List of the best Barry Fitzgerald movies: Broth of a Boy(1960), Going My Way(1944), The Stork Club(1945), The Story of Seabiscuit(1949), The Quiet Man(1952), Welcome Stranger(1947), Union Station(1950), The Amazing Mrs. Holliday(1943), None but the Lonely Heart(1944), California(1946), Rooney(1958), The Plough and the Stars(1936) ... ...
6.5/10
Comedy
Ireland
1960
77 Minutes
Barry Fitzgerald Harry Brogan Tony Wright June Thorburn Eddie Golden Marie Kean Godfrey Quigley Bart Bastable Dermot Kelly Philip O'Flynn
A British TV producer is traveling in Ireland when he comes across a village where they are planning a birthday party for the oldest man in the world. He decides he wants to make a film ... See full summary »
7.0/10
Musical
USA
1944
130 Minutes
Bing Crosby Barry Fitzgerald Rise Stevens Gene Lockhart Frank McHugh James Brown Jean Heather Stanley Clements Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer Porter Hall
priest singer altar boy mother airy heartwarming tender church golf course opera house new york city roman catholicism show business troubled youth quest forbidden love 1940s
When young Father O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of the church's newest member.
6.5/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1945
98 Minutes
Betty Hutton Barry Fitzgerald Don DeFore Robert Benchley Bill Goodwin Iris Adrian Mikhail Rasumny Mary Young Andy Russell Perc Launders Mary Currier
hatcheck girl millionaire marine boss singer band leader cheery engaging stork club hotel new york city wealth generosity misunderstanding jealousy romance big-band music rescue transformation love
A hat-check girl at the Stork Club (Hutton) saves the life of a drowning man (Fitzgerald). A rich man, he decides to repay her by anonymously giving her a bank account, a luxury apartment ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1949
93 Minutes
Shirley Temple Barry Fitzgerald Lon McCallister Rosemary DeCamp Donald MacBride Pierre Watkin William Forrest Sugarfoot Anderson Bill Cartledge Gertrude Astor Creighton Hale
horse young girl horse trainer jockey uncle love interest uplifting charming heartwarming inspiring kentucky horse track horse racing love romantic dilemma grief family rise to stardom rise quest
Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother, Danny. Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, ... See full summary »
7.7/10
Drama
USA
1952
129 Minutes
Michaleen Flynn
John Wayne Maureen O'Hara Barry Fitzgerald Victor McLaglen Mildred Natwick Arthur Shields Ward Bond Jack MacGowran
boxer brother love interest widow doctor emotional touching church ireland united states village small town deception love confrontation wedding gambling death escape forbidden love
A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.
6.9/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1947
107 Minutes
Dr. Joseph McRory
Bing Crosby Joan Caulfield Barry Fitzgerald Frank Faylen Elizabeth Patterson Robert Shayne Larry Young Percy Kilbride Charles Dingle Don Beddoe Thurston Hall
physician doctor schoolteacher pharmacist father schoolboy airy cheery charming train maine small town hospital office dance hall medical profession small-town life rivalry alcoholism vacation
Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine hires a replacement for his vacation sight unseen. Alas, he and young singing doctor Jim Pearson don't hit it off; but Pearson is delighted to stay, ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
80 Minutes
Inspector Donnelly
William Holden Nancy Olson Barry Fitzgerald Jan Sterling Allene Roberts Lyle Bettger
secretary kidnapper police detective conductor wealthy man blind person frenetic suspenseful engaging train train station apartment police station chicago tunnel kidnapping ransom investigation crime mystery
A sharp-eyed woman spots a man with a gun on a train and her alert to the railroad police helps them in their search for a ruthless gang who have kidnapped a blind heiress.
6.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1943
96 Minutes
Timothy Blake
Deanna Durbin Edmond O'Brien Barry Fitzgerald Arthur Treacher Harry Davenport Grant Mitchell Frieda Inescort Elisabeth Risdon Jonathan Hale Esther Dale
A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1944
113 Minutes
Henry Twite
Cary Grant Ethel Barrymore Barry Fitzgerald June Duprez Jane Wyatt George Coulouris Dan Duryea Konstantin Shayne Eva Lernard Boyne Morton Lowry Helene Thimig
mother son musician gangster wife brooding dark london shop house death business crime mother/son relationship fall discovery temptation forbidden love 1930s
When an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they are both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.
6.2/10
Western
USA
1946
97 Minutes
Michael Fabian
Barbara Stanwyck Ray Milland Barry Fitzgerald George Coulouris Albert Van Dekker Anthony Quinn Frank Faylen Gavin Muir James Burke Edward Ciannelli Roman Bohnen
deserter poker player prospector saloon girl irishman landowner engaging melodramatic spirited gutsy california wagon train mining town saloon small town graveyard california gold rush self-sacrifice marriage of convenience mining
Epic account of how California became a state, featuring a wagon train, the Gold Rush, a wicked saloon queen, and an evil profiteer.
Comedy
1958
88 Minutes
Grandfather
garbage collector irishman bachelor athlete lover beautiful girl engaging charming amusing witty lighthearted hilarious dublin ireland relationships attraction passion romance comedy sports
A Dublin garbageman (John Gregson) divides his time between being a bachelor and the sport of hurling.
Drama
1936
78 Minutes
Fluther Good
Based on the play by Sean O'Casey. An Irish rebel turns a deaf ear to the pleas of his wife to lay down his arms.
Comedy
1948
101 Minutes
Denno Noonan
A fixer (Barry Fitzgerald) pays a stuntman (John Lund) to pose as a lost heir so an heiress (Wanda Hendrix) can claim her fortune.
7.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1956
93 Minutes
Uncle Jack Conlon
Bette Davis Ernest Borgnine Debbie Reynolds Barry Fitzgerald Rod Taylor Robert F. Simon Madge Kennedy Dorothy Stickney Carol Veazie Joan Camden Ray Stricklyn
mother daughter fiancé father uncle endearing spirited melodramatic new york city family home wedding family feud mother/daughter relationship working class discovery sacrifice 1950s
When Jane tells her parents that she is getting married to Ralph Halloran, her mother Agnes, starts planning an elaborate wedding, even though Jane does not wish it.
6.8/10
Adventure
USA
1946
98 Minutes
Terence O'Feenaghty
Alan Ladd Brian Donlevy William Bendix Barry Fitzgerald Howard da Silva Esther Fernández Albert Van Dekker Luis Van Rooten Darryl Hickman Roman Bohnen Ray Collins
The playboy son of a wealthy shipping magnate discovers at first hand the desperate privations suffered by the crew of one of his fathers ships when he is unwillingly pressganged aboard.
6.7/10
War
USA
1943
99 Minutes
Stooky O'Meara
Randolph Scott James Brown Ella Raines Barry Fitzgerald Andy Devine Walter Sande Richard Lane
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1939
73 Minutes
Victor McLaglen Sally Eilers Joseph Calleia Barry Fitzgerald Elisabeth Risdon Adele Pearce Bud McTaggart John Bliefer William Haade George Humbert
catholic priest innocent man murder suspect murderer cop night watchman suspenseful tense church prison store police station death row religious vows injustice wrongfully accused murder confession moral dilemma discovery
A Catholic priest by the name of Father Loma must convince a man to step forward to save an innocent man from being sent to the electric chair.
7.8/10
Comedy
USA
1938
102 Minutes
Mr. Gogarty
Katharine Hepburn Cary Grant Charles Ruggles May Robson Barry Fitzgerald Walter Catlett Fritz Feld Ward Bond
paleontologist heiress matron fiancée police officer airy madcap witty mansion restaurant museum golf course police station love triangle mistaken identity daunting task wealth wild animals love pursuit
While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.
7.0/10
Drama
USA
1940
104 Minutes
Cocky
John Wayne Thomas Mitchell Ian Hunter Ward Bond Barry Fitzgerald Wilfrid Lawson Mildred Natwick John Qualen Arthur Shields Joe Sawyer J. Warren Kerrigan
sailor alcoholic nazi irishman englishman swede gritty moving somber west indies baltimore england ship atlantic ocean seafaring loneliness espionage kidnapping military life friendship
A merchant ship's crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war.
5.9/10
Adventure
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Huish
Oscar Homolka Frances Farmer Ray Milland Lloyd Nolan Barry Fitzgerald David Torrence
Three shifty sailors commandeer a smallpox-ridden boat and set out to sea. A typhoon washes them ashore on a faraway Pacific island, which is ruled by a white religious fanatic (Lloyd Nolan) who has set himself up as the local god.
7.5/10
War, Drama
USA
1938
103 Minutes
Bott
Errol Flynn David Niven Basil Rathbone Donald Crisp Melville Cooper Barry Fitzgerald Carl Esmond Peter Willes Morton Lowater Michael Brooke James Burke
commander military officer pilot brutal rousing france military base horrors of war dangerous job air force friendship death world war i sacrifice transformation rivalry 1910s
British flying aces in World War I contend with the harsh realities of war.
7.5/10
Drama
USA
1941
90 Minutes
Cooky
Edward G. Robinson John Garfield Ida Lupino Alexander Knox Gene Lockhart Barry Fitzgerald Stanley Ridges David Bruce
fugitive captain writer woman doctor dark gritty gripping ferry ship cabin deck boat insanity seafaring sadism writers blindness escape escape
After being fished out of the sea by a sealer, three fugitives find themselves prisoners of the ship's brutal skipper who refuses to put them ashore and they hatch an escape plan during a crew mutiny.
Mystery & Thriller
1939
67 Minutes
Zipper Dyson
George Sanders Wendy Barrie Jonathan Hale Jerome Cowan Neil Hamilton Barry Fitzgerald Robert Elliott Russell Hopton Ed Gargan Robert Strange Gilbert Emery
detective police officer daughter gangster crime boss the saint suspenseful cool san francisco nightclub police station vindication corruption crime ring gangsters money romance quest pursuit mystery
British sleuth Simon Templar (George Sanders) helps a wayward San Franciscan (Wendy Barrie) clear her framed father's name.
7.7/10
Drama
USA
1941
118 Minutes
Cyfartha, Dai Bando's Partner
Walter Pidgeon Maureen O'Hara Roddy McDowall Donald Crisp Anna Lee John Loder Sara Allgood Barry Fitzgerald Patric Knowles Rhys Williams Evan S. Evans
father mother brother sister coal miner preacher emotional melodramatic wales small town family coal mining labor strike love triangle growing up quest forbidden love victorian era
At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.
4.8/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1930
95 Minutes
Edward Chapman Sara Allgood Maire O'Neil Sidney Morgan John Longden Kathleen O'Regan John Laurie Donald Calthrop Dave Morris Fred Schwartz Dennis Wyndham
During the Irish Civil War in 1922, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values are.
6.4/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
93 Minutes
Mary Hatcher Olga San Juan DeForest Kelley Bing Crosby Bob Hope Gary Cooper Ray Milland Alan Ladd Barbara Stanwyck Paulette Goddard Dorothy Lamour
Almost everyone under contract to Paramount Pictures at the time make cameos or perform songs, with particularly large amounts of screen time featuring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.
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