Tag: Academy Awards

#OTD in 1888 – Birth of actor, William Joseph Shields, aka Barry Fitzgerald, in Dublin.

10/03/2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Barry Fitzgerald was an Irish stage, film and television actor. He won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for Going My Way (1944). He was born William Joseph Shields in Walworth Road, Portobello, Dublin. He was the older brother of actor Arthur Shields. He went to Skerry’s College, Dublin, before going on to work in […]

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#OTD in 1888 – Birth of actor, William Joseph Shields, aka Barry Fitzgerald, in Dublin.

10/03/2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Barry Fitzgerald was an Irish stage, film and television actor. He won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for Going My Way (1944). He was born William Joseph Shields in Walworth Road, Portobello, Dublin. He was the older brother of actor Arthur Shields. He went to Skerry’s College, Dublin, before going on to work in […]

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#OTD in 1888 – Birth of actor, William Joseph Shields, aka Barry Fitzgerald, in Dublin.

10/03/2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Barry Fitzgerald was an Irish stage, film and television actor. He won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for Going My Way (1944). He was born William Joseph Shields in Walworth Road, Portobello, Dublin. He was the older brother of actor Arthur Shields. He went to Skerry’s College, Dublin, before going on to work in […]

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#OTD in 1888 – Birth of actor, William Joseph Shields, aka Barry Fitzgerald, in Dublin.

10/03/2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

Barry Fitzgerald was an Irish stage, film and television actor. He won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for Going My Way (1944). He was born William Joseph Shields in Walworth Road, Portobello, Dublin. He was the older brother of actor Arthur Shields. He went to Skerry’s College, Dublin, before going on to work in […]

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1888 – Birth in Dublin of William Joseph Shields, aka Barry Fitzgerald, actor.

10/03/2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

Barry Fitzgerald was an Irish stage, film and television actor. He won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for Going My Way (1944). He was born William Joseph Shields in Walworth Road, Portobello, Dublin. He was the older brother of actor Arthur Shields. He went to Skerry’s College, Dublin, before going on to work in […]

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