Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore, born Lionel Herbert Blythe (April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954)He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931), and remains perhaps best known for the role of the villainous Mr. Potter character in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. The role suggested that of the "unreformed" stage of Barrymore's "Scrooge" characterization. Lionel's wife, Irene, died on Christmas Eve of 1936 and Lionel did not perform his annual Scrooge that year. John filled in as Scrooge for his grieving brother. Barrymore suffered from years of poor health before his death, and used a wheelchair for most occasions after 1938, being able to stand while assisted. Lionel Barrymore died on November 15, 1954 from a heart attack, and was entombed in the Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California.
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