Editing Barry Fitzgerald (section)

===Professional actor===
Fitzgerald made his film debut in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s version of ''[[Juno and the Paycock (film)|Juno and the Paycock]]'' (1930), shot in London.

In early 1931, Fitzgerald toured England in a production of ''Paul Twyning''. He returned to Ireland in June of that year to perform the play at the Abbey.<ref>"'PAUL TWYNING' AT THE ABBEY: MR. BARRY FITZGERALD RETURNS". ''The Irish Times''. Dublin. 23 June 1931: 4.</ref> Between 1931 and 1936, he appeared in three plays by Irish playwright [[Teresa Deevy]]{{emdash}}''A Disciple'',<ref>{{cite web| url=http://deevy.nuim.ie/items/show/464| title=Teresa Deevy Archive| date=24 August 1931}}</ref> ''In Search of Valour''<ref>{{cite web| url=http://deevy.nuim.ie/items/show/463| title=Teresa Deevy Archive}}</ref> and ''Katie Roche''<ref>{{cite web| url=http://deevy.nuim.ie/items/show/328| title=Teresa Deevy Archive}}</ref>{{emdash}}which were also [[Abbey Theatre]] productions.

In 1932, Fitzgerald travelled to the United States with the Abbey Players to appear in ''Things That Are Caesar's'' and ''The Far-off Hills''.<ref name="obit">{{cite news| title=Barry Fitzgerald Is Dead at 72| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/01/05/archives/barry-fitzgerald-is-dead-at-72-stage-and-film-star-won-oscar-priest.html?searchResultPosition=1| newspaper=The New York Times| date=5 January 1961| page=31| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Fitzgerald and the Players returned to the US in 1934 to tour a series of plays in repertory around the country. These included ''[[The Plough and the Stars]]'', ''Drama at Inish'', ''The Far-off Hills'', ''Look at the Heffernans'', ''[[The Playboy of the Western World]]'', ''The Shadow of the Glen'', ''Church Street'', ''The Well of the Saints'' and ''[[Juno and the Paycock]]''.<ref>{{cite news| title=Star System Opposed by Celebrated Irish Comedian| newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]| date=3 March 1935| url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-star-system-oppose/166785479/| page=A10}}</ref>

Fitzgerald appeared in a short Irish silent film, ''[[Guests of the Nation]]'', released only in Ireland in 1935. The film was not seen or distributed outside of Ireland until 2011.