William Joseph Shields Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
One of Hollywood's finest character actors and most accomplished scene stealers, Barry Fitzgerald was born William Joseph Shields in 1888 in Dublin, Ireland. Educated to enter the banking business, the diminutive Irishman with the irresistible brogue was bitten by the acting bug in the 1920s and joined Dublin's world-famous Abbey Players. He ...
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Actor
Movies
The Quiet Man, Going My Way, And Then There Were None, How Green Was My Valley, The Naked City, Bringing Up Baby, The Long Voyage Home, None but the Lonely Heart, The Catered Affair, The Story of Seabiscuit, The Stork Club, Tarzan's Secret Treasure, The Dawn Patrol, Union Station, Top o' the Morning...
TV Shows
Ghost Hunters International
Star Sign
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Trademark
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Short stature
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Quote
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A golf course is nothing but a pool room moved outdoors.
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Fact
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Along with Al Pacino and Sylvester Stallone, he is one of only three actors to receive Oscar nominations for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for playing the same character: (1) Fitzgerald was nominated for both awards for playing Father Fitzgibbon in Going My Way (1944), (2) Pacino was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for playing Michael Corleone The Godfather (1972) and Best Actor for the same role in The Godfather: Part II (1974) and (3) Stallone was nominated for Best Actor for playing Rocky Balboa in Rocky (1976) and Best Supporting Actor for the same role in Creed (2015).
Broke the head off his 'Best Supporting Actor' Oscar (Going My Way (1944)) practicing his golf swing.
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The slight, small Fitzgerald was frequently cast alongside huge hulks like John Wayne or Victor McLaglen (most notably in John Ford films), making for a good sight gag as he behaved fearlessly.
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Despite his penchant for portraying priests, Fitzgerald (born William Shields) was a Protestant (and a nationalist), whose brother Arthur Shields was a republican during the upheaval of the early 20th century in Ireland.
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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 changed their rules to prevent this from happening again, rules which have remained unchanged to this day.
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One of the very few character actors ever to achieve star status.
$250,000
