Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymorewas 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, and remains best known to modern audiences for the role of the villainous Mr. Potter character in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. He is also particularly remembered as Ebenezer Scrooge in annual broadcasts of A Christmas Carol during his last two decades. He was a member...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth28 April 1878
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
For the first time in my life, I have tasted life. Life is wonderful but very dangerous. If you have the courage to live it - it's marvelous!
Maybe it'll stop you trying to be so desperate about making more money than you can ever use? You can't take it with you, Mr. Kirby. So what good is it? As near as I can see, the only thing you can take with you is the love of your friends.
Hollywood is tied hand and foot to the demands for artificiality of the masses all over the world.