Where to watch Lionel Barrymore in the UK
Find every Lionel Barrymore film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; 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 best known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Potter 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 is also known for playing Dr. Leonard Gillespie in MGM's nine Dr. Kildare films, a role he reprised…
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- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- MGM Parade (1955) Cast
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) as Mr. Potter
- Duel in the Sun (1946) as Sen. Jackson McCanles
- Captains Courageous (1937) as Captain Disko Troop
- Grand Hotel (1932) as Otto Kringelein
- You Can't Take It with You (1938) as Martin Vanderhof
- Key Largo (1948) as James Temple
- Camille (1936) as Monsieur Duval
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- Dinner at Eight (1933) as Oliver Jordan
- Saratoga (1937) as Grandpa Clayton
- Treasure Island (1934) as Billy Bones
- Test Pilot (1938) as Howard B. Drake
- Broken Lullaby (1932) as Dr. H. Holderlin
- David Copperfield (1935) as Dan Peggotty
- Mata Hari (1931) as General Serge Shubin
- Dragon Seed (1944) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940) as Self (archive footage)
- The Valley of Decision (1945) as Pat Rafferty
- That's Entertainment! (1974) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- A Free Soul (1931) as Stephen Ashe
- Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943) as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- Lone Star (1952) as Andrew Jackson
- That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) as (archive footage)
- Twenty Years After (1944) as (archive footage)
- Malaya (1949) as John Manchester
- Sadie Thompson (1928) as Alfred Davidson
- The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) as Andrew Jackson
- Complicated Women (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- Mark of the Vampire (1935) as Professor Zelin
- Dark Delusion (1947) as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- Night Flight (1933) as Robineau
- Tennessee Johnson (1942) as Thaddeus Stevens
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987) as Self (archive footage)
- Let Freedom Ring (1939) as Thomas Logan
- The Yellow Ticket (1931) as Baron Igor Andreeff
- Sweepings (1933) as Daniel Pardway
- Ah, Wilderness! (1935) as Nat Miller
- The Devil-Doll (1936) as Paul Lavond
- Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) as Bering Joy
- On Borrowed Time (1939) as Julian Northrup aka Gramps
- A Guy Named Joe (1944) as The General
- Guilty Hands (1931) as Richard Grant
- A Yank at Oxford (1938) as Dan Sheridan
- Public Hero Number 1 (1935) as Dr. Josiah Glass
- The Sea Bat (1930) Director
- A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940) as Self
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972) as Self (archive footage)
- The Little Colonel (1935) as Colonel Lloyd
- Hooray for Hollywood (1976) as Self (archive footage)
- So Near, Yet So Far (1912) as In Club
- Right Cross (1950) as Sean O'Malley
- Main Street to Broadway (1953) as Self
- Arsène Lupin (1932) as Detective Guerchard
- Since You Went Away (1944) as Clergyman
- The Christmas Party (1931) as Himself (uncredited)
- Navy Blue and Gold (1937) as Captain 'Skinny' Dawes
- The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) as Self - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited)
- Rasputin and the Empress (1932) as Grigori Rasputin
- Lady Be Good (1941) as Judge Murdock
- The Girl from Missouri (1934) as T.R. Paige
- The Bad Man (1941) as Uncle Henry Jones
- Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940) as Self
- One Man's Journey (1933) as Eli Watt
- Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940) as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- Free and Easy (1930) as Bedroom Scene
- Redemption (1930) Director
- The Stars Look Down (1940) as Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
- Looking Forward (1933) as Tim Benton
- The Road to Glory (1936) as Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin
- Screen Actors (1950) as Self (uncredited)
- Estrellados (1930) as Self (Guest Appearance)
- Between Two Women (1945) as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- Calling Dr. Kildare (1939) as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- The Show (1927) as The Greek
- The Penalty (1941) as 'Grandpop' Logan
- The Bells (1926) as Mathias
- Ten Cents a Dance (1931) Director
- The Washington Masquerade (1932) as Jefferson "Jeff" Keane
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Most-watched Lionel Barrymore films currently: It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Duel in the Sun (1946), Captains Courageous (1937), Grand Hotel (1932), You Can't Take It with You (1938).
What TV shows has Lionel Barrymore appeared in?
Selected TV credits: The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), MGM Parade (1955).
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