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Barry Fitzgerald
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Barry Fitzgerald
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1888-03-09,Dublin, Ireland
Gender
Male
Biography
Brother of actor Arthur Shields, with whom he performed in several films, most notably John Ford's The Quiet Man (1952). One of the very few character actors ever to achieve star status. Fitzgerald was the only player ever nominated for the Academy Award for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor in the same year for the same role. The recognition was for Going My Way (1944). After he received this double nomination, the Academy immediately changed their rules to prevent this from happening again, rules which have remained unchanged to this day. One of Hollywood's finest character actors and most accomplished scene stealers, Barry Fitzgerald was born William Joseph Shields in 1888 in Dublin, Ireland. Educated to enter the banking business, the diminutive Irishman with the irresistible brogue was bitten by the acting bug in the 1920s and joined Dublin's world-famous Abbey Players. He subsequently starred in the Abbey Theatre production of Sean O'Casey's Juno And The Paycock, a role that he recreated in his film debut for director Alfred Hitchcock in 1930. He was coaxed to the U.S. in 1935 by John Ford to appear in Ford's film adaptation of another O'Casey masterpiece, The Plough and the Stars (1936). Fitzgerald took up residence in Hollywood and went on to give outstanding performances in such films as The Long Voyage Home (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), None But the Lonely Heart (1944), And Then There Were None (1945), Two Years Before the Mast (1946) and what is probably the role for which he is most fondly remembered, The Quiet Man (1952). He won the Academy Award For Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of gruff, aging Father Fitzgibbon in Going My Way (1944). He was also nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for the same role and was the only actor to ever be so honored. Barry Fitzgerald died in his beloved Dublin in 1961.

Filmography

Cradle of Genius

10

Cradle of Genius
1960-11-11

Bringing Up Baby

7.513

Bringing Up Baby
1938-02-18

7.3

The Quiet Man
1952-07-21

And Then There Were None

7

And Then There Were None
1945-10-31

7.208

The Naked City
1948-03-04

7.2

The Sea Wolf
1941-03-21

Tarzan's Secret Treasure

5.883

Tarzan's Secret Treasure
1941-12-01

How Green Was My Valley

7.315

How Green Was My Valley
1941-10-28

6.5

Union Station
1950-10-04

The Story of Seabiscuit

6.036

The Story of Seabiscuit
1949-11-12

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

6.7

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943-02-19

The Dawn Patrol

6.8

The Dawn Patrol
1938-12-24

6.7

Going My Way
1944-01-01

Juno and the Paycock

4.7

Juno and the Paycock
1930-06-29

The Saint Strikes Back

5.737

The Saint Strikes Back
1939-03-08

None But the Lonely Heart

6.365

None But the Lonely Heart
1944-10-17

The Long Voyage Home

6.602

The Long Voyage Home
1940-11-16

San Francisco Docks

7.333

San Francisco Docks
1940-12-25

The Catered Affair

7.2

The Catered Affair
1956-06-14

5.2

The Stork Club
1945-12-28

6.848

California
1947-02-21

Welcome Stranger

6.857

Welcome Stranger
1947-06-13

6.455

Variety Girl
1947-08-29

Incendiary Blonde

5.111

Incendiary Blonde
1945-07-25

Top o' the Morning

5.625

Top o' the Morning
1949-08-31

The Plough and the Stars

5.722

The Plough and the Stars
1936-12-26

6

Rooney
1958-03-14

Easy Come, Easy Go

7

Easy Come, Easy Go
1947-03-07

7

Ebb Tide
1937-10-14

The Sainted Sisters

7.333

The Sainted Sisters
1948-04-30

I Love a Soldier

6

I Love a Soldier
1944-07-12

Two Tickets to London

7.5

Two Tickets to London
1943-06-14

Happy Ever After

5.469

Happy Ever After
1954-06-29

Two Years Before the Mast

6.5

Two Years Before the Mast
1946-11-22

Full Confession

5.583

Full Confession
1939-09-08

Four Men and a Prayer

6.538

Four Men and a Prayer
1938-04-29

Miss Tatlock's Millions

6.3

Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948-11-19

5.538

Pacific Liner
1939-01-06

6.577

Silver City
1951-12-01

6.154

Corvette K-225
1943-09-29

5

Broth of a Boy
1959-02-06

6.375

Duffy's Tavern
1945-09-28

Guests of The Nation

5

Guests of The Nation
1935-01-01

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

7

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014-12-02

Marie Antoinette

6.554

Marie Antoinette
1938-08-26

Ha da venì... don Calogero!

8

Ha da venì... don Calogero!
1952-03-04

Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid

0

Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
1955-01-01

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

Lux Video Theatre

6.714

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

What's My Line?

7.034

What's My Line?
1950-02-02

Play of the Week

8

Play of the Week
1959-10-12