page_title: Barry Fitzgerald
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: Barry Fitzgerald / Life
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Geburtshaus Barry Fitzgerald English: Photo of birthplace of Barry Fitzgerald, Walworth Road, Dublin.
context_page_description: 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, The Long Voyage Home, How Green Was My Valley, Going My Way, None but the Lonely Heart and The Quiet Man. For Going My Way, 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. In 2020, he was listed at number 11 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
caption: Fitzgerald's birthplace on Walworth Road, Portobello, Dublin
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