33 Facts About Barry Fitzgerald

William Joseph Shields, known professionally as Barry Fitzgerald, was an Irish stage, film and television actor.

Barry Fitzgerald was the older brother of Irish actor Arthur Shields.

Barry Fitzgerald was born William Joseph Shields in Walworth Road, Portobello, Dublin, Ireland, the son of Fanny Sophia and Adolphus Shields.

Barry Fitzgerald was the older brother of Irish actor Arthur Shields.

Barry Fitzgerald went to Skerry's College, Dublin, before going on to work in the civil service, starting in 1911 as a junior clerk at the Dublin Board of Trade.

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Barry Fitzgerald was interested in acting and began appearing in amateur dramatic societies such as the Kincora Players.

Barry Fitzgerald used a stage name so as not to get in trouble with his superiors in the civil service.

Barry Fitzgerald was in The Bribe, An Imaginary Conversation, John Bull's Other Island and others.

Barry Fitzgerald decided to quit his civil service job to join the production and became a full-time actor at the age of 41.

Barry Fitzgerald went to the US with the Abbey Players in 1932 to appear in Things That Are Caesar's and The Far-off Hills.

Players and Barry Fitzgerald returned to America in 1934 to tour a series of plays in repertory around the country.

Barry Fitzgerald appeared in a short Irish movie, Guests of the Nation, filmed in 1934 but not released for over seventy years.

Barry Fitzgerald decided to stay in Hollywood where he soon found constant employment as a character actor.

Barry Fitzgerald had support roles in Ebb Tide at Paramount, Bringing Up Baby at RKO, Four Men and a Prayer directed by John Ford at 20th Century Fox, and The Dawn Patrol at Warners.

Barry Fitzgerald made a series of films at RKO: Pacific Liner with Victor McLaglen, and two directed by John Farrow, The Saint Strikes Back and Full Confession .

Back in Hollywood, Barry Fitzgerald was reunited with John Ford in The Long Voyage Home .

Barry Fitzgerald did San Francisco Docks at Universal and The Sea Wolf at Warners, before doing another with Ford, How Green Was My Valley, at Fox.

Back in Hollywood, Barry Fitzgerald did a series of films at Universal: The Amazing Mrs Holliday, Two Tickets to London and Corvette K-225 .

Barry Fitzgerald unexpectedly became a leading man when Leo McCarey cast him opposite Bing Crosby in Going My Way as Father Fitzgibbon.

Barry Fitzgerald was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Academy Award for Best Actor; voting rules were changed shortly after this occurrence to prevent further dual nominations for the same role.

In March 1944, Barry Fitzgerald was involved in a car accident which resulted in the death of a woman and injury of her daughter.

Barry Fitzgerald was charged with manslaughter but acquitted in January 1945 due to lack of evidence.

Back at Paramount, Barry Fitzgerald supported Alan Ladd in Two Years Before the Mast, made in 1944 by John Farrow, but not released until 1946.

Barry Fitzgerald supported Betty Hutton in Incendiary Blonde and The Stork Club .

Barry Fitzgerald did two more movies with John Farrow: California with Ray Milland and Easy Come, Easy Go, where he was top billed.

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Mark Hellinger borrowed Barry Fitzgerald to play the lead in a cop film at Universal, The Naked City which was a solid success.

Barry Fitzgerald went to Warners for The Story of Seabiscuit with Shirley Temple, then at Paramount did Union Station with William Holden and Silver City with Yvonne de Carlo.

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

Barry Fitzgerald had a supporting role in MGM's The Catered Affair and was top billed in the British comedy Rooney .

Barry Fitzgerald returned to live in Dublin in 1959, where he lived at 2 Seafield Ave, Monkstown.

Barry Fitzgerald appeared to recover, but in late 1960 he re-entered hospital.

Barry Fitzgerald died, as William Joseph Shields, of a heart attack in St Patrick's Hospital, James Street, on 14 January 1961.

Barry Fitzgerald has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for motion pictures at 6252 Hollywood Boulevard and for television at 7001 Hollywood Boulevard.