Barry Fitzgerald
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.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Film • 2014
jako Self (archive footage)
Cradle of Genius
Film • 1960
jako Self
Play of the Week
Serial • 1959
Broth of a Boy
Film • 1959
jako Patrick Farrell
Rooney
Film • 1958
jako Grandfather
The Catered Affair
Film • 1956
jako Jack Conlon
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Serial • 1955
jako Harold 'Stretch' Sears
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
Film • 1955
jako Harold "Stretch" Sears
Happy Ever After
Film • 1954
jako Thady O'Heggarty
General Electric Theater
Serial • 1953
Spokojny człowiek
Film • 1952
jako Michaleen Oge Flynn
Ha da venì... don Calogero!
Film • 1952
jako Don Calogero
Silver City
Film • 1951
jako R.R. Jarboe
Detektyw ze stacji Union
Film • 1950
jako Inspector Donnelly
Lux Video Theatre
Serial • 1950
jako Barry Flynn
What's My Line?
Serial • 1950
jako Self
The Story of Seabiscuit
Film • 1949
jako Shawn O'Hara
Top o' the Morning
Film • 1949
jako Sergeant Briany McNaughton
Miss Tatlock's Millions
Film • 1948
jako Denno Noonan
The Ed Sullivan Show
Serial • 1948
jako Self
The Sainted Sisters
Film • 1948
jako Robbie McCleary
Nagie miasto
Film • 1948
jako Lt. Dan Muldoon
Variety Girl
Film • 1947
jako Barry Fitzgerald
Welcome Stranger
Film • 1947
jako Dr. Joseph McRory
Easy Come, Easy Go
Film • 1947
jako Martin L. Donovan
California
Film • 1947
jako Michael Fabian
Dwa lata pod żaglami
Film • 1946
jako Terence O'Feenaghty
The Stork Club
Film • 1945
jako Jerry B. 'J.B.' / 'Pop' Bates
A potem nie było już nikogo
Film • 1945
jako Francis Quinncannon
Duffy's Tavern
Film • 1945
jako Bing Crosby's Father
Incendiary Blonde
Film • 1945
jako Michael 'Mike' Guinan
Nic oprócz samotnego serca
Film • 1944
jako Henry Twite
I Love a Soldier
Film • 1944
jako Murphy
Idąc moją drogą
Film • 1944
jako Father Fitzgibbon
Corvette K-225
Film • 1943
jako Stooky
Two Tickets to London
Film • 1943
jako Capt. McCardle
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Film • 1943
jako Timothy Blake
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
Film • 1941
jako Dennis O'Doul
Zielona dolina
Film • 1941
jako Cyfartha
Wilk morski
Film • 1941
jako Cooky
San Francisco Docks
Film • 1940
jako The Icky
Długa podróż do domu
Film • 1940
jako Cocky
Full Confession
Film • 1939
jako Michael O'Keefe
Święty powraca
Film • 1939
jako Zipper Dyson
Pacific Liner
Film • 1939
jako Britches
The Dawn Patrol
Film • 1938
jako Bott
Marie Antoinette
Film • 1938
jako Peddler (uncredited)
Four Men and a Prayer
Film • 1938
jako Mulcahay
Drapieżne maleństwo
Film • 1938
jako Mr. Gogarty
Ebb Tide
Film • 1937
jako Huish
The Plough and the Stars
Film • 1936
jako Fluther Good
Guests of The Nation
Film • 1935
jako Captured British soldier
Juno and the Paycock
Film • 1930
jako The Orator