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 17 June 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
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) as Mr. Potter
- MGM Parade (1955) Cast
- Test Pilot (1938) as Howard B. Drake
- Camille (1936) as Monsieur Duval
- Grand Hotel (1932) as Otto Kringelein
- Duel in the Sun (1946) as Sen. Jackson McCanles
- Captains Courageous (1937) as Captain Disko Troop
- Key Largo (1948) as James Temple
- You Can't Take It with You (1938) as Martin Vanderhof
- David Copperfield (1935) as Dan Peggotty
- That's Entertainment! (1974) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- Lone Star (1952) as Andrew Jackson
- Dinner at Eight (1933) as Oliver Jordan
- The Valley of Decision (1945) as Pat Rafferty
- Treasure Island (1934) as Billy Bones
- A Guy Named Joe (1944) as The General
- Mark of the Vampire (1935) as Professor Zelin
- Complicated Women (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940) as Self (archive footage)
- Ah, Wilderness! (1935) as Nat Miller
- Since You Went Away (1944) as Clergyman
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987) as Self (archive footage)
- Mata Hari (1931) as General Serge Shubin
- Saratoga (1937) as Grandpa Clayton
- The Devil-Doll (1936) as Paul Lavond
- The Little Colonel (1935) as Colonel Lloyd
- That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) as (archive footage)
- Malaya (1949) as John Manchester
- The Sea Bat (1930) Director
- Dragon Seed (1944) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940) as Self
- One Man's Journey (1933) as Eli Watt
- On Borrowed Time (1939) as Julian Northrup aka Gramps
- Twenty Years After (1944) as (archive footage)
- The Show (1927) as The Greek
- Rasputin and the Empress (1932) as Grigori Rasputin
- The Secret Heart (1946) as Dr. Rossiger
- Broken Lullaby (1932) as Dr. H. Holderlin
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Most-watched Lionel Barrymore films currently: It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Test Pilot (1938), Camille (1936), Grand Hotel (1932), Duel in the Sun (1946).
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Selected TV credits: The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), MGM Parade (1955).
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