Barry Fitzgerald

1888-03-09 Dublin, Ireland

Biografia

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.

Películas

	Bing Crosby: Rediscovered	Self (archive footage)	2014-12-02
	Cradle of Genius		1961-09-25
	Broth of a Boy	Patrick Farrell	1959-02-06
	Rooney	Grandfather	1958-03-24
	The Catered Affair	Uncle Jack Conlon	1956-06-14
	Happy Ever After	Thady O'Heggarty	1954-06-29
	The Quiet Man	Michaleen Oge Flynn	1952-07-21
	Ha da venì... don Calogero!	Don Calogero	1952-03-04
	Silver City	R.R. Jarboe	1951-12-01
	Union Station	Inspector Donnelly	1950-10-04
	Top o' the Morning	Sergeant Briany McNaughton	1949-08-31
	The Story of Seabiscuit	Shawn O'Hara	1949-11-12
	The Sainted Sisters	Robbie McCleary	1948-04-30
	Miss Tatlock's Millions	Denno Noonan	1948-11-19
	The Naked City	Lt. Dan Muldoon	1948-03-04
	Variety Girl	Barry Fitzgerald	1947-08-29
	Welcome Stranger	Dr. Joseph McRory	1947-06-13
	California	Michael Fabian	1947-02-21
	Easy Come, Easy Go	Martin L. Donovan	1947-03-07
	Two Years Before the Mast	Terence O'Feenaghty	1946-11-22
	Incendiary Blonde	Michael 'Mike' Guinan	1945-07-25
	The Stork Club	Jerry B. 'J.B.' / 'Pop' Bates	1945-12-28
	And Then There Were None	Francis Quinncannon	1945-10-31
	Duffy's Tavern	Bing Crosby's Father	1945-09-28
	I Love a Soldier	Murphy	1944-07-12
	None But the Lonely Heart	Henry Twite	1944-10-17
	Going My Way	Father Fitzgibbon	1944-05-15
	Corvette K-225	Stooky	1943-09-29
	Two Tickets to London	Capt. McCardle	1943-06-14
	The Amazing Mrs. Holliday	Timothy Blake	1943-02-19
	Tarzan's Secret Treasure	Dennis O'Doul	1941-12-01
	The Sea Wolf	Cooky	1941-03-21
	How Green Was My Valley	Cyfartha	1941-10-28
	The Long Voyage Home	Cocky	1940-11-16
	San Francisco Docks	The Icky	1940-12-25
	The Saint Strikes Back	Zipper Dyson	1939-03-08
	Pacific Liner	Britches	1939-01-06
	Full Confession	Michael O'Keefe	1939-09-08
	Marie Antoinette	Peddler (uncredited)	1938-08-26
	Bringing Up Baby	Aloysius Gogarty	1938-02-18
	The Dawn Patrol	Bott	1938-12-24
	Four Men and a Prayer	Mulcahay	1938-04-29
	Ebb Tide	Huish	1937-11-17
	The Plough and the Stars	Fluther Good	1936-12-26
	Guests of The Nation	Captured British soldier	1935-01-01
	Juno and the Paycock	The Orator	1929-12-30