Barry Fitzgerald

Acting

Barry Fitzgerald

Born 1888-03-09 Dublin, Ireland 47 films

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 the…

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Filmography

47 films
Rooney poster

The life of James Ignatius Rooney, a Dublin rubbish collector during the week and a Gaelic sportsma…

Rooney

★ 6.0 1958

The Quiet Man poster

An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.

The Quiet Man

★ 7.3 1952

Silver City poster

Having masterminded the hold up of his company office, a mining engineer is barred from the industr…

Silver City

★ 6.6 1951

Union Station poster

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station…

Union Station

★ 6.5 1950