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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1896-05-18 (128 years old)

Place of Birth

Stoke, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Walter Fitzgerald

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.

Known For

Acting

1968

Doctor Who: The Dominators as Director Senex

1964

Detective as Colonel Julius Raven

1963

We Joined the Navy as Admiral Thomas
Doctor Who as Senex

1962

H.M.S. Defiant as Admiral Jackson

1959

1958

The Camp on Blood Island as Cyril Beattie

1957

The Man in the Sky as Reginald Conway
The Birthday Present as Sir John Dell
Something of Value as A White Settler - Henry McKenzie
DuPont Show of the Month as Jarvis Lorry

1956

1955

The Cockleshell Heroes as Gestapo Comdt.

1954

Lease of Life as The Dean
Front Page Story as Anthony Black

1953

Personal Affair as Henry Vining
Our Girl Friday as Captain
Twice Upon a Time as Professor Reynolds
The Net as Sir Charles Craddock
The Cruel Sea as Warden (uncredited)

1952

The Ringer as Commissioner
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
The Winslow Boy as First Lord
Blanche Fury as Simon Fury
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
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