Neil Fitzgerald (15 January 1893 – 15 June 1982) was an
Irish actor.
Cornelius James Fitzgerald was born at Henry Street (now O'Brien Street),
Tipperary, the son of James Joseph Fitzgerald, a grocer, and Ellen McGrath. He was educated in
Trinity College Dublin
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, studying
pharmacy
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, but chose to become an actor.
He made his
Broadway
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Theatre
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** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
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debut in ''
Leave Her to Heaven
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'' in 1940.
He appeared in numerous Irish plays on Broadway during his life.
[ His credited film debut was in 1935 in John Ford's '' The Informer'' as "Tommy Connor". He had numerous television credits also.]Princeton, New Jersey
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Filmography
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1893 births
1982 deaths
Irish male film actors
Irish male stage actors
People from Tipperary (town)
Male actors from Princeton, New Jersey
20th-century Irish male actors
Actors from County Tipperary
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin