Barry Fitzgerald
- Interprétation
- 9 mars 1888 · Dublin, Ireland
- 14 janvier 1961
Biographie
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 and most accomplished scene stealers, Barry Fitzgerald was born William Joseph Shields in 1888 in Dublin, Ireland. Educated to enter the banking business, the diminutive Irishman with the irresistible brogue was bitten by the acting bug in the 1920s and joined Dublin's world-famous Abbey Players. He subsequently starred in the Abbey Theatre production of Sean O'Casey's Juno And The Paycock, a role that he recreated in his film debut for director Alfred Hitchcock in 1930. He was coaxed to the U.S. in 1935 by John Ford to appear in Ford's film adaptation of another O'Casey masterpiece, The Plough and the Stars (1936). Fitzgerald took up residence in Hollywood and went on to give outstanding performances in such films as The Long Voyage Home (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), None But the Lonely Heart (1944), And Then There Were None (1945), Two Years Before the Mast (1946) and what is probably the role for which he is most fondly remembered, The Quiet Man (1952). He won the Academy Award For Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of gruff, aging Father Fitzgibbon in Going My Way (1944). He was also nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for the same role and was the only actor to ever be so honored. Barry Fitzgerald died in his beloved Dublin in 1961.
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Filmographie
- Bing Crosby: Rediscovered · En personne
- Cradle of Genius · En personne
- Play of the Week
- Broth of a Boy · Patrick Farrell
- Rooney · Grandfather
- Repas de noces · Jack Conlon
- Alfred Hitchcock présente · Harold 'Stretch' Sears
- Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid · Harold "Stretch" Sears
- Héritage et vieux fantômes · Thady O'Heggarty
- General Electric Theater
- L'Homme tranquille · Michaleen Oge Flynn
- Ha da venì... don Calogero! · Don Calogero
- La Ville d'argent · R.R. Jarboe
- Midi, gare centrale · Inspector Donnelly
- Lux Video Theatre · Barry Flynn
- What's My Line? · En personne
- The Story of Seabiscuit · Shawn O'Hara
- Top o' the Morning · Sergeant Briany McNaughton
- Miss Tatlock's Millions · Denno Noonan
- The Ed Sullivan Show · En personne
- The Sainted Sisters · Robbie McCleary
- La Cité sans voiles · Lt. Dan Muldoon
- Variety Girl · Barry Fitzgerald
- Welcome Stranger · Dr. Joseph McRory
- Easy Come, Easy Go · Martin L. Donovan
- Californie terre promise · Michael Fabian
- Révolte à bord · Terence O'Feenaghty
- The Stork Club · Jerry B. 'J.B.' / 'Pop' Bates
- Dix Petits Indiens · Francis Quinncannon
- La Taverne de la Folie · Bing Crosby's Father
- Incendiary Blonde · Michael 'Mike' Guinan
- Rien qu'un cœur solitaire · Henry Twite
- I Love a Soldier · Murphy
- La Route semée d'étoiles · Father Fitzgibbon
- Corvette K-225 · Stooky
- Two Tickets to London · Capt. McCardle
- The Amazing Mrs. Holliday · Timothy Blake
- Le Trésor de Tarzan · Dennis O'Doul
- Qu'elle était verte ma vallée · Cyfartha
- Le Vaisseau fantôme · Cooky
- San Francisco Docks · The Icky
- Les Hommes de la mer · Cocky
- Full Confession · Michael O'Keefe
- Le Saint contre-attaque · Zipper Dyson
- Pacific Liner · Britches
- La Patrouille de l'aube · Bott
- Marie Antoinette · Peddler (uncredited)
- Four Men and a Prayer · Mulcahay
- L'Impossible monsieur Bébé · Mr. Gogarty
- Ebb Tide · Huish
- The Plough and the Stars · Fluther Good
- Guests of The Nation · Captured British soldier
- Junon et le Paon · The Orator