Happy Birthday, Lionel

Lionel Barrymore (of the famous acting family) was born today in 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In later years his arthritis kept him in a wheelchair, but he kept on acting - Key Largo, for instance. Dr Gillespie in the Dr Kildare films (and their Kildare-less sequels), Mr Potter in It's A Wonderful Life, Grandpa in the wonderful You Can't Take It With You, Peggoty in David Copperfield, Billy Bones in Treasure Island, Disko Troop in Captains Courageous, and his Oscar-winning turn in A Free Soul: he left behind a wonderful body of work.