Barry Fitzgerald
Data de nascimento:
09/03/1888
Local de nascimento:
Dublin, Ireland
Data de falecimento:
14/01/1961
Biografia
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.
Filmes em que atuou
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Bing Crosby: Rediscovered (2014)- 7.00 ★Self (archive footage)
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Cradle of Genius (1961)- 0.00 ★
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Rooney (1958)- 5.50 ★Grandfather
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A Festa do Casamento (1956)- 7.06 ★Uncle Jack Conlon
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A Morte do Fantasma (1954)- 5.19 ★Thady O'Heggarty
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Depois do Vendaval (1952)- 7.30 ★Michaleen Oge Flynn
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Ha da venì... don Calogero! (1952)- 0.00 ★Don Calogero
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Prata Maldita (1951)- 6.50 ★R.R. Jarboe
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Rastro Sangrento (1950)- 6.30 ★Inspector Donnelly
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Têmpera de Vencedora (1949)- 5.80 ★Shawn O'Hara
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Top o' the Morning (1949)- 5.80 ★Sergeant Briany McNaughton
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Cidade Nua (1948)- 7.20 ★Lt. Dan Muldoon
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The Sainted Sisters (1948)- 7.00 ★Robbie McCleary
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Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948)- 5.80 ★Denno Noonan
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Califórnia (1947)- 6.60 ★Michael Fabian
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Welcome Stranger (1947)- 6.60 ★Dr. Joseph McRory
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Miragem Dourada (1947)- 6.10 ★Barry Fitzgerald
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Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)- 0.00 ★Martin L. Donovan
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Two Years Before the Mast (1946)- 6.20 ★Terence O'Feenaghty
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O Vingador Invisível (1945)- 7.02 ★Francis Quinncannon
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The Stork Club (1945)- 5.50 ★Jerry B. 'J.B.' / 'Pop' Bates
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Incendiary Blonde (1945)- 5.10 ★Michael 'Mike' Guinan
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Carnaval de Estrelas (1945)- 6.10 ★Bing Crosby's Father
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O Bom Pastor (1944)- 6.72 ★Father Fitzgibbon
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Apenas um Coração Solitário (1944)- 6.20 ★Henry Twite
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Serei Sempre Tua (1944)- 4.00 ★Murphy
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Sempre Tua (1943)- 6.40 ★Timothy Blake
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Corvetas em Ação (1943)- 6.20 ★Stooky
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Two Tickets to London (1943)- 6.00 ★Capt. McCardle
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O Lobo do Mar (1941)- 7.10 ★Cooky
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O Tesouro de Tarzan (1941)- 5.73 ★Dennis O'Doul
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Como Era Verde o Meu Vale (1941)- 7.27 ★Cyfartha
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A Longa Viagem de Volta (1940)- 6.51 ★Cocky
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San Francisco Docks (1940)- 6.00 ★The Icky
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The Saint Strikes Back (1939)- 5.60 ★Zipper Dyson
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Full Confession (1939)- 4.70 ★Michael O'Keefe
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Pacific Liner (1939)- 5.20 ★Britches
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Patrulha da Madrugada (1938)- 6.76 ★Bott
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Quatro Homens e Uma Prece (1938)- 6.30 ★Mulcahay
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Levada da Breca (1938)- 7.50 ★Aloysius Gogarty
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Maria Antonieta (1938)- 6.22 ★Peddler (uncredited)
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Ebb Tide (1937)- 6.00 ★Huish
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Horas Amargas (1936)- 5.60 ★Fluther Good
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Guests of The Nation (1935)- 5.00 ★Captured British soldier
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Juno e o Pavão (1929)- 4.60 ★The Orator