Person
Barry Fitzgerald
Born 9 March 1888 Died 14 January 1961, aged 72 Dublin, Ireland TMDB ↗
Brother of actor Arthur Shields, with whom he performed in several films, most notably John Ford's The Quiet Man (1952). One of the very few character actors ever to achieve star status.
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The numbers
42age in their first credit on record (1930)
29years on screen and counting
4credits in 1947, their busiest year
49dated credits on record
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Movie credits
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Age: 70 Broth of a Boy
1959as Patrick Farrell
Age: 70 Rooney
1958as Grandfather
Age: 68 The Catered Affair
1956as Jack Conlon
Age: 66 Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
1955as Harold "Stretch" Sears
Age: 66 Happy Ever After
1954as Thady O'Heggarty
Age: 64 The Quiet Man
1952as Michaleen Oge Flynn
Age: 63 Ha da venì... don Calogero!
1952as Don Calogero
Age: 63 Silver City
1951as R.R. Jarboe
Age: 62 Union Station
1950as Inspector Donnelly
Age: 61 The Story of Seabiscuit
1949as Shawn O'Hara
Age: 61 Top o' the Morning
1949as Sergeant Briany McNaughton
Age: 60 Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948as Denno Noonan
Age: 60 The Sainted Sisters
1948as Robbie McCleary
Age: 59 The Naked City
1948as Lt. Dan Muldoon
Age: 59 Variety Girl
1947as Barry Fitzgerald
Age: 59 Welcome Stranger
1947as Dr. Joseph McRory
Age: 58 Easy Come, Easy Go
1947as Martin L. Donovan
Age: 58 California
1947as Michael Fabian
Age: 58 Two Years Before the Mast
1946as Terence O'Feenaghty
Age: 57 The Stork Club
1945as Jerry B. 'J.B.' / 'Pop' Bates
Age: 57 And Then There Were None
1945as Francis Quinncannon
Age: 57 Duffy's Tavern
1945as Bing Crosby's Father
Age: 57 Incendiary Blonde
1945as Michael 'Mike' Guinan
Age: 56 None But the Lonely Heart
1944as Henry Twite
Age: 56 I Love a Soldier
1944as Murphy
Age: 55 Going My Way
1944as Father Fitzgibbon
Age: 55 Corvette K-225
1943as Stooky
Age: 55 Two Tickets to London
1943as Capt. McCardle
Age: 54 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943as Timothy Blake
Age: 53 Tarzan's Secret Treasure
1941as Dennis O'Doul
Age: 53 How Green Was My Valley
1941as Cyfartha
Age: 53 The Sea Wolf
1941as Cooky
Age: 52 San Francisco Docks
1940as The Icky
Age: 52 The Long Voyage Home
1940as Cocky
Age: 51 Full Confession
1939as Michael O'Keefe
Age: 50 The Saint Strikes Back
1939as Zipper Dyson
Age: 50 Pacific Liner
1939as Britches
Age: 50 The Dawn Patrol
1938as Bott
Age: 50 Marie Antoinette
1938as Peddler (uncredited)
Age: 50 Four Men and a Prayer
1938as Mulcahay
Age: 49 Bringing Up Baby
1938as Mr. Gogarty
Age: 49 Ebb Tide
1937as Huish
Age: 48 The Plough and the Stars
1936as Fluther Good
Age: 46 Guests of The Nation
1935as Captured British soldier
Age: 42 Juno and the Paycock
1930as The Orator
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