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