Still of Maureen O'Hara, John Wayne and Barry Fitzgerald in The Quiet Man (1952)
Caption: Still of Maureen O'Hara, John Wayne and Barry Fitzgerald in The Quiet Man (1952)
Actor, Soundtrack
Born: March 10, 1888
Star sign: Pisces
Height: 5' 3" (1.6 m)
Known for: The Quiet Man (1952), Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Naked City (1948), And Then There Were None (1945)
Source: IMDB
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 ...