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.
Fitzgerald was the only player ever nominated for the Academy Award for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor in the same year for the same role. The recognition was for Going My Way (1944). After he received this double nomination, the Academy immediately c...
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Cradle of Genius
As Self
Bringing Up Baby
As Aloysius Gogarty
The Quiet Man
As Michaleen Oge Flynn
And Then There Were None
As Francis Quinncannon
The Naked City
As Lt. Dan Muldoon
The Sea Wolf
As Cooky
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
As Dennis O'Doul
How Green Was My Valley
As Cyfartha
Union Station
As Inspector Donnelly
The Story of Seabiscuit
As Shawn O'Hara
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
As Timothy Blake
The Dawn Patrol
As Bott
Going My Way
As Father Fitzgibbon
Juno and the Paycock
As The Orator
The Saint Strikes Back
As Zipper Dyson
None But the Lonely Heart
As Henry Twite
The Long Voyage Home
As Cocky
San Francisco Docks
As The Icky
The Catered Affair
As Uncle Jack Conlon
The Stork Club
As Jerry B. 'J.B.' / 'Pop' Bates
California
As Michael Fabian
Welcome Stranger
As Dr. Joseph McRory
Variety Girl
As Barry Fitzgerald
Incendiary Blonde
As Michael 'Mike' Guinan
Top o' the Morning
As Sergeant Briany McNaughton
The Plough and the Stars
As Fluther Good
Rooney
As Grandfather
Easy Come, Easy Go
As Martin L. Donovan
Ebb Tide
As Huish
The Sainted Sisters
As Robbie McCleary
I Love a Soldier
As Murphy
Two Tickets to London
As Capt. McCardle
Happy Ever After
As Thady O'Heggarty
Two Years Before the Mast
As Terence O'Feenaghty
Full Confession
As Michael O'Keefe
Four Men and a Prayer
As Mulcahay
Miss Tatlock's Millions
As Denno Noonan
Pacific Liner
As Britches
Silver City
As R.R. Jarboe
Corvette K-225
As Stooky
Broth of a Boy
As Patrick Farrell
Duffy's Tavern
As Bing Crosby's Father
Guests of The Nation
As Captured British soldier
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
As Self (archive footage)
Marie Antoinette
As Peddler (uncredited)
Ha da venì... don Calogero!
As Don Calogero
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
As Harold "Stretch" Sears
The Ed Sullivan Show
As Self
General Electric Theater
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As Harold 'Stretch' Sears
Lux Video Theatre
As Barry Flynn
What's My Line?
As Self - Mystery Guest
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