Lionel Barrymore - biography

“I can remember when nobody believed an actor and didn’t care what he believed.”

“Half the people in Hollywood are dying to be discovered and the other half are afraid they will be.”

“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.”

“I’ve got a lot of ham in me.”

Lionel Barrymore has appeared in the following films:
The Paris Hat (1908)
Fighting Blood (1911)
The Battle (1911)
The Miser’s Heart (1911)
Home Folks (1912)
Friends (1912)
So Near, Yet So Far (1912)
The Chief’s Blanket (1912)
The One She Loved (1912)
The Painted Lady (1912)
The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
Heredity (1912)
Gold and Glitter (1912)
My Baby (1912)
The Informer (1912)
Brutality (1912)
The New York Hat (1912)
My Hero (1912)
The Burglar’s Dilemma (1912)
A Cry for Help (1912)
The God Within (1912)
Three Friends (1913)
The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913)
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods (1913)
The Tender Hearted Boy (1913)
Oil and Water (1913)
A Chance Deception (1913)
Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913)
The Wrong Bottle (1913)
A Girl’s Stratagem (1913)
The Unwelcome Guest (1913)
Near to Earth (1913)
Fate (1913)
The Sheriff’s Baby (1913)
The Perfidy of Mary (1913)
The Little Tease (1913)
A Misunderstood Boy (1913)
The Lady and the Mouse (1913)
The Wanderer (1913)
The House of Darkness (1913)
The Yaqui Cur (1913)
Just Gold (1913)
The Ranchero’s Revenge (1913)
A Timely Interception (1913)
Red Hicks Defies the World (1913)
The Well (1913)
Death’s Marathon (1913)
The Switch Tower (1913)
Almost a Wild Man (1913)
In Diplomatic Circles (1913)
A Gamble with Death (1913)
The Enemy’s Baby (1913)
The Mirror (1913)
The Vengeance of Galora (1913)
Under the Shadow of the Law (1913)
I Was Meant for You (1913)
An Indian’s Loyalty (1913)
The Suffragette Minstrels (1913)
The Work Habit (1913)
The Crook and the Girl (1913)
The Strong Man’s Burden (1913)
The Stolen Treaty (1913)
So Runs the Way (1913)
All for Science (1913)
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)
The House of Discord (1913)
Classmates (1914)
Her Father’s Silent Partner (1914)
The Massacre (1914)
Judith of Bethulia (1914)
Strongheart (1914)
Brute Force (1914)
Woman Against Woman (1914)
Men and Women (1914)
The Power of the Press (1914)
The Woman in Black (1914)
The Span of Life (1914)
The Seats of the Mighty (1914)
The Exploits of Elaine (1914)
Under the Gaslight (1914)
Wildfire (1915)
A Modern Magdalen (1915)
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde (1915)
The Romance of Elaine (1915)
The Flaming Sword (1915)
Dora Thorne (1915)
A Yellow Streak (1915)
Dorian’s Divorce (1916)
The Quitter (1916)
The Upheaval (1916)
The Brand of Cowardice (1916)
The End of the Tour (1917)
His Father’s Son (1917)
The Millionaire’s Double (1917)
National Red Cross Pageant (1917)
The Copperhead (1920)
The Master Mind (1920)
The Devil’s Garden (1920)
The Great Adventure (1921)
Jim the Penman (1921)
Boomerang Bill (1922)
The Face in the Fog (1922)
Enemies of Women (1923)
Unseeing Eyes (1923)
The Eternal City (1923)
Wedding Women (1924)
America (1924)
Decameron Nights (1924)
Meddling Women (1924)
Isn’t Life Wonderful (1924)
I Am the Man (1924)
A Man of Iron (1925)
The Girl Who Wouldn’t Work (1925)
Children of the Whirlwind (1925)
The Wrongdoers (1925)
Fifty-Fifty (1925)
The Splendid Road (1925)
Die Frau mit dem schlechten Ruf (1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Brooding Eyes (1926)
The Barrier (1926)
Wife Tamers (1926)
Paris at Midnight (1926)
The Lucky Lady (1926)
The Bells (1926)
The Temptress (1926)
The Show (1927)
Women Love Diamonds (1927)
Body and Soul (1927)
The Thirteenth Hour (1927)
Sadie Thompson (1928)
Drums of Love (1928)
The Lion and the Mouse (1928)
Road House (1928)
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928)
West of Zanzibar (1928)
The River Woman (1928)
The Mysterious Island (1929)
Estrellados (1930)
Free and Easy (1930)
A Free Soul (1931)
Guilty Hands (1931)
The Yellow Ticket (1931)
Mata Hari (1931)
Broken Lullaby (1932)
Arsène Lupin (1932)
Grand Hotel (1932)
The Washington Masquerade (1932)
Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
Sweepings (1933)
Looking Forward (1933)
The Stranger’s Return (1933)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
One Man’s Journey (1933)
Night Flight (1933)
Christopher Bean (1933)
Should Ladies Behave (1933)
This Side of Heaven (1934)
Carolina (1934)
The Girl from Missouri (1934)
Treasure Island (1934)
The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (1935)
The Little Colonel (1935)
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
Public Hero No.1 (1935)
The Return of Peter Grimm (1935)
Ah, Wilderness! (1935)
Public Hero No. 1 (1935)
Public Hero #1 (1935)
The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936)
The Road to Glory (1936)
The Devil-Doll (1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
Camille (1936)
A Family Affair (1937)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Saratoga (1937)
Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
Test Pilot (1938)
You Can’t Take It with You (1938)
Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
Let Freedom Ring (1939)
Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
On Borrowed Time (1939)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
The Stars Look Down (1940)
Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case (1940)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
Dr. Kildare’s Crisis (1940)
The Penalty (1941)
The Bad Man (1941)
The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
Dr. Kildare’s Wedding Day (1941)
Lady Be Good (1941)
Dr. Kildare’s Victory (1942)
Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)
Dr. Gillespie’s New Assistant (1942)
Tennessee Johnson (1942)
Dr. Gillespie’s Criminal Case (1943)
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith (1943)
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Three Men in White (1944)
Since You Went Away (1944)
Dragon Seed (1944)
Between Two Women (1945)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
Three Wise Fools (1946)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Secret Heart (1946)
Duel in the Sun (1946)
Dark Delusion (1947)
Key Largo (1948)
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
Malaya (1949)
Right Cross (1950)
Bannerline (1951)
Lone Star (1952)


Lionel Barrymore directed the following films:
The Unholy Night (1929)
His Glorious Night (1929)
The Rogue Song (1930)
The Sea Bat (1930)
Redemption (1930)
Ten Cents a Dance (1931)


Lionel Barrymore composed the score for the following films:
Olympia (1930)


Lionel Barrymore contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
The Burglar’s Dilemma (1912)
The Tender Hearted Boy (1913)
The Vengeance of Galora (1913)