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Barry Fitzgerald

Irish actor (1888–1961)

Barry Fitzgerald, born William Joseph Shields, was an Irish stage, film and television actor whose career spanned almost 40 years. He appeared in Bringing Up Baby, How Green Was My Valley, Going My Way and The Quiet Man. For Going My Way he won the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for Best Actor for the same performance.

Barry Fitzgerald appears in 4 films in The Rerun, from 1941 to 1952. Most of that work is in drama, crime and mystery.

Known for

  • Going My Way (1944). He won the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Supporting Actor and a Best Actor nomination.
  • The Quiet Man (1952).
  • How Green Was My Valley (1941).
  • Bringing Up Baby (1938).
  • The Naked City (1948).

Movies

Quick answers

What movies and TV shows has Barry Fitzgerald been in?
Barry Fitzgerald appears in The Quiet Man (1952), The Naked City (1948), And Then There Were None (1945) and The Sea Wolf (1941) on The Remote.
When was Barry Fitzgerald born?
Barry Fitzgerald was born on 10 March 1888.

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