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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

7.5

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

7.215

The Naked City
1948-03-04

7.2

The Sea Wolf
1941-03-21

Tarzan's Secret Treasure

5.9

Tarzan's Secret Treasure
1941-12-01

How Green Was My Valley

7.312

How Green Was My Valley
1941-10-28

6.5

Union Station
1950-10-04

The Story of Seabiscuit

6

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

4.6

Juno and the Paycock
1930-06-29

The Saint Strikes Back

5.8

The Saint Strikes Back
1939-03-08

None But the Lonely Heart

6.3

None But the Lonely Heart
1944-10-17

The Long Voyage Home

6.6

The Long Voyage Home
1940-11-16

San Francisco Docks

7.3

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

6.8

California
1947-02-21

Welcome Stranger

6.9

Welcome Stranger
1947-06-13

6.5

Variety Girl
1947-08-29

Incendiary Blonde

5.1

Incendiary Blonde
1945-07-25

Top o' the Morning

5.6

Top o' the Morning
1949-08-31

The Plough and the Stars

5.7

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

7.3

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

5.5

Happy Ever After
1954-06-29

Two Years Before the Mast

6.5

Two Years Before the Mast
1946-11-22

Full Confession

5.6

Full Confession
1939-09-08

Four Men and a Prayer

6.5

Four Men and a Prayer
1938-04-29

Miss Tatlock's Millions

6.3

Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948-11-19

5.5

Pacific Liner
1939-01-06

6.6

Silver City
1951-12-01

6.2

Corvette K-225
1943-09-29

5

Broth of a Boy
1959-02-06

6.4

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

6.6

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

6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

General Electric Theater

6.8

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

Lux Video Theatre

6.7

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

What's My Line?

7.1

What's My Line?
1950-02-02

Play of the Week

8

Play of the Week
1959-10-12