Neil Fitzgerald(1892-1982)
- Actor
Neil Fitzgerald was born the son of a member of Parliament James
Fitzgerald near Emly in Co. Limerick on 15 January 1892. He was
educated in Trinity College Dublin where the onus on him was to study
pharmacy of which he received his degree but he preferred to tread the
boards in Dublin, London and New York. He made his Broadway Debut in
"Leave her to Heaven" on February 27th 1940 . He was nominated for a
Drama Critics Circle Award in 1972 for his role as the doctor in Edward
Albee's "All Over" and he appeared in numerous Irish plays in New York
on Broadway during his life-time. George Bernard Shaw told him as a
youngster that "You will do better with greasepaint than with blood".
His film debut was in 1935 in John Fords' classic "The Informer" where
he played Tommy Connor. He also has numerous television credits.
