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".
The Tender Hearted Boy (1913): $15
Friends (1912): $10 a day

He was buried a Roman Catholic next to his second wife and his brother, John Barrymore, in Calvary Cemetery, Hollywood. He played Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol" on the radio annually. The three Barrymore siblings (Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore) appeared in only one film together: Rasputin and the Empress. Lionel and John Barrymore appeared without Ethel Barrymore in Arsène Lupin, Grand Hotel, Night Flight and Dinner at Eight. A decade after John Barrymore's demise, Lionel and Ethel Barrymore appeared in Main Street to Broadway, which incidentally was Lionel's last film. Screen, stage, radio, vaudeville actor, film producer, and screenwriter. Acted from wheelchair from 1938 due to the effects of arthritis and hip injury. Interred at Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA, in the Main Mausoleum, Block 352. Son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore; grandson of Louisa Drew and stage actor John Drew (1827-62); nephew of Sidney Drew; cousin of S. Rankin Drew. Fathered two daughters: Ethel (1909-1910) and Mary (1916-1917). Reared Roman Catholic by their mother, the three Barrymore siblings all had suffered the stigma of divorce (doubtless connected to the family business) and only Ethel Barrymore was a practicing Catholic in adulthood. Great uncle of Drew Barrymore. Portrayed Dr. Gillespie on the syndicated radio show "The Story of Dr. Kildare" (1950-1951). His name appeared in the Looney Toons Cartoon One Froggy Evening (directed by Chuck Jones) in a newspaper on a park bench before the distraught man was sent to a psychiatric ward because the frog would not sing in front of anyone else. Uncle of John Drew Barrymore. In the 1960s cartoon series Underdog, Underdog's nemesis, Simon Bar Sinister, has a voice reminiscent of Barrymore. He and his sister Ethel Barrymore were the first Oscar-winning brother and sister. Invented the boom microphone. He was one of the very few screen actors in the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s who had a prolific career despite being in a wheelchair. From 1938, his screen roles were written to accommodate his disability. Started as a stock player at the Biograph Company. His first film was The Paris Hat, which seems to be a lost Biograph film. His second film was Fighting Blood, produced by the Biograph Company in 1911.