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), Going My Way (1944), None but the Lonely Heart (1944) and The Quiet Man (1952). For Going My Way (1944), he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was simultaneously nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He was the older brother of Irish actor Arthur Shields.
Barry Fitzgerald
Active - 1929 - Present |
Birth - Mar 10, 1888 |
Death - Jan 14, 1961 |
Genres - Drama, Comedy, Romance, Action-Adventure, Crime
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Subgenres - Romantic Comedy, Musical, Western Film, Biographical Film, Film Noir
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