Editing Barry Fitzgerald (section)

===Hollywood===
In March 1936, Fitzgerald and three other members of the Abbey arrived in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] to star in the film version of ''[[The Plough and the Stars (film)|The Plough and the Stars]]'' (1936), directed by [[John Ford]].<ref name=boy>Boylan 1999, p. 130.</ref> Fitzgerald decided to remain in Hollywood where he soon found constant employment as a character actor.<ref name="irish"/> He had support roles in ''[[Ebb Tide (1937 film)|Ebb Tide]]'' (1937) at [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]], ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'' (1938) at [[RKO Pictures|RKO]], ''[[Four Men and a Prayer]]'' (1938) directed by John Ford for [[20th Century-Fox]], and ''[[The Dawn Patrol (1938 film)|The Dawn Patrol]]'' (1938) at [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]

Fitzgerald made a series of films at RKO: ''[[Pacific Liner]]'' (1939) with [[Victor McLaglen]], and two directed by [[John Farrow]], ''[[The Saint Strikes Back]]'' (1939) and ''[[Full Confession (film)|Full Confession]]'' (1939). In between the two Farrow films, Fitzgerald returned to Broadway in 1939 in ''The White Steed''.<ref>{{cite news| first=Douglas W.| last=Churchill| newspaper=The New York Times| date=13 June 1939| title=SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD| page=A34| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/06/13/archives/screen-news-here-and-in-hollywood-claudette-colbert-selected-by-rko.html?searchResultPosition=1| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

After ''Full Confession'' Fitzgerald went back to Broadway with ''Kindred '' (1939–40) and a revival of ''Juno and the Paycock'' (1940) which went for 105 performances.<ref name="new"/>

Back in Hollywood, Fitzgerald was reunited with John Ford in ''[[The Long Voyage Home]]'' (1940). He appeared in ''[[San Francisco Docks]]'' (1940) at [[Universal Pictures|Universal]] and ''[[The Sea Wolf (1941 film)|The Sea Wolf]]'' (1941) at Warner Bros., before making another film with Ford, ''[[How Green Was My Valley (film)|How Green Was My Valley]]'' (1941), for Fox. He went to [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] for ''[[Tarzan's Secret Treasure]]'' (1941).

Fitzgerald and Shields starred in ''Tanyard Street'' (1941) on Broadway, directed by Shields, which only had a short run. However, Fitzgerald's personal notices were excellent, ''The New York Times'' calling him "the incarnation of the comic spirit. People start laughing the moment he pokes his squint face on set."<ref>{{cite news| title=THE PLAY: Barry Fitzgerald Appears in 'Tanyard Street,' an Abbey Theatre Drama of Ireland| first=Brooks| last=Atkinson| author-link=Brooks Atkinson| newspaper=The New York Times| date=5 February 1941| page=16| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/02/05/archives/the-play-barry-fitzgerald-appears-in-tanyard-street-an-abbey.html?searchResultPosition=1| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Back in Hollywood, Fitzgerald appeared in a series of films for Universal: ''[[The Amazing Mrs. Holliday]]'' (1943), ''[[Two Tickets to London]]'' (1943) and ''[[Corvette K-225]]'' (1943).