1888 - 1961
William Joseph Shields (10 March 1888 – 4 January 1961), known professionally as Barry Fitzgerald, was an Irish stage, film and television actor. In a career spanning almost forty years, he appeared in such notable films as Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Long Voyage Home (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), The Sea Wolf (1941), Going My Way (1944), None but the Lonely Heart (1944) and The Quiet Man (1952). For Going My Way, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was simultaneously nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barry Fitzgerald has received more than 1,157,146 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Barry Fitzgerald is the 2,676th most popular actor (up from 2,823rd in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 145th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Irish Actor.
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Among actors, Barry Fitzgerald ranks 2,676 out of 9,996. Before him are Sage Stallone, William Katt, Marc Singer, Kelly Hu, Diahann Carroll, and Peppino De Filippo. After him are Tony Todd, Carrie Snodgress, Shelley Hack, Tony Goldwyn, Doris Roberts, and Ng Man-tat.
1976 - 2012
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 2,670
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 2,671
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 2,672
1968 - Present
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 2,673
1935 - 2019
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 2,674
1903 - 1980
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 2,675
1888 - 1961
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 2,676
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 2,677
1945 - 2004
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 2,678
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 2,679
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 2,680
1925 - 2016
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 2,681
1952 - 2021
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 2,682
Among people born in 1888, Barry Fitzgerald ranks 129. Before him are Harald Sverdrup, Árpád Szakasits, Kan Kikuchi, Nereu Ramos, Sophus Nielsen, and Frances Marion. After him are Milán Füst, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Vladimir Baranov-Rossine, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Toyohiko Kagawa, and Anna Q. Nilsson. Among people deceased in 1961, Barry Fitzgerald ranks 84. Before him are Marion Davies, Carlos Luz, Nina Bari, Constantin Constantinescu-Claps, Otto Ruge, and Charles Coburn. After him are Grigory Levenfish, Elia Dalla Costa, Kjeld Abell, Yaşar Doğu, Max Weber, and Morris Travers.
1888 - 1957
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 123
1888 - 1965
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 124
1888 - 1948
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 125
1888 - 1958
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 126
1888 - 1963
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 127
1888 - 1973
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 128
1888 - 1961
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 129
1888 - 1967
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 130
1888 - 1913
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 131
1888 - 1944
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 132
1888 - 1981
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 133
1888 - 1960
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 134
1888 - 1974
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 135
1897 - 1961
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 78
1894 - 1961
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 79
1901 - 1961
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 80
1884 - 1961
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 81
1882 - 1961
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 82
1877 - 1961
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 83
1888 - 1961
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 84
1889 - 1961
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 85
1872 - 1961
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 86
1901 - 1961
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 87
1913 - 1961
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 88
1881 - 1961
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 89
1872 - 1961
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 90
Among people born in Ireland, Barry Fitzgerald ranks 133 out of 501. Before him are Charles Villiers Stanford (1852), Arthur Griffith (1871), John Boland (1870), Douglas Hyde (1860), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), and Eddie Jordan (1948). After him are Sally Oldfield (1947), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), Richard Montgomery (1738), Anne de Mortimer (1390), Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander (1909), and Colm Meaney (1953).
1852 - 1924
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 127
1871 - 1922
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 128
1870 - 1958
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 129
1860 - 1949
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 130
1904 - 1972
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 131
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 132
1888 - 1961
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 133
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 134
1000 - 1012
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 135
1738 - 1775
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 136
1390 - 1411
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 137
1909 - 1974
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 138
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 139
Among actors born in Ireland, Barry Fitzgerald ranks 20. Before him are Aidan Gillen (1968), Edward Mulhare (1923), Fiona Shaw (1958), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977), Liam Cunningham (1961), and Dan O'Herlihy (1919). After him are Colm Meaney (1953), Tom Moore (1883), Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913), Sinéad Cusack (1948), Jason O'Mara (1972), and Domhnall Gleeson (1983).
1968 - Present
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 14
1923 - 1997
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 15
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 16
1977 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 17
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 18
1919 - 2005
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 19
1888 - 1961
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 20
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 21
1883 - 1955
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 22
1913 - 2005
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 23
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 24
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 25
1983 - Present
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 26