Neil Fitzgerald

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{{Infobox person

|name=Neil Fitzgerald

|image=Neil_Fitzgerald.gif

|caption=Photo from Theatre World: 1963-1964

|birth_date=15 January 1893

|death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|1982|6|15|1893|6|15}}

|occupation=Film Actor

|yearsactive=1934-1972}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/d337295420217

|title=General Registrar's Office|last=|first=|date=|website=IrishGenealogy.ie|publisher=|access-date=15 January 2017}} He was educated in Trinity College Dublin, studying pharmacy, but chose to become an actor.

He made his Broadway debut in Leave Her to Heaven in 1940.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/neil-fitzgerald-94373|title=Neil Fitzgerald – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB|website=www.ibdb.com}} 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".{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/neil-fitzgerald-p23700|title=Neil Fitzgerald | Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba150c6fc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612194717/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba150c6fc|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 June 2018|title=Neil Fitzgerald|website=BFI}} He had numerous television credits also.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/neil-fitzgerald/credits/260336|title=Neil Fitzgerald | TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com}}

He died in 1982 in Princeton, New Jersey.