Editing Barry Fitzgerald

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{{Infobox person
| name          = Barry Fitzgerald
| image         = Barry Fitzgerald 1945.jpg
| imagesize     = 
| caption       = Fitzgerald in 1945
| birth_name    = William Joseph Shields
| birth_date    = {{birth date|df=yes|1888|3|10}}
| birth_place   = [[Portobello, Dublin|Portobello]], [[Dublin]], [[History of Ireland (1801–1923)|Ireland]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|UK]]
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1961|1|4|1888|3|10}}
| death_place   = Dublin, [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| occupation    = Actor
| years_active  = 1924–1961
| spouse        = 
| partner       = Gus Taillon (died 1953)
| relatives     = [[Arthur Shields]] (brother)
}}

'''William Joseph Shields''' (10 March 1888 – 4 January 1961), known professionally as '''Barry Fitzgerald''', was an Irish stage, film and television actor.<ref>{{cite news| title=Obituaries: Barry Fitzgerald| url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1961-01-18_221_8/page/70/mode/2up?q=barry+fitzgerald| newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| date=18 January 1961| page=70| access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref> 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 (film)|How Green Was My Valley]]'' (1941), ''[[The Sea Wolf (1941 film)|The Sea Wolf]]'' (1941), ''[[Going My Way]]'' (1944), ''[[None but the Lonely Heart (film)|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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clarke |first1=Donald |last2=Brady |first2=Tara |title=The 50 greatest Irish film actors of all time – in order |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/the-50-greatest-irish-film-actors-of-all-time-in-order-1.4271988 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |location=Dublin |access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref>

==Early life==
[[File:Fitzgeraldhouse.jpg|thumb|Fitzgerald's birthplace on Walworth Road, Portobello, Dublin]]
Fitzgerald was born William Joseph Shields in Walworth Road, [[Portobello, Dublin|Portobello]], [[Dublin]], Ireland, the son of Fanny Sophia (née Ungerland) and Adolphus Shields. His father was Irish and his mother was German.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/e9a53d0208976 
|title=General Registrar's Office |website=IrishGenealogy.ie |access-date=14 January 2017}}{{dead link|date=February 2025}}</ref><ref name=boy>Boylan 1999, p. 130.</ref><ref>{{cite book| url=https://archive.org/details/wheretheylivedin00cowe/page/122/mode/2up?q=%22barry+fitzgerald%22| quote=...was born at 1 Walworth Road, the son of an Irish father, Adolphus Shields, and a German mother, Fanny Ungerland.| title=Where they lived in Dublin| first=John| last=Cowell| year=1980| publisher=O'Brien Press| location=Dublin| isbn=978-0-9051-4043-8| access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref> He was the older brother of Irish actor [[Arthur Shields]]. Although he would be frequently cast as stereotypical [[Irish Catholics]] throughout his career. Fitzgerald was raised in the [[Church of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Fitzgerald Meets Fame — and He Frowns| first=Fred| last=Stanley| url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/way-ar2.html?scp=2&sq=The%20Seeker&st=cse#:~:text=His%20family%20were%20members%20of,even%20sang%20in%20the%20choir.| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=14 January 1945| page=120| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

He attended [[Skerry's College#Skerry.27s College in Dublin|Skerry's College]] in Dublin before going on to work in the [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|civil service]], starting as a junior clerk at the Dublin Board of Trade in 1911.<ref>{{cite web| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708112636/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gx5212/is_2000/ai_n19128522| archive-date=8 July 2012| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gx5212/is_2000/ai_n19128522| title=Fitzgerald, Barry| website=International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers| year=2000| first=Anthony| last=Slide}}</ref><ref name="irish"/> He later went to work for the unemployment office. "It was an easy job, full of leisure," he later said.<ref name="driver">{{cite news| title=Barry Fitzgerald: Mr. Fitzgerald, Driver Of 'The White Steed'| first=Theodore| last=Strauss| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/02/12/archives/barry-fitzgerald-mr-fitzgerald-driver-of-the-white-steed.html?searchResultPosition=1| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=12 February 1939| page=129| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==Career==
===Abbey Theatre===
Interested in acting, he began appearing in amateur dramatic societies such as the Kincora Players. He joined his brother Arthur Shields in the Abbey in 1915. He chose the stage name Barry Fitzgerald so as not to get in trouble with his superiors in the civil service.<ref name="irish"/>

Fitzgerald's early appearances at the Abbey included bit parts in plays such as ''The Casting Out of Martin Whelan'' and a four-word part in ''The Critic''.<ref name="new">{{cite news|title=Of That Irishman Named Barry Fitzgerald: Captain Jack Boyle, From the Abbey to Broadway, a Couple of Times| last=Robinson| first=Jerome| newspaper=The New York Times| date=14 January 1940| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/01/14/archives/of-that-irishman-named-barry-fitzgerald-captain-jack-boyle-from-the.html?searchResultPosition=1| page=X3| url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/archives/person_detail/14880| title=Barry Fitzgerald| website=Abbey Theatre Archives| access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref>

His breakthrough performance at the Abbey came in 1919, when he was in ''The Dragon'' by Lady Gregory.<ref name="artist">"SOME IRISH ARTISTS: XXI.--Mr. Barry Fitzgerald Bruyere". ''The Irish Times''. Dublin. 18 August 1923: 9.</ref> However he continued to act part-time until 1929, keeping his job in the civil service during the day.<ref name="driver"/> He was in ''The Bribe'', ''An Imaginary Conversation'', ''John Bull's Other Island'' and others.<ref name="artist"/>
 
In 1924, Fitzgerald's salary at the Abbey was £2/10 a week.<ref>Monks, Michael (28 August 1953). "BARRY FITZGERALD AIDS TOURIST DRIVE". ''The Irish Times'':Dublin. 6.</ref> That year he appeared in the world premiere of ''[[Juno and the Paycock]]'' by famed playwright [[Seán O'Casey]].<ref>{{cite web| website=[[AllMovie]]| title=Barry Fitzgerald| url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/barry-fitzgerald-an33199| access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref> Fitzgerald played Captain Jack Boyle.

He received much acclaim for his performance in ''Paul Twyning'' during 1925. The following year he was in the premiere of O'Casey's ''[[The Plough and the Stars]]'', playing Fluther Good. The play was controversial, causing riots and protests. One night in February 1926, three gunmen turned up to Fitzgerald's mother's house intending to kidnap him and prevent the play from being performed, but they were unable to find him.<ref>"ABBEY KIDNAPPING PLOT FAILS: WENT TO WRONG HOUSE "GUNBOYS" IN SEARCH OF MR. FITZGERALD". ''The Irish Times''. Dublin. 15 February 1926: 5.</ref>

In 1926, Fitzgerald was in ''The Would-Be Gentleman''.<ref>"ABBEY THEATRE". ''The Irish Times''. Dublin. 6 April 1926: 3.</ref> Other appearances at the Abbey included ''The Far Off Hills'', ''[[Shadow of a Gunman]]'' and ''The Playboy''.<ref>Comiskey, Ray (10 March 1988). "Barry Fitzgerald: The Abbey to Hollywood". ''The Irish Times''. Dublin. 12.</ref>

O'Casey wrote a part, especially for Fitzgerald in the play ''[[The Silver Tassie (play)|The Silver Tassie]]'', but it was rejected by the Abbey. The play was picked up for production in London in 1929. Fitzgerald decided to leave his civil service job to join the production and at age 41, he became a full-time actor.<ref name="new"/>

===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.

===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).

===''Going My Way'' and stardom===
[[File:Victor McLagen Maureen O'Hara from lobby card 2.jpg|thumb|right|Fitzgerald and [[Maureen O'Hara]] in ''[[The Quiet Man]]'' (1952)]]
Fitzgerald unexpectedly became a leading man when [[Leo McCarey]] cast him opposite [[Bing Crosby]] in ''[[Going My Way]]'' released by Paramount in 1944. The film was a huge success and Fitzgerald's performance as Father Fitzgibbon was nominated for both the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] (which he ultimately won) and the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]];<ref name=boy>Boylan 1999, p. 130.</ref> voting rules were changed shortly after this occurrence to prevent further dual nominations for the same role. An avid golfer, he later accidentally decapitated his Oscar while practising his golf swing. During [[World War II]], Oscar statuettes were made of plaster instead of gold-plated bronze to accommodate wartime metal shortages. The academy provided Fitzgerald with a replacement statuette.<ref>{{cite book| title=Firsts, Lasts & Onlys of Golf: Presenting the most amazing golf facts from the last 500 years| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mC4YAwAAQBAJ&q=barry+fitzgerald+replacement+oscar&pg=PA1942| quote=The Only Oscar Winner to Destroy His Academy Award With a Golf Club – Barry Fitzgerald. 1945| date=4 October 2010| publisher=Octopus| first=Paul| last=Donnelley| isbn=978-0-6006-2255-0}}</ref>

After ''Going My Way'', Paramount signed Fitzgerald to a long-term contract. The studio cast him in a supporting role in ''[[I Love a Soldier]]'' (1944) and he was borrowed by RKO for ''[[None but the Lonely Heart (film)|None But the Lonely Heart]]'' (1944).

In March 1944, Fitzgerald was involved in a car accident which resulted in the death of a woman and the injury of her daughter. He was charged with [[manslaughter]] but was acquitted in January 1945 due to lack of evidence.<ref>{{cite news| title=Fitzgerald freed in Charge of Manslaughter| url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-glen-rowe/166121030/| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=10 January 1945| page=A1}}</ref>

Back at Paramount, Fitzgerald supported [[Alan Ladd]] in ''[[Two Years Before the Mast (film)|Two Years Before the Mast]]'', made in 1944 by John Farrow, but not released until 1946. He supported [[Betty Hutton]] in ''[[Incendiary Blonde]]'' (1945) and ''[[The Stork Club (film)|The Stork Club]]'' (1945). In between he had a cameo as himself in ''[[Duffy's Tavern (film)|Duffy's Tavern]]'' (1945) and was borrowed by [[United Artists]] to play the lead in ''[[And Then There Were None (1945 film)|And Then There Were None]]'' (1945), based on the novel and play by [[Agatha Christie]]. In January 1945 his fee was reported to be $75,000 a film.<ref name="fee">{{cite news| title=Fitzgerald Meets Fame| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/01/14/archives/fitzgerald-meets-fameand-he-frowns-the-limelight-focuses-fiercely.html?searchResultPosition=1| first=Fred| last=Stanley| newspaper=The New York Times| date=14 January 1945| page=SM8| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Fitzgerald made two more films with John Farrow: ''[[California (1947 film)|California]]'' (1947) with [[Ray Milland]] and ''[[Easy Come, Easy Go (1947 film)|Easy Come, Easy Go]]'' (1947), where he was top billed.

Paramount reunited Fitzgerald with Bing Crosby in ''[[Welcome Stranger (1947 film)|Welcome Stranger]]'' (1947) and appeared in another cameo as himself in ''[[Variety Girl]]'' (1947).

[[Mark Hellinger]] borrowed Fitzgerald to play the lead in a cop film at Universal, ''[[The Naked City (film)|The Naked City]]'' (1948) which was a solid success. Back at Paramount, he was in ''[[The Sainted Sisters]]'' (1948) and ''[[Miss Tatlock's Millions]]'' (1948), then appeared in a third film with Crosby, ''[[Top o' the Morning (1949 film)|Top o' the Morning]]'' (1949).

Fitzgerald went to Warner Bros. for ''[[The Story of Seabiscuit]]'' (1949) with [[Shirley Temple]], then to Paramount for ''[[Union Station (film)|Union Station]]'' (1950) with [[William Holden]] and ''[[Silver City (1951 film)|Silver City]]'' (1951) with [[Yvonne de Carlo]]. He made his television debut with an episode of ''[[The Ford Theatre Hour]]'', "The White-Headed Boy" in 1950.

===Later career===
Fitzgerald went to Italy to star in the comedy ''[[Ha da venì... don Calogero]]'' (1952). John Ford gave him third billing in the classic ''[[The Quiet Man]]'' (1952) which was shot in Ireland. He then appeared in ''[[Happy Ever After (1954 film)|Happy Ever After]]'' (1954) with De Carlo and [[David Niven]].

Fitzgerald appeared in TV on episodes of ''[[Lux Video Theatre]]'', ''[[General Electric Theater]]'', and ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''.

He had a supporting role in MGM's ''[[The Catered Affair]]'' (1956) and was top billed in the British comedy ''[[Rooney (film)|Rooney]]'' (1958).

Fitzgerald was top billed in the Irish film ''[[Broth of a Boy]]'' (1959).

===Later years===
Fitzgerald never married. In Hollywood, he shared an apartment with his stand-in, Angus Duncan "Gus" Taillon, an [[Iroquois]] man, who died in 1953.<ref name="obit"/><ref>{{cite news| title=Angus D. Taillon| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/05/10/archives/angus-d-taillon.html?searchResultPosition=1| newspaper=The New York Times| date=10 May 1953| page=88| url-access=subscription}}</ref> Fitzgerald returned to live in Dublin in 1959,<ref name=boy>Boylan 1999, p. 130.</ref> where he lived at 2 Seafield Ave, Monkstown. In October that year, he underwent brain surgery.<ref>{{cite news| title=Barry Fitzgerald Has Brain Surgery in Dublin| url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-barry-fitzgerald-h/166786628/| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| agency=[[United Press International]]| date=16 October 1959| page=15}}</ref> He appeared to recover, but in late 1960 he re-entered the hospital. He died, as William Joseph Shields, of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in St Patrick's Hospital, James Street, on 4 January 1961.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/ebb2517995793 
|title=General Registrar's Office| website=IrishGenealogy.ie| access-date=14 January 2017}}{{dead link|date=February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Actor Barry Fitzgerald dies in Dublin |url=http://documents.latimes.com/actor-barry-fitzgerald-dies-dublin/ |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=5 January 1961 |access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="irish">"BARRY FITZGERALD DIES IN DUBLIN HOSPITAL". ''The Irish Times''. Dublin. 5 January 1961: 4.</ref>

Fitzgerald has two stars on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], for motion pictures at 6252 Hollywood Boulevard and for television at 7001 Hollywood Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.walkoffame.com/barry-fitzgerald| title=Barry Fitzgerald| website=Hollywood Walk of Fame| access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{|class="wikitable"
|- 
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1924
|''Land of Her Fathers''
|
|
|-
| 1930
|''[[Juno and the Paycock (film)|Juno and the Paycock]]''
| The Orator
|
|-
| 1935
| ''[[Guests of the Nation]]''
| Captured of British Soldier
|
|-
| 1936
|''[[The Plough and the Stars (film)|The Plough and the Stars]]'' 
|Fluther Good
|
|-
|1937
|''[[Ebb Tide (1937 film)|Ebb Tide]]'' 
|Huish
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|1938
|''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'' 
|Mr. Gogarty
|
|-
|''[[Four Men and a Prayer]]'' 
|Trooper Mulcahay
|
|-
|''[[Marie Antoinette (1938 film)|Marie Antoinette]]'' 
|Peddler
|Uncredited
|-
|''[[The Dawn Patrol (1938 film)|The Dawn Patrol]]'' 
|Bott
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1939
|''[[Pacific Liner]]'' 
|Britches
|
|-
|''[[The Saint Strikes Back]]'' 
|Zipper Dyson
|
|-
|''Full Confession'' 
|Michael O'Keefe
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|1940
|''[[The Long Voyage Home]]'' 
|Cocky
| With [[John Wayne]].
|-
|''[[The San Francisco Docks]]'' 
|The Icky
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|1941
|''[[The Sea Wolf (1941 film)|The Sea Wolf]]'' 
|Cooky
| With [[Edward G. Robinson]], [[John Garfield]], and [[Ida Lupino]]
|-
|''[[How Green Was My Valley (film)|How Green Was My Valley]]'' 
|Cyfartha
|
|-
|''[[Tarzan's Secret Treasure]]'' 
|O'Doul
| With [[Johnny Weissmuller]].
|-
|rowspan="3"|1943
|''[[The Amazing Mrs. Holliday]]'' 
|Timothy Blake
|
|-
|''[[Two Tickets to London]]''
|Captain McCardle
|
|-
|''[[Corvette K-225]]'' 
|Stooky O'Meara
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|1944
|''[[Going My Way]]'' 
|Father Fitzgibbon
|[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]<br />[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]<br />[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor]]<br />Nominated–[[Academy Award for Best Actor]]
|-
|''[[I Love a Soldier]]'' 
|Murphy
|
|-
|''[[None but the Lonely Heart (film)|None but the Lonely Heart]]'' 
|Henry Twite
|
|-
|rowspan="4"|1945
|''[[Incendiary Blonde]]'' 
|Michael 'Mike' Guinan
|
|-
|''[[Duffy's Tavern#Film and television|Duffy's Tavern]]'' 
| Bing Crosby's Father
|
|-
|''[[And Then There Were None (1945 film)|And Then There Were None]]'' 
|Judge Francis J. Quinncannon
|
|-
|''[[The Stork Club (1945 film)|The Stork Club]]'' 
|Jerry B. 'J.B.'/'Pop' Bates
|
|-
|1946
|''[[Two Years Before the Mast (film)|Two Years Before the Mast]]'' 
|Terrence O'Feenaghty
|
|-
|rowspan="4"|1947
|''[[California (1947 film)|California]]'' 
|Michael Fabian
|
|-
|''[[Easy Come, Easy Go (1947 film)|Easy Come, Easy Go]]'' 
|Martin L. Donovan
|
|-
|''[[Welcome Stranger (1947 film)|Welcome Stranger]]'' 
|Dr. Joseph McRory
|
|-
|''[[Variety Girl]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|1948
|''[[The Naked City]]'' 
| Detective Lt. Dan Muldoon
|
|-
|''[[The Sainted Sisters]]'' 
|Robbie McCleary
|
|-
|''[[Miss Tatlock's Millions]]'' 
|Denno Noonan
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|1949
|''[[Top o' the Morning (1949 film)|Top o' the Morning]]'' 
|Sergeant Briany McNaughton
|
|-
|''[[The Story of Seabiscuit]]'' 
|Shawn O'Hara
|
|-
| 1950
|''[[Union Station (film)|Union Station]]'' 
|Inspector Donnelly
|
|-
|1951
|''[[Silver City (1951 film)|Silver City]]'' 
|R.R. Jarboe
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|1952
|''[[Ha da venì... don Calogero!]]'' 
|Don Calogero
|
|-
|''[[The Quiet Man]]'' 
|Michaleen Oge Flynn
| With [[John Wayne]].
|-
|''[[Lux Video Theatre]]''
|Barry Flynn
|episode: "The Man Who Struck It Rich"
|-
|1954
|''[[Tonight's the Night (1954 film)|Tonight's the Night]]''
|Thady O'Heggarty
|
|-
|1955
|''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
|Harold 'Stretch' Sears
|Season 1 Episode 12: "Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid"
|-
|1956
|''[[The Catered Affair]]'' 
|Uncle Jack Conlon
|
|-
|1958
|''[[Rooney (film)|Rooney]]'' 
|Grandfather
|
|-
|1959
|''[[Broth of a Boy]]'' 
|Patrick Farrell
|
|-
|}
Source: {{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0280178/ |title=Barry Fitzgerald |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=IMDb |access-date=9 October 2013}}{{unreliable source? |date=February 2024}}

==Radio appearances==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Program !! Episode/source
|-
| 1952|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''[[Top o' the Morning (1949 film)|Top o' the Morning]]''<ref>{{cite news| last1=Kirby| first1=Walter| title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2470060/the_decatur_daily_review/| date=16 March 1952| page=44| via=[[Newspapers.com]]| access-date=23 May 2015}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* [[List of Academy Award winners and nominees from Ireland]]
* [[List of actors with Academy Award nominations]] 
* [[List of people on the postage stamps of Ireland]]

==References and sources==
{{reflist}}
*{{cite book |title=A Dictionary of Irish Biography |last=Boylan |first=Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofiris0000unse_t5c2/page/130/mode/2up?q=%22barry+fitzgerald%22 |year=1999 |publisher=Gill and Macmillan |location=Dublin |edition=Third |isbn=978-0-7171-2945-4 |page=130}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Alistair |first=Rupert |title=The Name Below the Title: 65 Classic Movie Character Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age |chapter=Barry Fitzgerald |pages=97–100 |year=2018 |edition=First |type=softcover |publisher=Independently published |isbn=978-1-7200-3837-5}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.thenedscottarchive.com/hollywood/films/the-long-voyage-home.html#portraits Photos of Barry Fitzgerald in ''The Long Voyage Home'']. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311223325/https://www.thenedscottarchive.com/hollywood/films/the-long-voyage-home.html#portraits |date=11 March 2022 }} by [[Ned scott|Ned Scott]]
* Barry Fitzgerald at the [https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/ Abbey Theatre]
* Barry Fitzgerald at the [http://deevy.nuim.ie/ Teresa Deevy Archive]

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