Lionel Barrymore’s Death – Cause and Date

The movie actor Lionel Barrymore died at the age of 76. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Patriarch of the Barrymore acting family who was one of Hollywood’s leading men and played Mister Potter in It’s a Wonderful Life. His final film was 1953’s Seven Angry Men.

He married actresses Doris Rankin and after their divorce, married Irene Fenwick.

Quotes

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“I’ve got a lot of ham in me.” (Lionel Barrymore)

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“This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them.” (Lionel Barrymore)

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“Hollywood is tied hand and foot to the demands for artificiality of the masses all over the world.” (Lionel Barrymore)

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“I can remember when nobody believed an actor and didn’t care what he believed.” (Lionel Barrymore)