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Barry Fitzgerald‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1888-03-09

Popularity

star7.8

Barry Fitzgerald

Dublin, Ireland

Barry Fitzgerald

Dublin, Ireland

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1888-03-09

Popularity

star7.8

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.

Movie Credits

Cradle of Genius

Cradle of Genius‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

Bringing Up Baby

Bringing Up Baby‌
star7.5
calendar 1938

The Quiet Man

The Quiet Man‌
star7.3
calendar 1952

And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None‌
star7.0
calendar 1945

The Naked City

The Naked City‌
star7.2
calendar 1948

The Sea Wolf

The Sea Wolf‌
star7.0
calendar 1941

Tarzan's Secret Treasure

Tarzan's Secret Treasure‌
star5.7
calendar 1941

How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley‌
star7.3
calendar 1941

Union Station

Union Station‌
star6.3
calendar 1950

The Story of Seabiscuit

The Story of Seabiscuit‌
star5.8
calendar 1949

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday‌
star6.4
calendar 1943

The Dawn Patrol

The Dawn Patrol‌
star6.8
calendar 1938

Going My Way

Going My Way‌
star6.7
calendar 1944

Juno and the Paycock

Juno and the Paycock‌
star4.5
calendar 1930

The Saint Strikes Back

The Saint Strikes Back‌
star5.6
calendar 1939

None But the Lonely Heart

None But the Lonely Heart‌
star6.2
calendar 1944

The Long Voyage Home

The Long Voyage Home‌
star6.5
calendar 1940

San Francisco Docks

San Francisco Docks‌
star6.0
calendar 1940

The Catered Affair

The Catered Affair‌
star7.1
calendar 1956

The Stork Club

The Stork Club‌
star5.5
calendar 1945

California

California‌
star6.6
calendar 1947

Welcome Stranger

Welcome Stranger‌
star6.6
calendar 1947

Variety Girl

Variety Girl‌
star6.1
calendar 1947

Incendiary Blonde

Incendiary Blonde‌
star5.1
calendar 1945

Top o' the Morning

Top o' the Morning‌
star5.8
calendar 1949

The Plough and the Stars

The Plough and the Stars‌
star5.6
calendar 1936

Rooney

Rooney‌
star5.5
calendar 1958

Easy Come, Easy Go

Easy Come, Easy Go‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

Ebb Tide

Ebb Tide‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

The Sainted Sisters

The Sainted Sisters‌
star7.0
calendar 1948

I Love a Soldier

I Love a Soldier‌
star4.0
calendar 1944

Two Tickets to London

Two Tickets to London‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

Happy Ever After

Happy Ever After‌
star5.2
calendar 1954

Two Years Before the Mast

Two Years Before the Mast‌
star6.2
calendar 1946

Full Confession

Full Confession‌
star4.7
calendar 1939

Four Men and a Prayer

Four Men and a Prayer‌
star6.3
calendar 1938

Miss Tatlock's Millions

Miss Tatlock's Millions‌
star5.8
calendar 1948

Pacific Liner

Pacific Liner‌
star5.2
calendar 1939

Silver City

Silver City‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Corvette K-225

Corvette K-225‌
star6.2
calendar 1943

Broth of a Boy

Broth of a Boy‌
star1.0
calendar 1959

Duffy's Tavern

Duffy's Tavern‌
star6.1
calendar 1945

Guests of The Nation

Guests of The Nation‌
star5.0
calendar 1935

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered‌
star7.0
calendar 2014

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette‌
star6.3
calendar 1938

Ha da venì... don Calogero!

Ha da venì... don Calogero!‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Tv Credits

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

What's My Line?

What's My Line?‌
star6.6
calendar 1950

Play of the Week

Play of the Week‌
star0.0
calendar 1959