Barry Fitzgerald

Personal Info

Birthday

March 9, 1888

Day of Death

1961-01-14

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Also Known As

William Joseph Shields

Барри Фитцджеральд

Barry Fitzgerald

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.

Known For

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Lux Video Theatre

The Sea Wolf

The Quiet Man

The Long Voyage Home

Bringing Up Baby

And Then There Were None

California

Filmography

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