Walter Fitzgerald

Walter Fitzgerald

Nacimiento : 1896-05-18,

Muerte : 1976-12-20

Historia

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.

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Walter Fitzgerald

Películas

Doctor Who: The Dominators
Director Senex
When two belligerent Dominators and their robotic servant Quarks land on the peaceful planet Dulkis planning to drop a radioactive seed into the planet's core to refuel their spaceship, the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe must attempt to inspire the pacifist Dulcians to resist.
Decision at Midnight
Adaptation of the play Music at Midnight, set in the Iron Curtain.
We Joined the Navy
Admiral Thomas
Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away.
El tercer hombre en la montaña
Herr Hempel
Film basado en una historia real. Rudi Matt (James MacArthur), un joven que trabaja de cocinero, está decidido a conquistar la Ciudadela (el Cervino o Matterhorn), el pico nevado que se cobró la vida de su padre. Alentado por su novia (Munro) y por un famoso escalador inglés (Michael Rennie), se somete, durante un tiempo, a unas sesiones de entrenamiento extenuantes gracias a las cuales estará preparado para afrontar terribles peligros antes de coronar la montaña.
Darby O'Gill y el rey de los duendes
Lord Fitzpatrick
Aunque nadie le cree, el viejo Darby ha conocido a Bryan, el rey de los duendes. Bryan tiene poder para condecerle tres deseos pero, como se trata de un hombrecillo burlón, aprovecha la cuarta decisión de Darby para negárselas todas.
The Camp on Blood Island
Cyril Beattie
Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. This harrowing drama concentrates on the deviations of legal and moral definitions when two opposing cultures clash. Although fictional, this was one of the earliest films to deal realistically with life and death in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second War.
The Birthday Present
Sir John Dell
Returning from a business trip, toy salesman Simon Scott is caught attempting to smuggle a wristwatch bought for his wife's birthday through Customs. He is arrested and, due to a bungled defence by his solicitor, obliged to serve a three-month prison sentence. It is only the beginning of his woes; his employer, Colonel Wilson, is understanding, but he is ultimately forced to sack Simon, who discovers that finding another job under such circumstances is extremely difficult. But Colonel Wilson is determined to help his former employee find a solution.
Sangre sobre la tierra
A White Settler - Henry McKenzie
Peter, un joven terrateniente inglés establecido en Kenia, y Kimani, un orgulloso africano que defiende sus raíces, son amigos desde la infancia, pero entre ellos existen diferencias ideológicas insalvables. Peter está a favor de los granjeros ingleses y de la coexistencia pacífica, mientras que Kimani se opone a la explotación de su país y desea la expulsión de los ingleses.
The Man in the Sky
Reginald Conway
The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. At the Conway Aero-Manufacturing Company of Wolverhampton, Mitchell is to take the company's new rocket-propulsion transport plane up for tests, fully loaded and carrying two important passengers - Ministry official Crabtree and buyer's representative Ashmore. Mitchell learns from his boss, Reg Conway, that if Ashmore does not recommend the plane, the company will be out of business and Mitchell out of a job, since the plane is not even insured as the firm's entire capital is tied up in the plane. Aloft, an engine catches fire and the passengers and other crew bail out, but Mitchell refuses to obey orders to jettison the plane in the Irish Sea.
La vuelta al mundo en 80 días
Club Member
Adaptación de la novela homónima de Julio Verne. Un ladrón ha robado 55.000 libras del banco de Inglaterra. Todos creen que ha sido Philleas Fogg, un auténtico caballero inglés, que ha hecho una apuesta con sus compañeros de club, asegurando que es capaz de dar la vuelta al mundo en 80 días.
El infierno de los héroes
Gestapo Comdt.
Esta es la verdadera historia sobre cómo un grupo de marines se arriesgaron a surcar el Garona en kayak para atacar a un buque alemán, cuando Francia estaba bajo ocupación nazi. (FILMAFFINITY)
Lease of Life
The Dean
The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.
Front Page Story
Anthony Black
A workaholic newspaper editor lets his wife leave on the holiday without him just at that time some important news stories break, including a plane crash, the one which his wife took....
Our Girl Friday
Captain
Una joven rica y hermosa naufraga en una isla desierta con tres hombres, cada uno de los cuales intentará seducirla.
Personal Affair
Henry Vining
A British girl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she loves.
Mar cruel
Warden (uncredited)
Aventuras de un buque escolta de convoy británico durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Al comienzo de la guerra al Capitán de Corbeta Ericson se le asigna el buque HMS Compass Rose con oficiales sin experiencia y hombres que acaban de salir de la formación militar. Tendrán que enfrentarse al mar invernal y a los temibles submarinos alemanes
Appointment in London
Mulvaney
Wing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from England. Having flown eighty-seven missions he will shortly be retiring from flying, but the strain is showing. He tries to make sure his men concentrate only on their job and so keeps women away from the base, but then he himself meets naval officer Eve Canyon.
The Net
Sir Charles Craddock
A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight, one of the scientists dies in a mysterious accident, and there are many arguments concerning the flight itself; some think it should be ground-controlled while Heathley (James Donald) wants it to be a manned flight with himself at the controls. Conflict also arises when one of his fellow scientists, taking advantage of Heathley's lack of attention toward his wife, Lydia (Phyllis Calvert), makes some moves on her. Then there is the question of just who is the enemy agent on the project.
The Ringer
Commissioner
An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.
Los papeles del Club Pickwick
Mr. Wardle
The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find...
La isla del tesoro
Squire Trelawney
El capitan William Bones, un viejo lobo de mar, llega enfermo a la posada de la madre de Jim Haxkins y antes de morir, entrega a Jim el mapa del tesoro del pirata Flint, recomendándole que esté prevenido contra el hombre de la pata de palo. Jim se lo cuenta todo al Sr. Trelawney y al doctor Livesey y juntos deciden emprender la búsqueda del tesoro. Contratan una tripulación y parten hacia la isla donde está escondido el tesoro. En mitad de la travesía, Jim se da cuenta de que la mayoría de la tripulación son piratas de Flint y de que el cocinero, un hombre con la pata de palo, llamado John Silver el largo, es el antiguo contramaestre de Flint, contra el que le previno el capitán Bones. Al llegar a la isla, los piratas, al mando de John Silver se amotinan y emprenden la lucha contra Jim, Trelawney, Livesey y los marineros fieles, para conseguir el mapa del tesoro
Edward, mi hijo
Mr. Kedner
Un despiadado hombre de negocios vive obsesionado con su hijo Edward, al que sería capaz de proteger a cualquier precio; pero su vástago, lejos de pagarle con la misma moneda, sólo siente hacia su padre odio y desprecio.
Su peor enemigo
Brine
Sammy Rice es un científico experto en bombas, con graves heridas de guerra, que sólo consigue calmar el dolor gracias a las pastillas y al alcohol; vive encerrado en sí mismo por un comportamiento autodestructivo y con una inestable relación con su novia Susan. Cuando sus superiores le ordenan que investigue sobre un nuevo tipo de bomba trampa creada por los alemanes, los nervios y la resolución de Sammy llegarán a sus límites.
El ídolo caído
Dr. Fenton
El matrimonio Baines es personal de servicio de una embajada. La pareja cuida de Felipe, que es el hijo del embajador. El señor Baines (Ralph Richardson) y el pequeño son dos compañeros inseparables pero la señora Baines (Sonia Dresdel) trata de una manera dura y autoritaria al pequeño. Baines se enamora de una secretaria de la embajada. Felipe intenta ocultar el secreto. Pero la mujer se entera de lo ocurrido por la indiscreción del pequeño. Poco después, el señor Baines es acusado de matar a su esposa, que cae por las escaleras. Estrenada el 31 de Agosto 1948 en el Festival de Venecia.
Pleito de honor
First Lord
Inglaterra, 1912. Los Winslow, una honorable y acaudalada familia británica, preparan el compromiso matrimonial de su hija, Catherine, con John Watherstone. Durante la reunión presidida por el cabeza de familia, Arthur, llega inesperadamente su hijo menor que ha sido expulsado del colegio por haber robado un giro postal de 5 chelines.
La mansión de los Fury
Simon Fury
Adaptación del libro 'Blanche Fury' de Joseph Shearing que relata una historia de estilo victoriano con pasiones olvidadas, secretos de familia y asesinatos. Un médico rural se dirige hacia Clare Hall, una gran mansión inglesa. Su dueña Blance Fury (Valerie Hobson) se encuentra gravemente enferma. El médico le administra un anestésico y, en el trance, Blanche recuerda su pasado, cuando utiliza su verdadero apellido, Fuller, y era una mujer joven. Todo cambió el día que recibió una carta de su tío Simón (Walter Fitzgerald), ofreciéndole empleo como gobernanta en la enorme mansión. Una vez allí conocerá a su primo Lawrence (Michael Gough) con quien acepta contraer matrimonio pese a estar profundamente enamorada de Philip Thorn (Stewart Granger), el hijo ilegítimo de los anteriores dueños de la mansión. Pero el día del enlace nupcial ocurre una gran tragedia...
This Was a Woman
Arthur Russell
The woman here is Sylvia Russell, who is a bit power mad and has some set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able to possess and direct them; subtly ruins her daughter's marriage by corrupting a servant girl and, then, uses her to compromise her son-in-law; slowly breaks her bumbling, unambitious husband's confidence, finds in her husband's executive friend the man she desires, and then poisons her husband in her own manner in their quiet English manor
Mine Own Executioner
Dr. Norris Pile
Fearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help.
Great Day
Bob Tyndale
An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.
Strawberry Roan
Walter Morley
Farmer Chris Lowe meets and falls in love with Molly , a chorus-girl. Despite the fact that she is a city girl through and through, she accepts his proposal of marriage and after the wedding goes to live on the farm. Chris realises that the transition for Molly will be difficult, and in an attempt to ease her into farm life, buys her a strawberry roan calf to look after. Unfortunately Molly finds the adjustment to rural life extremely difficult and does not settle down. She fails to integrate into the local community and starts to feel she has made a big mistake.
San Demetrio London
Chief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San Demetrio
British drama documentary from 1943, based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned. When one of the lifeboats drifted back to the burning tanker the day after, and found that she still hadn't exploded, they decided to board her and put out the fires. Eventually, they managed to start the engine again and decided to try to reach Britain against all odds.
Squadron Leader X
Inspector Milne
Equipped with an RAF uniform, an English accent, a photograph of his "wife" and a packet of Players (cigarettes), a German agent is parachuted into occupied Belgium to create anti-British propaganda. Unfortunately for him he chooses a night when the Belgian resistance are smuggling the crew of a British bomber home across the channel. Before he knows it he is landing on the south coast of England. With MI5 hot on his trail, the fugitive tries to contact his old German émigré friends in London. But they have all been interned on the Isle of Man. How will he escape back to Germany ?
Sangre, sudor y lágrimas
Colonel Lumsden
Cuenta la historia del destructor HMS Torrin, desde su construcción hasta su hundimiento por aviones alemanes en la batalla de Creta, Segunda Guerra Mundial. El único capitán que tuvo fue E.V. Kinross, experimentado marino que entrena a sus hombres, no sólo para que le sean leales, sino para que lo sean a su país y a ellos mismos. Se enfrentarán a retos en el mar y en casa, perderán a compañeros en el mar y seres queridos en casa, pero cumplirán su misión con heroísmo y valentía.
This England
Vicar
Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940. Made to support morale during the war, its message is basically that you can't suppress the British; they've been there since the beginning; they'll be there to the end.
Let George Do It!
Dockside Policeman
Poco después del comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, una persona que toca el ukelele (George) toma el barco equivocado y se encuentra en Noruega (aún sin invadir). Una mujer (Mary) lo confunde con un compañero agente de inteligencia británico y se ve involucrado en el intento de derrotar a los agentes nazis.
Murder at Covent Garden
Donald Walpace
A detective goes undercover and poses as a criminal to try to discover the reasons behind the murder of a night club owner.