Barry Fitzgerald
Known for Acting · 53 credits
- Born
- 1888-03-09
- Died
- 1961-01-14
- Place of birth
- Dublin, Ireland
- Also known as
- William Joseph Shields · Барри Фитцджеральд
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.
Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (47)
The Quiet Man
1952
as Michaleen Oge Flynn
How Green Was My Valley
1941
as Cyfartha
Bringing Up Baby
1938
as Mr. Gogarty
And Then There Were None
1945
as Francis Quinncannon
The Naked City
1948
as Lt. Dan Muldoon
Going My Way
1944
as Father Fitzgibbon
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Peddler (uncredited)
The Story of Seabiscuit
1949
as Shawn O'Hara
The Long Voyage Home
1940
as Cocky
Welcome Stranger
1947
as Dr. Joseph McRory
The Catered Affair
1956
as Jack Conlon
Four Men and a Prayer
1938
as Mulcahay
Variety Girl
1947
as Barry Fitzgerald
Juno and the Paycock
1930
as The Orator
Incendiary Blonde
1945
as Michael 'Mike' Guinan
The Sea Wolf
1941
as Cooky
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
1941
as Dennis O'Doul
The Stork Club
1945
as Jerry B. 'J.B.' / 'Pop' Bates
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014
as Self (archive footage)
None But the Lonely Heart
1944
as Henry Twite
I Love a Soldier
1944
as Murphy
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
as Timothy Blake
California
1947
as Michael Fabian
The Dawn Patrol
1938
as Bott
The Plough and the Stars
1936
as Fluther Good
Union Station
1950
as Inspector Donnelly
Corvette K-225
1943
as Stooky
Happy Ever After
1954
as Thady O'Heggarty
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
as Terence O'Feenaghty
San Francisco Docks
1940
as The Icky
Silver City
1951
as R.R. Jarboe
Duffy's Tavern
1945
as Bing Crosby's Father
The Saint Strikes Back
1939
as Zipper Dyson
Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948
as Denno Noonan
Two Tickets to London
1943
as Capt. McCardle
Top o' the Morning
1949
as Sergeant Briany McNaughton
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
1955
as Harold "Stretch" Sears
The Sainted Sisters
1948
as Robbie McCleary
Broth of a Boy
1959
as Patrick Farrell
Full Confession
1939
as Michael O'Keefe
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
as Martin L. Donovan
Pacific Liner
1939
as Britches
Ha da venì... don Calogero!
1952
as Don Calogero
Ebb Tide
1937
as Huish
Guests of The Nation
1935
as Captured British soldier
Rooney
1958
as Grandfather
Cradle of Genius
1960
as Self
About Barry Fitzgerald
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… With 53 credits spanning from 1930 to 2014, Barry Fitzgerald has appeared in 47 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Barry Fitzgerald Movies
- The Quiet Man (1952) — as Michaleen Oge Flynn
- How Green Was My Valley (1941) — as Cyfartha
- Bringing Up Baby (1938) — as Mr. Gogarty
- And Then There Were None (1945) — as Francis Quinncannon
- The Naked City (1948) — as Lt. Dan Muldoon
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