
Barry Fitzgerald
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014
as Self (archive footage)

Cradle of Genius
1960
as Self
Broth of a Boy
1959
as Patrick Farrell

Play of the Week
1959

Rooney
1958
as Grandfather

The Catered Affair
1956
as Jack Conlon

Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
1955
as Harold "Stretch" Sears

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Harold 'Stretch' Sears

Happy Ever After
1954
as Thady O'Heggarty

General Electric Theater
1953

The Quiet Man
1952
as Michaleen Oge Flynn

Ha da venì... don Calogero!
1952
as Don Calogero

Silver City
1951
as R.R. Jarboe

Union Station
1950
as Inspector Donnelly
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Barry Flynn

What's My Line?
1950
as Self

The Story of Seabiscuit
1949
as Shawn O'Hara

Top o' the Morning
1949
as Sergeant Briany McNaughton

The Naked City
1948
as Lt. Dan Muldoon

The Sainted Sisters
1948
as Robbie McCleary

Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948
as Denno Noonan

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

California
1947
as Michael Fabian

Welcome Stranger
1947
as Dr. Joseph McRory

Variety Girl
1947
as Barry Fitzgerald

Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
as Martin L. Donovan

Two Years Before the Mast
1946
as Terence O'Feenaghty

And Then There Were None
1945
as Francis Quinncannon

The Stork Club
1945
as Jerry B. 'J.B.' / 'Pop' Bates

Incendiary Blonde
1945
as Michael 'Mike' Guinan

Duffy's Tavern
1945
as Bing Crosby's Father

Going My Way
1944
as Father Fitzgibbon

None But the Lonely Heart
1944
as Henry Twite

I Love a Soldier
1944
as Murphy

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
as Timothy Blake

Two Tickets to London
1943
as Capt. McCardle

Corvette K-225
1943
as Stooky

The Sea Wolf
1941
as Cooky

Tarzan's Secret Treasure
1941
as Dennis O'Doul

How Green Was My Valley
1941
as Cyfartha

The Long Voyage Home
1940
as Cocky

San Francisco Docks
1940
as The Icky

The Saint Strikes Back
1939
as Zipper Dyson

Full Confession
1939
as Michael O'Keefe

Pacific Liner
1939
as Britches

Bringing Up Baby
1938
as Mr. Gogarty

The Dawn Patrol
1938
as Bott

Four Men and a Prayer
1938
as Mulcahay

Marie Antoinette
1938
as Peddler (uncredited)

Ebb Tide
1937
as Huish

The Plough and the Stars
1936
as Fluther Good

Guests of The Nation
1935
as Captured British soldier

Juno and the Paycock
1930
as The Orator