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Movie Release Date Character Age at Release
And the Oscar Goes To... 02/01/14 Self (archive footage) 76
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You 12/09/08 Self (archive footage) 76
Checking Out: Grand Hotel 02/03/04 Self / Various roles (archive footage) 76
The Mesmerist 11/07/03 The Innkeeper (archive footage) 76
Complicated Women 05/06/03 Self (archive footage) 76
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 09/10/02 76
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 11/22/88 Self (archive footage) 76
Vincent Price's Dracula 09/29/86 Professor Zelin - (archive footage) 76
Super Duper Bloopers 01/01/86 Himself 76
That's Entertainment, Part II 05/16/76 (archive footage) 76
That's Entertainment! 06/21/74 (archive footage) (uncredited) 76
Hollywood: The Dream Factory 01/10/72 Self (archive footage) 76
Hollywood: The Selznick Years 12/31/61 'Duel in the Sun' (archive footage) (uncredited) 76
Our Mr. Sun 11/19/56 Father Time (voice) 76
Film Fun 08/19/55 (archive footage) 76
Yesterday and Today 12/02/53 (archive footage) 75
Main Street to Broadway 10/12/53 Self 75
Lone Star 10/24/52 Andrew Jackson 74
Bannerline 10/12/51 Hugo Trimble 73
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story 03/12/51 Himself - Giving Introduction 72
Right Cross 10/06/50 Sean O'Malley 72
Screen Actors 05/13/50 Self (uncredited) 72
Breakdowns of 1949 12/31/49 Self 71
Malaya 12/27/49 John Manchester 71
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership 06/23/49 Himself 71
Down to the Sea in Ships 02/15/49 Bering Joy 70
Some of the Best 01/15/49 Informal Commentary 70
Key Largo 07/16/48 James Temple 70
Dark Delusion 06/24/47 Dr. Leonard Gillespie 69
Duel in the Sun 12/31/46 Sen. Jackson McCanles 68
The Secret Heart 12/25/46 Dr. Rossiger 68
It's a Wonderful Life 12/20/46 Mr. Potter 68
Three Wise Fools 09/26/46 Dr. Richard Gaunght 68
The Valley of Decision 05/03/45 Pat Rafferty 67
Between Two Women 03/28/45 Dr. Leonard Gillespie 66
Dragon Seed 07/20/44 Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 66
Since You Went Away 06/30/44 Clergyman 66
3 Men in White 05/25/44 Dr. Leonard Gillespie 66
Twenty Years After 01/01/44 (archive footage) 65
A Guy Named Joe 12/24/43 The General 65
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith 09/09/43 Gramps 65
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case 05/08/43 Dr. Leonard Gillespie 65
Tennessee Johnson 12/01/42 Thaddeus Stevens 64
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant 11/01/42 Dr. Leonard Gillespie 64
Calling Dr. Gillespie 08/01/42 Dr. Leonard Gillespie 64
Dr. Kildare's Victory 02/04/42 Dr. Leonard Gillespie 63
Lady Be Good 09/18/41 Judge Murdock 63
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day 08/22/41 Dr. Leonard Gillespie 63
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare 05/02/41 Dr. Leonard Gillespie 63
The Bad Man 03/28/41 Uncle Henry Jones 62
The Penalty 03/13/41 'Grandpop' Logan 62
Dr. Kildare's Crisis 11/29/40 Dr. Leonard Gillespie 62
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound 10/24/40 Self 62
Dr. Kildare Goes Home 09/06/40 Dr. Leonard Gillespie 62
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards 07/31/40 Self (archive footage) 62
Hollywood: Style Center of the World 05/29/40 Self 62
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case 04/12/40 Dr. Leonard Gillespie 61
The Stars Look Down 01/22/40 Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice) 61
The Secret of Dr. Kildare 11/24/39 Dr. Leonard Gillespie 61
On Borrowed Time 07/07/39 Julian Northrup aka Gramps 61
The Movies March On 07/03/39 Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage) 61
Land of Liberty 06/15/39 (archive footage) 61
From the Ends of the Earth 05/28/39 Self 61
Calling Dr. Kildare 04/28/39 Dr. Leonard Gillespie 61
Let Freedom Ring 02/24/39 Thomas Logan 60
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore 12/09/38 Self 60
Young Dr. Kildare 10/14/38 Dr. Leonard Gillespie 60
You Can't Take It with You 09/01/38 Martin Vanderhof 60
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 07/29/38 Lionel Barrymore 60
Test Pilot 04/16/38 Howard B. Drake 59
A Yank at Oxford 02/18/38 Dan Sheridan 59
Navy Blue and Gold 11/19/37 Captain 'Skinny' Dawes 59
Saratoga 07/23/37 Grandpa Clayton 59
Captains Courageous 06/25/37 Captain Disko Troop 59
A Family Affair 03/12/37 Judge Hardy 58
Camille 12/26/36 Monsieur Duval 58
The Road to Glory 09/04/36 Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin 58
The Gorgeous Hussy 08/28/36 Andrew Jackson 58
The Devil-Doll 07/10/36 Paul Lavond 58
The Voice of Bugle Ann 02/15/36 Springfield Davis 57
Ah, Wilderness! 12/25/35 Nat Miller 57
The Return Of Peter Grimm 09/13/35 Peter Grimm 57
Public Hero Number 1 05/31/35 Dr. Josiah Glass 57
Mark of the Vampire 04/26/35 Professor Zelin 56
The Little Colonel 02/22/35 Colonel Lloyd 56
The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger 01/18/35 Dan Peggotty 56
Treasure Island 08/17/34 Billy Bones 56
The Girl from Missouri 08/03/34 T.R. Paige 56
This Side of Heaven 02/02/34 Martin Turner 55
Carolina 02/02/34 Bob Connelly 55
Dinner at Eight 12/22/33 Oliver Jordan 55
Should Ladies Behave 12/01/33 Augustus Merrick 55
Christopher Bean 11/17/33 Dr. Milton Haggett 55
Night Flight 10/06/33 Robineau 55
One Man's Journey 08/31/33 Eli Watt 55
The Stranger's Return 07/28/33 Grandpa Cyrus Tatum Storr 55
Looking Forward 04/28/33 Tim Benton 55
Sweepings 04/14/33 Daniel Pardway 54
Rasputin and the Empress 12/23/32 Grigori Rasputin 54
The Washington Masquerade 07/09/32 Jefferson "Jeff" Keane 54
Grand Hotel 05/25/32 Otto Kringelein 54
Arsène Lupin 02/26/32 Detective Guerchard 53
Broken Lullaby 01/19/32 Dr. H. Holderlin 53
Mata Hari 12/26/31 General Serge Shubin 53
The Christmas Party 12/17/31 Himself (uncredited) 53
The Yellow Ticket 10/30/31 Baron Igor Andreeff 53
Guilty Hands 08/22/31 Richard Grant 53
A Free Soul 06/02/31 Stephen Ashe 53
Estrellados 07/07/30 Self (Guest Appearance) 52
Free and Easy 03/22/30 Bedroom Scene 51
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 11/23/29 Self - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited) 51
The Mysterious Island 10/05/29 Andre Dakkar 51
The River Woman 12/01/28 Bill Lefty 50
West of Zanzibar 11/24/28 Crane 50
Alias Jimmy Valentine 11/15/28 Doyle 50
Road House 07/25/28 Henry Grayson 50
The Lion and the Mouse 05/21/28 John Ryder 50
Drums of Love 01/24/28 Duke Cathos de Alvia 49
Sadie Thompson 01/07/28 Alfred Davidson 49
The Thirteenth Hour 10/17/27 Prof. Leroy 49
Body and Soul 10/01/27 Dr. Leyden 49
Women Love Diamonds 02/12/27 Hugo Harlan 48
The Show 01/22/27 The Greek 48
The Temptress 10/03/26 Canterac 48
The Bells 07/29/26 Mathias 48
The Lucky Lady 04/25/26 Count Ferranzo 47
Paris at Midnight 04/17/26 Vautrin 47
Wife Tamers 03/25/26 Mr. Barry 47
The Barrier 03/21/26 Stark Bennett 47
Brooding Eyes 03/15/26 Slim Jim Carey 47
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 12/25/25 Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) 47
The Splendid Road 12/06/25 Dan Clehollis 47
Die Frau mit dem schlechten Ruf 11/18/25 Allan Merrick 47
Fifty-Fifty 11/15/25 Frederick Harmon 47
The Wrongdoers 09/03/25 Daniel Abbott 47
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work 08/18/25 Gordon Kent 47
Children of the Whirlwind 08/15/25 Joe Ellison 47
A Man of Iron 06/28/25 Philip Durban 47
I Am the Man 12/15/24 James McQuade 46
Meddling Women 11/15/24 Edwin Ainsworth / John Wells (duel role) 46
America 02/21/24 Capt. Walter Butler 45
Decameron Nights 01/02/24 Saladin 45
The Eternal City 12/17/23 Baron Bonelli 45
Unseeing Eyes 11/18/23 Conrad Dean 45
Enemies of Women 04/15/23 Prince Lubimoff 44
The Face in the Fog 10/07/22 Boston Blackie Dawson 44
Boomerang Bill 01/15/22 Boomerang Bill 43
Jim the Penman 04/04/21 James Ralston 42
The Great Adventure 01/06/21 Priam Farll 42
The Devil's Garden 11/22/20 William Dale 42
The Master Mind 09/12/20 Henry Allen 42
The Copperhead 01/25/20 Milt Shanks 41
National Red Cross Pageant 12/01/17 39
The Millionaire's Double 04/30/17 Bide Bennington 39
His Father's Son 03/19/17 J. Dabney Barro 38
The End of the Tour 01/29/17 Byron Bennett 38
The Brand of Cowardice 10/23/16 Cyril Hamilton 38
The Upheaval 08/28/16 Jim Gordon 38
The Quitter 07/10/16 Happy Jack Lewis 38
Dorian's Divorce 06/05/16 Richard Dorian 38
A Yellow Streak 12/06/15 Barry Dale 37
Dora Thorne 11/03/15 Lord Earle 37
The Flaming Sword 06/28/15 Steve 37
The Romance of Elaine 06/14/15 Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X 37
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde 04/01/15 Judge Randolph Legarde 36
A Modern Magdalen 02/17/15 Lindsay 36
Wildfire 01/25/15 John Keefe 36
The Exploits of Elaine 12/29/14 36
The Seats of the Mighty 12/07/14 Monsieur Doltaire 36
The Span of Life 12/07/14 Richard Blunt 36
Under the Gaslight 12/01/14 William Byke 36
The Woman in Black 11/30/14 Robert Crane 36
The Power of the Press 10/01/14 Steve Carson 36
Men and Women 08/01/14 Stephen Rodman / Robert Stevens 36
The Cracksman's Gratitude 07/04/14 36
Woman Against Woman 06/27/14 Gilbert Craven 36
Judith of Bethulia 03/08/14 Extra (uncredited) 35
Strongheart 03/08/14 Billy Saunders 35
Her Father's Silent Partner 02/23/14 35
Classmates 02/14/14 Bubby Dumble 35
The Bartered Crown 01/10/14 The Landlord 35
The House of Discord 12/13/13 The Husband 35
All for Science 11/24/13 Detective 35
So Runs the Way 10/11/13 35
The Stolen Treaty 09/13/13 The Japanese Diplomat 35
The Strong Man's Burden 09/05/13 John - the Elder Brother 35
The Crook and the Girl 08/25/13 The Nephew 35
The Work Habit 08/21/13 The Father 35
The Suffragette Minstrels 08/18/13 (unconfirmed) 35
An Indian's Loyalty 08/15/13 The Cattle Buyer 35
Under the Shadow of the Law 08/07/13 Charles Darnton - the Employer 35
I Was Meant for You 08/01/13 Lavina's Father 35
The Vengeance of Galora 07/28/13 35
The Mirror 07/24/13 Daisy's Father 35
Pa Says 07/21/13 Teddy's Rival 35
A Gamble with Death 06/30/13 Jim Benton, the Bartender 35
In Diplomatic Circles 06/26/13 The Japanese Ambassador 35
Almost a Wild Man 06/19/13 In Audience (uncredited) 35
The Switchtower 06/15/13 First Counterfeiter 35
Death's Marathon 06/14/13 The Financial Backer 35
The Well 06/12/13 The Farmer 35
The Enemy's Baby 06/10/13 Postmaster Ben Brown 35
Red Hicks Defies the World 06/09/13 The Referee 35
A Timely Interception 06/07/13 Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother 35
The Ranchero's Revenge 06/02/13 The Ranchero 35
Just Gold 05/24/13 The Stay-at-Home Brother 35
The Yaqui Cur 05/16/13 The Easterner 35
The House of Darkness 05/10/13 The Doctor 35
The Wanderer 05/02/13 The Male Lover 35
The Lady and the Mouse 04/26/13 The Father 34
A Misunderstood Boy 04/19/13 The Father 34
The Little Tease 04/12/13 In Bar 34
The Perfidy of Mary 04/05/13 Mary's Father 34
The Sheriff's Baby 03/29/13 Third Bandit 34
Fate 03/22/13 Father, Loving Family 34
Near To Earth 03/20/13 Gato 34
The Unwelcome Guest 03/15/13 At Auction (uncredited) 34
The Wrong Bottle 03/06/13 The Father 34
Love in an Apartment Hotel 02/27/13 In Hotel Lobby 34
A Chance Deception 02/24/13 2nd Policeman 34
Oil and Water 02/10/13 The Idealist's Friend 34
The Tender Hearted Boy 01/23/13 (uncredited) 34
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods 01/16/13 The Father 34
The Telephone Girl and the Lady 01/06/13 The Desk Sergeant 34
Three Friends 01/02/13 Second Friend 34
The God Within 12/26/12 The Woman of the Camp's Lover 34
A Cry for Help 12/23/12 The Tramp 34
The Massacre 12/19/12 34
The Burglar’s Dilemma 12/16/12 The Householder 34
My Hero 12/12/12 34
The New York Hat 12/05/12 Minister 34
Brutality 12/02/12 At Wedding 34
The Informer 11/21/12 Union Soldier 34
My Baby 11/14/12 At table 34
Gold and Glitter 11/11/12 The Lover 34
Heredity 11/04/12 Woodsman 34
The Musketeers of Pig Alley 10/31/12 The Musician's Friend 34
The Painted Lady 10/24/12 At Ice Cream Festival 34
The One She Loved 10/21/12 The Neighbor 34
The Chief's Blanket 10/10/12 The Young Man 34
So Near, Yet So Far 09/29/12 In Club 34
Friends 09/22/12 Grizzley Fallon - Dandy Jack's Friend 34
The Miser's Heart 11/20/11 Jules - the Thief 33
The Battle 11/06/11 Wagon Driver (uncredited) 33
Fighting Blood 06/28/11 33
The White Caps 09/14/05 27