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Film & TV
Dublin, Ireland
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…
Known for
- Bing Crosby: Rediscovered — Self (archive footage)2014
- Cradle of Genius — Self1960
- Broth of a Boy — Patrick Farrell1959
- Play of the Week1959
- Rooney — Grandfather1958
- The Catered Affair — Jack Conlon1956
- Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid — Harold "Stretch" Sears1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Harold 'Stretch' Sears1955
- Happy Ever After — Thady O'Heggarty1954
- General Electric Theater1953
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Key facts
- Born
- William Joseph Shields , ( 1888-03-10 ) 10 March 1888, Portobello , Dublin , Ireland
- Died
- 4 January 1961 (1961-01-04) (aged 72), Dublin, Ireland
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1924–1961
- Relatives
- Arthur Shields (brother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Dublin
- Place of death
- Dublin
- Sibling
- Arthur Shields
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Barry Fitzgerald 1945.jpg
- Height
- 160
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- date of death
- 1961-01-14
- date of birth
- 1888-03-10
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Barry Fitzgerald
- place of burial
- Deans Grange Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
- birth name
- William Joseph Shields
- pseudonym
- Barry Fitzgerald
- end of work period
- 1961-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
William Joseph Shields (10 March 1888 – 4 January 1961), known professionally as Barry Fitzgerald, was an Irish stage, film, and television actor. In a career spanning almost forty years, he appeared in such notable films as Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Long Voyage Home (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), The Sea Wolf (1941), Going My Way (1944), None but the Lonely Heart (1944), and The Quiet Man (1952). For Going My Way, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was simultaneously nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the same performance. In 2020, he was listed at number 11 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barry Fitzgerald” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.