| Fighting Blood | 1911 | Short | |
| The Paris Hat | 1908 | Short | |
| Our Mr. Sun | 1956 | TV Movie | Father Time (voice) |
| Main Street to Broadway | 1953 | Lionel Barrymore | |
| Lone Star | 1952 | Andrew Jackson | |
| Bannerline | 1951 | Hugo Trimble | |
| Right Cross | 1950 | Sean O'Malley | |
| Malaya | 1949 | John Manchester | |
| Down to the Sea in Ships | 1949 | Capt. Bering Joy | |
| Key Largo | 1948 | James Temple | |
| Dark Delusion | 1947 | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |
| Duel in the Sun | 1946 | Sen. Jackson McCanles | |
| The Secret Heart | 1946 | Dr. Rossiger | |
| It's a Wonderful Life | 1946 | Mr. Potter | |
| Three Wise Fools | 1946 | Dr. Richard Gaunght | |
| The Valley of Decision | 1945 | Pat Rafferty | |
| Between Two Women | 1945 | Dr. Leonard B. Gillespie | |
| Dragon Seed | 1944 | Narrator (voice, uncredited) | |
| Since You Went Away | 1944 | Clergyman | |
| 3 Men in White | 1944 | Dr. Leonard B. Gillespie | |
| A Guy Named Joe | 1943 | The General | |
| The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith | 1943 | Short | Gramps |
| Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | 1943 | Dr. Leonard B. Gillespie | |
| Tennessee Johnson | 1942 | Thaddeus Stevens | |
| Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant | 1942 | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |
| Calling Dr. Gillespie | 1942 | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |
| Dr. Kildare's Victory | 1942 | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |
| Lady Be Good | 1941 | Judge Murdock | |
| Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | 1941 | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |
| The People vs. Dr. Kildare | 1941 | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |
| The Bad Man | 1941 | Uncle Henry Jones | |
| The Penalty | 1941 | 'Grandpop' Logan | |
| Dr. Kildare's Crisis | 1940 | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |
| Dr. Kildare Goes Home | 1940 | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |
| Dr. Kildare's Strange Case | 1940 | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |
| The Stars Look Down | 1940 | Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice, uncredited) | |
| The Secret of Dr. Kildare | 1939 | Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie | |
| On Borrowed Time | 1939 | Julian Northrup - Gramps | |
| Calling Dr. Kildare | 1939 | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |
| Let Freedom Ring | 1939 | Thomas Logan | |
| Young Dr. Kildare | 1938 | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |
| You Can't Take It with You | 1938 | Martin Vanderhof | |
| Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 | 1938 | Documentary short | Lionel Barrymore |
| Test Pilot | 1938 | Howard B. Drake | |
| A Yank at Oxford | 1938 | Dan Sheridan | |
| Navy Blue and Gold | 1937 | Captain 'Skinny' Dawes | |
| Saratoga | 1937 | Grandpa Clayton | |
| Captains Courageous | 1937 | Disko | |
| A Family Affair | 1937 | Judge James K. Hardy | |
| Camille | 1936 | Monsieur Duval | |
| The Gorgeous Hussy | 1936 | Andrew Jackson | |
| The Devil-Doll | 1936 | Paul Lavond | |
| The Road to Glory | 1936 | Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin | |
| The Voice of Bugle Ann | 1936 | Spring Davis | |
| Ah Wilderness! | 1935 | Nat Miller | |
| The Return of Peter Grimm | 1935 | Peter Grimm | |
| Public Hero Number 1 | 1935 | Doctor Josiah Glass | |
| Mark of the Vampire | 1935 | Professor Zelin | |
| The Little Colonel | 1935 | Colonel Lloyd | |
| David Copperfield | 1935 | Dan Peggotty | |
| Treasure Island | 1934 | Billy Bones | |
| The Girl from Missouri | 1934 | Thomas. Randall Paige | |
| Carolina | 1934 | Bob Connelly | |
| This Side of Heaven | 1934 | Martin Turner |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guilty Hands | 1931 | uncredited | |
| Ten Cents a Dance | 1931 | ||
| The Sea Bat | 1930 | uncredited | |
| The Rogue Song | 1930 | ||
| Redemption | 1930 | retakes, uncredited | |
| His Glorious Night | 1929 | ||
| The Unholy Night | 1929 | ||
| Madame X | 1929 | ||
| Confession | 1929 | Short | |
| Life's Whirlpool | 1917 | ||
| Chocolate Dynamite | 1914 | Short | |
| Just Boys | 1914 | Short | |
| No Place for Father | 1913 | Short | |
| Where's the Baby? | 1913 | Short | |
| His Secret | 1913 | Short |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | 1941 | music: "Tableau Russe Symphonic Suite" / performer: "Tableau Russe Symphonic Suite" | |
| The People vs. Dr. Kildare | 1941 | performer: "Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo Mad'moiselle from Armentieres" 1921 | |
| On Borrowed Time | 1939 | performer: "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" 1861 uncredited | |
| You Can't Take It with You | 1938 | performer: "Loch Lomand" - uncredited | |
| The Return of Peter Grimm | 1935 | "What Shall the Wedding Breakfast Be?", uncredited | |
| Treasure Island | 1934 | "Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum", uncredited |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life's Whirlpool | 1917 | scenario | |
| The Criminal's Thumb | 1916 | Short | |
| The Vengeance of Galora | 1913 | Short writer | |
| The Tender Hearted Boy | 1913 | Short writer | |
| The Burglar's Dilemma | 1912 | Short |
Composer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympia | 1930 | ||
| His Glorious Night | 1929 |
Assistant Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | 1929 | assistant director - uncredited |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The New Bike | 2009 | Short acknowledgment |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1954 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story | 1951 | Documentary | Himself |
| Screen Actors | 1950 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership | 1949 | Documentary short | Himself -Host |
| A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore | 1938 | Short | Himself |
| La ciudad de cartón | 1934 | Himself | |
| Jackie Cooper's Birthday Party | 1931 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Estrellados | 1930 | Himself (Guest Appearance) | |
| The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | 1929 | Himself - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited) | |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 7 | 1923 | Documentary short | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before the Flood | 2016 | Documentary | Father Time |
| Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn | 2016 | Documentary | |
| And the Oscar Goes To... | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Spisok korabley | 2008 | Documentary | Alfred Davidson Disko |
| Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass | 2008 | Short | |
| Settling the Score | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Canterac |
| Garbo | 2005 | Documentary uncredited | |
| Love Find Andy Hardy Intro | 2004 | Video documentary short | Judge James K. Hardy |
| Checking Out: Grand Hotel | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself / Various roles |
| The Mesmerist | 2003 | Short | The Innkeeper |
| Complicated Women | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Biography | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Numerous screen roles |
| The Great Christmas Movies | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (1938 trailer for M-G-M "A Christmas Carol") |
| Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Escape from It's a Wonderful Life | 1996 | TV Movie | Potter (uncredited) |
| Home Alone | 1990 | Henry F. Potter (uncredited) | |
| Hollywood | 1980 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | 1976 | Documentary | Clip from 'A Free Soul' |
| Hooray for Hollywood | 1975 | Documentary | Himself |
| That's Entertainment! | 1974 | Documentary | Himself - at Banquet (uncredited) |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | 1969 | TV Movie documentary | Actor 'Duel in the Sun' (uncredited) |
| Black History: Lost Stolen, or Strayed | 1968 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / Colonel (uncredited) |
| The Big Parade of Comedy | 1964 | Documentary | Oliver Jordan in 'Dinner at Eight' |
| Hollywood: The Golden Years | 1961 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| MGM Parade | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Disko Capt. Disko Troop Captain Disko Troop ... |
| Film Fun | 1955 | Short | Himself |
| Yesterday and Today | 1953 | ||
| Flicker Flashbacks No. 2, Series 5 | 1947 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Twenty Years After | 1944 | Short | |
| The Miracle of Sound | 1940 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Hollywood: Style Center of the World | 1940 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | 1940 | Documentary short | |
| The Movies March On | 1939 | Short documentary | Himself (segment The New York Hat) |
| Land of Liberty | 1939 | ||
| From the Ends of the Earth | 1939 | Documentary short | Himself |
| The Movie Album | 1932 | Documentary short | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 1724 Vine Street. |
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Radio | On 8 February 1960. At 1651 Vine Street. |
| 1931 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | A Free Soul (1931) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Director | Madame X (1929) |
Known for movies
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Mr. Potter
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
as Martin Vanderhof
Key Largo (1948)
as James Temple
Grand Hotel (1932)
as Otto Kringelein