Acting • AGE 72
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 w...


Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Self (archive footage)
2014

Cradle of Genius
Self
1960

Play of the Week
1959

Rooney
Grandfather
1958

The Catered Affair
Jack Conlon
1956

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Harold 'Stretch' Sears
1955

Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
Harold "Stretch" Sears
1955

Happy Ever After
Thady O'Heggarty
1954

General Electric Theater
1953

The Quiet Man
Michaleen Oge Flynn
1952

Ha da venì... don Calogero!
Don Calogero
1952

Silver City
R.R. Jarboe
1951

Union Station
Inspector Donnelly
1950

What's My Line?
Self
1950

The Story of Seabiscuit
Shawn O'Hara
1949

Top o' the Morning
Sergeant Briany McNaughton
1949

Miss Tatlock's Millions
Denno Noonan
1948

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948

The Sainted Sisters
Robbie McCleary
1948

The Naked City
Lt. Dan Muldoon
1948

Variety Girl
Barry Fitzgerald
1947

Welcome Stranger
Dr. Joseph McRory
1947

Easy Come, Easy Go
Martin L. Donovan
1947

California
Michael Fabian
1947

Two Years Before the Mast
Terence O'Feenaghty
1946

The Stork Club
Jerry B. 'J.B.' / 'Pop' Bates
1945

And Then There Were None
Francis Quinncannon
1945

Duffy's Tavern
Bing Crosby's Father
1945

Incendiary Blonde
Michael 'Mike' Guinan
1945

None But the Lonely Heart
Henry Twite
1944

I Love a Soldier
Murphy
1944

Going My Way
Father Fitzgibbon
1944

Corvette K-225
Stooky
1943

Two Tickets to London
Capt. McCardle
1943

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Timothy Blake
1943

Tarzan's Secret Treasure
Dennis O'Doul
1941

How Green Was My Valley
Cyfartha
1941

The Sea Wolf
Cooky
1941

San Francisco Docks
The Icky
1940

The Long Voyage Home
Cocky
1940

Full Confession
Michael O'Keefe
1939

The Saint Strikes Back
Zipper Dyson
1939

Pacific Liner
Britches
1939

The Dawn Patrol
Bott
1938

Marie Antoinette
Peddler (uncredited)
1938

Four Men and a Prayer
Mulcahay
1938

Bringing Up Baby
Mr. Gogarty
1938

Ebb Tide
Huish
1937

The Plough and the Stars
Fluther Good
1936

Guests of The Nation
Captured British soldier
1935

Juno and the Paycock
The Orator
1930