Personal Info
Known Credits
47
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1888-03-09 (137 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Also Known For
William Joseph ShieldsБарри 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 ...
Acting
2014 --
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
| Self (archive footage)
1960 --
Cradle of Genius
| Self
1959 --
Broth of a Boy
| Patrick Farrell
1958 --
Rooney
| Grandfather
1956 --
The Catered Affair
| Uncle Jack Conlon
1955 --
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
| Harold "Stretch" Sears
1954 --
Happy Ever After
| Thady O'Heggarty
1952 --
The Quiet Man
| Michaleen Oge Flynn
1952 --
Ha da venì... don Calogero!
| Don Calogero
1951 --
Silver City
| R.R. Jarboe
1950 --
Union Station
| Inspector Donnelly
1949 --
The Story of Seabiscuit
| Shawn O'Hara
1949 --
Top o' the Morning
| Sergeant Briany McNaughton
1948 --
Miss Tatlock's Millions
| Denno Noonan
1948 --
The Sainted Sisters
| Robbie McCleary
1948 --
The Naked City
| Lt. Dan Muldoon
1947 --
Variety Girl
| Barry Fitzgerald
1947 --
Welcome Stranger
| Dr. Joseph McRory
1947 --
Easy Come, Easy Go
| Martin L. Donovan
1947 --
California
| Michael Fabian
1946 --
Two Years Before the Mast
| Terence O'Feenaghty
1945 --
The Stork Club
| Jerry B. 'J.B.' / 'Pop' Bates
1945 --
And Then There Were None
| Francis Quinncannon
1945 --
Duffy's Tavern
| Bing Crosby's Father
1945 --
Incendiary Blonde
| Michael 'Mike' Guinan
1944 --
None But the Lonely Heart
| Henry Twite
1944 --
I Love a Soldier
| Murphy
1944 --
Going My Way
| Father Fitzgibbon
1943 --
Corvette K-225
| Stooky
1943 --
Two Tickets to London
| Capt. McCardle
1943 --
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
| Timothy Blake
1941 --
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
| Dennis O'Doul
1941 --
How Green Was My Valley
| Cyfartha
1941 --
The Sea Wolf
| Cooky
1940 --
San Francisco Docks
| The Icky
1940 --
The Long Voyage Home
| Cocky
1939 --
Full Confession
| Michael O'Keefe
1939 --
The Saint Strikes Back
| Zipper Dyson
1939 --
Pacific Liner
| Britches
1938 --
The Dawn Patrol
| Bott
1938 --
Marie Antoinette
| Peddler (uncredited)
1938 --
Four Men and a Prayer
| Mulcahay
1938 --
Bringing Up Baby
| Aloysius Gogarty
1937 --
Ebb Tide
| Huish
1936 --
The Plough and the Stars
| Fluther Good
1935 --
Guests of The Nation
| Captured British soldier
1930 --
Juno and the Paycock
| The Orator