Lionel Barrymore Autographs
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blyth; 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 is 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 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's nine Dr. Kildare films, a role he reprised in a further six films focusing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series titled The Story of Dr. Kildare. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.
Lionel Barrymore was born Lionel Herbert Blyth in Philadelphia, the son of actors Georgiana Drew Barrymore and Maurice Barrymore (born Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blyth). He was the elder brother of Ethel and John Barrymore, the uncle of John Drew Barrymore and Diana Barrymore and the great-uncle of Drew Barrymore, among other members of the Barrymore family. He attended private schools as a child, including the Art Students League of New York. While raised a Roman Catholic, Barrymore attended the Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia. Barrymore graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School, the Roman Catholic college prep school, in the class of 1891.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Lionel Barrymore (Attributed to Lionel Barrymore signed landscape oil painting on canvas) was sold in January 2026 for $1,100.00 while the cheapest item (1935 Gallaher Signed Portraits of Famous Stars Tobacco Lionel Barrymore #9 10bt) found a new owner for $4.22 in August 2025. The month with the most items sold (5) was May 2026 with an average selling price of $37.00 for an autographed item of Lionel Barrymore. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2018 with $550.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.80 was June 2025. In average, an autographed item from Lionel Barrymore is worth $52.50.
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