Career
He was the younger brother of Oscar-winning actor Barry Fitzgerald. An Irish nationalist, he fought in the Easter Rising of 1916. He was captured and interned in the Frongoch internment camp in Frongoch, Wales, as were the prominent Irish revolutionaries Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith.
He afterwards returned to the Abbey Theatre.
In 1936, John Ford brought him to the United States to act in a film version of The Plough and the Stars. He later returned to the United States. and for health reasons, he decided to reside in California.
He died at his home in Santa Barbara, California, aged 74. Some of his memorable roles were in John Ford films.
He played Doctor Laughlin in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon with Wayne and Joanne Dru, and appeared yet again with Wayne and Barry Fitzgerald in Ford"s Long Voyage Home.
His other films include: Little Nellie Kelly, The Keys of the Kingdom, The Fabulous Dorseys, Gallant Journey, The Shocking Mission Pilgrim, Drums Along the Mohawk, Lady Godiva, National Velvet and The River. He also made television appearances including a 1958 role on Perry Mason as Doctor George Barnes in "The Case of the Screaming Woman.".