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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/12/2014
Cradle of Genius
Character:Self
Release Date:11/11/1960
Broth of a Boy
Character:Patrick Farrell
Release Date:06/02/1959
Rooney
Character:Grandfather
Release Date:24/03/1958
The Catered Affair
Character:Uncle Jack Conlon
Release Date:14/06/1956
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
Character:Harold "Stretch" Sears
Release Date:01/01/1955
Happy Ever After
Character:Thady O'Heggarty
Release Date:29/06/1954
The Quiet Man
Character:Michaleen Oge Flynn
Release Date:21/07/1952
Ha da venì... don Calogero!
Character:Don Calogero
Release Date:04/03/1952
Silver City
Character:R.R. Jarboe
Release Date:01/12/1951
Union Station
Character:Inspector Donnelly
Release Date:04/10/1950
The Story of Seabiscuit
Character:Shawn O'Hara
Release Date:12/11/1949
Top o' the Morning
Character:Sergeant Briany McNaughton
Release Date:31/08/1949
Miss Tatlock's Millions
Character:Denno Noonan
Release Date:19/11/1948
The Sainted Sisters
Character:Robbie McCleary
Release Date:30/04/1948
The Naked City
Character:Lt. Dan Muldoon
Release Date:04/03/1948
Variety Girl
Character:Barry Fitzgerald
Release Date:29/08/1947
Welcome Stranger
Character:Dr. Joseph McRory
Release Date:13/06/1947
Easy Come, Easy Go
Character:Martin L. Donovan
Release Date:07/03/1947
California
Character:Michael Fabian
Release Date:21/02/1947
Two Years Before the Mast
Character:Terence O'Feenaghty
Release Date:22/11/1946
The Stork Club
Character:Jerry B. 'J.B.' / 'Pop' Bates
Release Date:28/12/1945
And Then There Were None
Character:Francis Quinncannon
Release Date:31/10/1945
Duffy's Tavern
Character:Bing Crosby's Father
Release Date:28/09/1945
Incendiary Blonde
Character:Michael 'Mike' Guinan
Release Date:25/07/1945
None But the Lonely Heart
Character:Henry Twite
Release Date:17/10/1944
I Love a Soldier
Character:Murphy
Release Date:12/07/1944
Going My Way
Character:Father Fitzgibbon
Release Date:01/01/1944
Corvette K-225
Character:Stooky
Release Date:29/09/1943
Two Tickets to London
Character:Capt. McCardle
Release Date:14/06/1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Character:Timothy Blake
Release Date:19/02/1943
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
Character:Dennis O'Doul
Release Date:01/12/1941
How Green Was My Valley
Character:Cyfartha
Release Date:28/10/1941
The Sea Wolf
Character:Cooky
Release Date:21/03/1941
San Francisco Docks
Character:The Icky
Release Date:25/12/1940
The Long Voyage Home
Character:Cocky
Release Date:16/11/1940
Full Confession
Character:Michael O'Keefe
Release Date:08/09/1939
The Saint Strikes Back
Character:Zipper Dyson
Release Date:08/03/1939
Pacific Liner
Character:Britches
Release Date:06/01/1939
The Dawn Patrol
Character:Bott
Release Date:24/12/1938
Marie Antoinette
Character:Peddler (uncredited)
Release Date:26/08/1938
Four Men and a Prayer
Character:Mulcahay
Release Date:29/04/1938
Bringing Up Baby
Character:Aloysius Gogarty
Release Date:18/02/1938
Ebb Tide
Character:Huish
Release Date:14/10/1937
The Plough and the Stars
Character:Fluther Good
Release Date:26/12/1936
Guests of The Nation
Character:Captured British soldier
Release Date:01/01/1935
Juno and the Paycock
Character:The Orator
Release Date:29/06/1930
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