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Portrait of Lionel Barrymore

Acting

Lionel Barrymore

Titles
247movies3TV shows
Career

Active from 1911 to 2003, with a break from 1957 to 2002, busiest in 1913 with 40 main titles.

Leading roles
152
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 59 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Lionel Barrymore Catalog average

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 11
  • Historical Drama 10
  • Character-Driven 10
  • Historical Setting 9
  • Early Cinema 9
  • Social Commentary 9
  • Nostalgic 8
  • Silent Era 5
  • Melodrama 5
  • Family Drama 4
  • Redemption 4
  • Wholesome Entertainment 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

225

2000s

1 title

as The Innkeeper (archive footage)

1970s

2 titles · average score 77

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1950s

7 titles · average score 59

as Father Time (voice)

as (archive footage)

TV show · as Self / self

as (archive footage)

as Andrew Jackson

as Hugo Trimble

as Sean O'Malley

1940s

31 titles · average score 64

as James Temple

as Dr. Richard Gaunght

as Sen. Jackson McCanles

as Dr. Leonard Gillespie

as Thaddeus Stevens

as Dr. Leonard Gillespie

as Dr. Leonard Gillespie

as Dr. Leonard Gillespie

All 31 titles from the 1940s

1930s

53 titles · average score 65

as Grandpa Clayton

as Captain Disko Troop

as Monsieur Duval

as Dr. H. Holderlin

as General Serge Shubin

as Stephen Ashe

All 53 titles from the 1930s

1920s

44 titles · average score 65
All 44 titles from the 1920s

1910s

87 titles · average score 57
All 87 titles from the 1910s