Walter Fitzgerald

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Walter Fitzgerald
in The Fallen Idol (1948)
Born	Walter Fitzgerald Bond (1896-05-18)18 May 1896 Keyham, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Died	London, England, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1932-1969
Spouse(s)	Rosalie Constance Grey (1924-?) Angela Kirk (1938-?)
Children	Jonathan Timothy Charles Julia
Website	http://walterfitzgerald.webs.com

Walter Fitzgerald (18 May 1896 – 20 December 1976) was an English character actor.

Born Walter Fitzgerald Bond in the Keyham district of Plymouth, Devon. He married his first wife Rosalie Constance Grey in 1924. His 2nd marriage was to Angela Kirk in 1938 and they had 3 sons (Jonathan, Timothy and Charles) and 1 daughter (Julia). Toured with Sir John Martin-Harvey, Sir Seymour Hicks. He was understudy to Sir Gerald du Maurier 1928-29. Fitzgerald appeared in films from the 1930s, often in 'official' roles (policemen, doctors, lawyers). He appeared on British television in the 1950s and 1960s before his retirement. A former stockbroker, British actor Walter Fitzgerald was in his late 20s when he began his theatrical training at RADA. Fitzgerald made his professional stage bow in 1922 and his first film appearance in 1930. His best-remembered film roles include Simon Fury in Blanche Fury (1946), Dr. Fenton in The Fallen Idol (1948) and Squire Trelawny in Treasure Island (1950). Walter Fitzgerald made his penultimate film appearance in the opening scenes of H.M.S. Defiant (1962), as the admiral who listens to—and then disregards—ship's captain Alec Guinness' complaints about maritime cruelty.

Filmography

• Murder at Covent Garden (1932)
• The Show Goes On (1937)
• This England (1941)
• In Which We Serve (1942)
• Squadron Leader X (1943)
• San Demetrio London (1943)
• Strawberry Roan (1945)
• Great Day (1945)
• Mine Own Executioner (1947)
• Blanche Fury (1948)
• The Winslow Boy (1948)
• The Fallen Idol (1948)
• The Small Back Room (1949)
• Edward, My Son (1949)
• Treasure Island (1950)
• The Ringer (1952)
• The Pickwick Papers (1952)
• Appointment in London (1952)
• The Net (1953)
• Twice Upon a Time (1953)
• Personal Affair (1953)
• Our Girl Friday (1953)
• Front Page Story (1954)
• Lease of Life (1954)
• The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
• Around The World In 80 Days (1956) as a Reform Club member
• Something of Value (1957)
• The Man in the Sky (1957)
• The Birthday Present (1957)
• The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
• Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
• Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
• We Joined the Navy (1962)
• H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
• Decision at Midnight (1963)

External links

• Walter Fitzgerald at the Internet Movie Database