Description:
Famed actor, composer, artist, author and director. His talents extended to the authoring of the novel "Mr. Cartonwine: A Moral Tale" as well as his autobiography. In 1944, he joined ASCAP, and composed "Russian Dances", "Partita", "Ballet Viennois", "The Woodman and the Elves", "Behind the Horizon", "Fugue Fantasia", "In Memorium", "Hallowe'en", "Preludium & Fugue", "Elegie for Oboe, Orch.", "Farewell Symphony (1-act opera)", "Elegie (piano pieces)", "Rondo for Piano" and "Scherzo Grotesque".
Birthday
April 28, 1878
Born In
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Alternative names
Mr. Lionel Barrymore
, Lionel Blythe
Height
183 cm
Spouse/Ex-
Irene Fenwick July 14, 1923 - December 24, 1936 (her death),Doris Rankin June 19, 1904 - December 21, 1922 (divorced)
Parents
Maurice Barrymore
Trivia
Invented the boom microphone.
Quotes
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. Hollywood is tied hand and foot to
the demands for artificiality of the masses all over the world.
Salaries
$15
Trademarks
Playing grouchy, but usually lovable, elderly men in films
