Barrymore processed the title for himself in stage prior to attend Hollywood in 1924. He won an Oscar in 1931 for best actor in A Free Soul, after with been nominated inside 1930 for best director for Madame X.

He played the irascible Doctor Gillespie within a series of Doctor Kildare and Doctor Gillespie movies in the 1930s and 1940s. Years later on, when breaking his hip twice, he was confined to the wheelchair, however however acted. He is perchance presently better known when Mr. Ceramicist, a tight banker, inside ''It's a Wonderful Life, 1946.

Lionel Barrymore is entombed in the Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California.

He has the star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1724 Vine Street.

He is the swell-granduncle of actress Drew Barrymore.

Selected Filmography
Grand Hotel (1932) Dinner at Eight (1933) The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield, the Younger (1935) Mark of the Vampire (1935) Camille (1936) Captains Courageous (1937) You Can't Take It With You (1938) Since You Went Away) (1944) It's A Wonderful Life (1946) Duel in the Sun (1946) Key Largo'' (1948)

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