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
Cradle of Genius
⭐ 0Bringing Up Baby
⭐ 7.5The Quiet Man
⭐ 7.314And Then There Were None
⭐ 7.054The Naked City
⭐ 7.194The Sea Wolf
⭐ 7.1Tarzan's Secret Treasure
⭐ 5.8How Green Was My Valley
⭐ 7.3Union Station
⭐ 6.426The Story of Seabiscuit
⭐ 5.8The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
⭐ 6.375The Dawn Patrol
⭐ 6.8Going My Way
⭐ 6.715Juno and the Paycock
⭐ 4.654The Saint Strikes Back
⭐ 5.6None But the Lonely Heart
⭐ 6.265The Long Voyage Home
⭐ 6.622San Francisco Docks
⭐ 6The Catered Affair
⭐ 7.1The Stork Club
⭐ 5California
⭐ 6.5Welcome Stranger
⭐ 6.6Variety Girl
⭐ 6.1Incendiary Blonde
⭐ 5.1Top o' the Morning
⭐ 5.8The Plough and the Stars
⭐ 5.8Rooney
⭐ 5.5Easy Come, Easy Go
⭐ 0Ebb Tide
⭐ 6The Sainted Sisters
⭐ 7I Love a Soldier
⭐ 4Two Tickets to London
⭐ 6Happy Ever After
⭐ 5.2Two Years Before the Mast
⭐ 6.2Full Confession
⭐ 4.7Four Men and a Prayer
⭐ 6.3Miss Tatlock's Millions
⭐ 5.875Pacific Liner
⭐ 5.25Silver City
⭐ 6.4Corvette K-225
⭐ 6.1Broth of a Boy
⭐ 1Duffy's Tavern
⭐ 6.1Guests of The Nation
⭐ 5Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
⭐ 7Marie Antoinette
⭐ 6.6Ha da venì... don Calogero!
⭐ 0Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
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