| Barry Fitzgerald | |
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| Born | William Joseph Shields March 10, 1888 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | January 14, 1961 (aged 72) Dublin, Ireland |
Barry Fitzgerald (March 10, 1888 – January 14, 1961) was an Academy Award winning Irish stage, film and television actor. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world
He was born William Joseph Shields in Dublin, Ireland. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world He is the older brother of Irish actor Arthur Shields. Arthur Shields ( February 15, 1896 - April 27, 1970) was an Irish stage and film actor He was a civil servant, while also working at the Abbey Theatre. The Abbey Theatre (Amharclann na Mainistreach also known as the National Theatre of Ireland (Amharclann Náisiúnta na hÉireann is a Theatre located in Dublin By 1929, he turned to acting full-time. He was briefly a roommate of famed playwright Sean O'Casey[1] and starred in such plays as O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock, a role he later recreated in his screen debut in 1930 for Alfred Hitchcock's film adaptation. Seán O'Casey ( Irish Seán Ó Cathasaigh (30 March 1880 &ndash 18 September 1964 was a major Irish dramatist and Memoirist A committed irish Juno and the Paycock is a play by Sean O'Casey, the second of his well-known "Dublin Trilogy" and one of the most highly regarded and oft-performed Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Juno and the Paycock is a 1930 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Fitzgerald went to Hollywood to star in another O'Casey work, The Plough and the Stars (1936), directed by John Ford. The Plough and the Stars is a 1936 Drama film directed by John Ford based on the play of the same name by Seán O'Casey He had a successful Hollywood career in such films as The Long Voyage Home (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), And Then There Were None (1945), and The Quiet Man (1952). The Long Voyage Home ( 1940) is an American Drama film and directed by John Ford. How Green Was My Valley is a 1941 American Drama film directed by John Ford. And Then There Were None ( 1945) directed by René Clair, is one of several film adaptations of Agatha Christie 's best-selling Mystery The Quiet Man is a American film starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen, and Barry Fitzgerald, and directed Fitzgerald achieved a feat unmatched in the history of the Academy Awards: he was nominated for both the Best Actor Oscar and the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the same performance, as "Father Fitzgibbon" in Going My Way (1944). "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Going My Way, a 1944 Academy Award winning film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby. (Academy Award rules have since been changed to prevent this. ) He won the Best Supporting Actor Award; an avid golfer, he later broke the head off his Oscar statue while practicing his golf swing. (During World War II, Oscar statues were made of plaster instead of gold, owing to wartime metal shortages. )
Fitzgerald has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for movies at 6220 Hollywood Blvd. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that and for television at 7001 Hollywood Blvd.
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Partial filmography
- Juno and the Paycock (1930)
- The Plough and the Stars (1936)
- Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
- The Dawn Patrol (1938)
- The Long Voyage Home (1940)
- The Sea Wolf (1941)
- How Green Was My Valley (1941)
- Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
- Corvette K-225 (1943)
- Going My Way (1944)
- None but the Lonely Heart (1944)
- Incendiary Blonde (1945)
- And Then There Were None (1945)
- Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
- The Naked City (1948)
- The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)
- Union Station (1950)
- The Quiet Man (1952)
- The Catered Affair (1956)
See also
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Charles Coburn for The More the Merrier |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 1944 for Going My Way |
Succeeded by James Dunn for A Tree Grows In Brooklyn |
| Preceded by Paul Lukas for Watch on the Rhine |
NYFCC Award for Best Actor 1944 for Going My Way |
Succeeded by Ray Milland for The Lost Weekend |
| Preceded by Akim Tamiroff for For Whom the Bell Tolls |
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture 1945 for Going My Way |
Succeeded by J. Carrol Naish for A Medal for Benny |
References
- ^ All Movie Guide Barry Fitzgerald biography
External links
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Fitzgerald, Barry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin, Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1961 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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