Barry Fitzgerald
Irish actor (1888–1961)
William Joseph Shields, known professionally as Barry Fitzgerald, was an Irish stage, film, and television actor. In a career spanning almost forty years, he appeared in such notable films as Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Long Voyage Home (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), The Sea Wolf (1941), Going My Way (1944), None but the Lonely Heart (1944), and The Quiet Man (1952). For Going My Way, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was simultaneously nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the same performance. In 2020, he was listed at number 11 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 10 films (1930–1950) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 11 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Juno and the Paycock | British International Pictures Ltd | 1:36:00 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1938 | FOUR MEN AND A PRAYER. | Fox Film Corp | 85 min | B&W | ||
| 1943 | THE AMAZING MRS. HOLLIDAY. | Universal-International | 11 reels. | 16mm | B&W | Sound |
| 1944 | Going My Way. | Leo McCarey | 14 reels | 16mm | sound | |
| 1945 | And Then There Were None | Cine Productions | 97 | 16mm | ||
| 1945 | Incendiary Blonde. | George Marshall | 12 reels | sound | ||
| 1945 | The Stork Club. | Hal Walker | 10 reels | |||
| 1946 | Two Years Before the Mast | Paramount News Service | 22 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1950 | The story of Seabiscuit. | Warner Brothers Pictures Inc. | 93 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1950 | Union Station | Rudolph Maté |