Personal Info
William Joseph Shields
Барри Фитцджеральд
Barry Fitzgerald
Acting
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 again, rules which have remained unchanged to this day.
One of Hollywood's finest character actors …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)
Cradle of Genius
as Self
Broth of a Boy
as Patrick Farrell
Rooney
as Grandfather
The Catered Affair
as Uncle Jack Conlon
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
as Harold "Stretch" Sears
Happy Ever After
as Thady O'Heggarty
The Quiet Man
as Michaleen Oge Flynn
Ha da venì... don Calogero!
as Don Calogero
Silver City
as R.R. Jarboe
