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Barry Fitzgerald (March 10, 1888 – January
14, 1961) was an Ireland|Irish actor.  Born
William Joseph Shields in Dublin, he joined the
Abbey Theatre, and starred in such plays as Sean
O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock, a role he
recreated for Alfred Hitchcock in his screen debut
in 1930.

Fitzgerald went to Hollywood to star in another
O'Casey work, The Plough And The Stars, directed
by John Ford.  He had a successful Hollywood
career in such films as The Long Voyage Home, How
Green Was My Valley, And Then There Were None and
The Quiet Man.  He performed a feat never done in
the history of the Academy Awards when he was
nominated for both the Academy Award for Best
Actor and Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actor|Best Supporting Actor for the same
performance, in 1944's Going My Way.  He won the
Supporting Actor Oscar.

Fitzgerald has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame, for movies at 6220 Hollywood Blvd. and for
television at 7001 Hollywood Blvd.