Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore 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 is known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Potter in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.

28 April 1878

Born on the same birth day (28 April): Bill Blackbeard • Bruno Kirby • Diego Simeone • Edward IV • Jack Fingleton • James Bama • Karl Barry Sharpless • Kurt Gödel • Lucien Aimar • Marcia Strassman • Matt Chapman • Mike Brearley • Nezahualcoyotl (tlatoani) • Nicklas Lidström • Rowland Evans • Scott Fujita • Tariq Aziz • Terry Pratchett

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