Portrait of Walter Fitzgerald

Walter Fitzgerald

Acting

Biography

Walter Fitzgerald was a distinguished British character actor.   He was born in 1896 in Devon.   His first film was in 1932 in “Murder In Covent Garden”.   His cinema highlights include “In Which We Serve”, “San Demitro, London”, “The Fallen Idol” and “Treasure Island”.  He went to Hollywood in 1959 to make “Darby O’Gill and the Little People” for Walt Disney.    He died in 1976 in London at the age of 80.

Born: May 18, 1896

Place of Birth: Stoke, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Filmography

1994
The World of Hammer

as Self (archive footage)

1968
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury

1964
Detective

as Colonel Julius Raven

1963
Doctor Who

as Senex

1963
We Joined the Navy

as Admiral Thomas

1962
H.M.S. Defiant

as Admiral Jackson

1959
1959
1958
The Camp on Blood Island

as Cyril Beattie

1957
The Birthday Present

as Sir John Dell

1957
1957
Something of Value

as Henry McKenzie, A White Settler

1957
The Man in the Sky

as Reginald Conway

1956
1955
The Cockleshell Heroes

as Gestapo Comdt.

1954
Lease of Life

as The Dean

1953
Our Girl Friday

as Captain

1953
Personal Affair

as Henry Vining

1953
Twice Upon a Time

as Professor Reynolds

1953
The Cruel Sea

as Warden (uncredited)

1953
1953
The Net

as Sir Charles Craddock

1952
The Ringer

as Commissioner

1952
The Pickwick Papers

as Mr. Wardle

1950
Treasure Island

as Squire Trelawney

1949
Edward, My Son

as Mr. Kedner

1948
The Fallen Idol

as Dr. Fenton

1948
The Winslow Boy

as First Lord

1948
Blanche Fury

as Simon Fury

1948
This Was a Woman

as Arthur Russell

1947
Mine Own Executioner

as Dr. Norris Pile

1945
Great Day

as Bob Tyndale

1944
Strawberry Roan

as Walter Morley

1943
San Demetrio London

as Chief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San Demetrio

1943
Squadron Leader X

as Inspector Milne

1942
In Which We Serve

as Colonel Lumsden

1941
This England

as Vicar

1940
Let George Do It!

as Dockside Policeman (uncredited)

1932
Murder at Covent Garden

as Donald Walpace