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Barry Fitzgerald

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Also known as William Joseph Shields

Irish actor (1888–1961)

Person · Open Library

Works
11

Top works

  • Fracture
  • If You're Ever in Key West...
  • One Perfect Afternoon
  • Lulie
  • Para-URBAN DETECTIVE a Memoir

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1917-04-25
Active to
1996-06-15
2008 universal fire victimaln-shbig bandbluesjazzlive

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
8
Total plays
32

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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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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.