Walter Fitzgerald (18 May 1896 – 20 December 1976) was an English character actor.Born Walter Fitzgerald Bond in the Keyham district of Plymouth, Devon. He married his first wife Rosalie Constance Grey in 1924. His 2nd marriage was to Angela Kirk in 1938 and they had 3 sons (Jonathan, Timothy and Charles) and 1 daughter (Julia). Toured with Sir John Martin-Harvey, Sir Seymour Hicks. He was understudy to Sir Gerald du Maurier 1928-29. Fitzgerald appeared in films from the 1930s, often in 'official' roles (policemen, doctors, lawyers). He appeared on British television in the 1950s and 1960s before his retirement. A former stockbroker, British actor Walter Fitzgerald was in his late 20s when he began his theatrical training at RADA. Fitzgerald made his professional stage bow in 1922 and his first film appearance in 1930. His best-remembered film roles include Simon Fury in Blanche Fury (1946), Dr. Fenton in The Fallen Idol (1948) and Squire Trelawny in Treasure Island (1950). Walter Fitzgerald made his penultimate film appearance in the opening scenes of H.M.S. Defiant (1962), as the admiral who listens to—and then disregards—ship's captain Alec Guinness' complaints about maritime cruelty.
Square-jawed, balding British character actor who usually played authority figures and men of integrity. In his youth, he was briefly active on the Stock Exchange before training at RADA for an acting career. Began on stage in 1922, in films ten years later. His best spell was from the mid-1940's, notably as Dr. Fenton The Fallen Idol (1948) and Squire Trelawney in Treasure Island (1950).
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Z Cars
1969
TV Series
Mr. Floyd
BBC Play of the Month
1969
TV Series
Talbot - Earl of Shrewsbury
Mr. Rose
1968
TV Series
Sir Gilbert Treece
The Wednesday Play
1968
TV Series
Father Curran
Doctor Who
1968
TV Series
Senex
The Airbase
1965
TV Series
The Elder-Man
Detective
1964
TV Series
Colonel Julius Raven
Decision at Midnight
1963
Prime Minister
We Joined the Navy
1962
Admiral Thomas
Damn the Defiant!
1962
Admiral Jackson
Paul of Tarsus
1960
TV Series
Simon Peter
BBC Sunday-Night Play
1960
TV Mini-Series
Lord Grenham
Theatre Night
1959-1960
TV Series
Major-General Sir Hamish Fitzadam, KBE, CB, DSO / Francis Bolderwood
Third Man on the Mountain
1959
Herr Hempel
The Invisible Man
1959
TV Series
Professor Owens
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959
Lord Fitzpatrick
ITV Television Playhouse
1958
TV Series
Clement Corwen
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1951-1958
TV Series
Dupont / Commissioner White / Banray / ...
ITV Play of the Week
1956-1958
TV Series
George Emerson Snr.
Marcus Hubbard
John Greenwood
Playhouse 90
1958
TV Series
Major Wickham
The Camp on Blood Island
1958
Cyril Beattie
The DuPont Show of the Month
1958
TV Series
Jarvis Lorry
Murder Bag
1958
TV Series
The Count
East End, West End
1958
TV Series
Big Guns
1958
TV Series
J. Philimore Sparkes
The Birthday Present
1957
Sir John Dell
To Love and to Cherish
1957
TV Movie
The Rev. Mark Fairley
Dick and the Duchess
1957
TV Series
Sir Borthwick Carruthers
The Twelve Pound Look
1957
TV Movie
Sir Harry Sims
Something of Value
1957
A White Settler - Henry McKenzie
Decision Against Time
1957
Conway
Around the World in Eighty Days
1956
Club Member
Nom-de-Plume
1956
TV Series
Jean-Paul
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
Gestapo Commandant
The Unguarded Hour
1955
TV Movie
Sir Francis Dearden, QC
Lease of Life
1954
The Dean
Isidor Comes to Town
1954
TV Movie
Abner Whitson
The Six Proud Walkers
1954
TV Series
Joey Walker / Man in telephone box
Special Providence
1954
TV Movie
Armand Germain
Front Page Story
1954
Black
The Adventures of Sadie
1953
Captain
The Disagreeable Man
1953
TV Short
Basil Merridew
Personal Affair
1953
Henry Vining
High Horse
1953
TV Movie
George Buchanan
Twice Upon a Time
1953
Professor Reynolds
The Cruel Sea
1953
Warden (uncredited)
Raiders in the Sky
1953
Mulvaney
Project M7
1953
Sir Charles Craddock
The Ringer
1952
Commissioner
The Pickwick Papers
1952
Mr. Wardle
Portrait by Rembrandt
1952
TV Movie
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Boy with a Cart
1951
TV Movie
Tawm
Flesh & Blood
1951
Dr. Cooper
Treasure Island
1950
Squire Trelawney
The Fight for Mr. Lapraik
1950
TV Movie
William Lapraik
The Winslow Boy
1949
TV Movie
Arthur Winslow
Edward, My Son
1949
Mr. Kedner
Hour of Glory
1949
Brine
Robert's Wife
1948
TV Movie
The Bishop of Winterbury
The Circle
1948
TV Movie
Lord Porteous
The Fallen Idol
1948
Dr. Fenton
The Winslow Boy
1948
First Lord
Blanche Fury
1948
Simon Fury
This Was a Woman
1948
Arthur Russell
A Woman of No Importance
1948
TV Movie
Lord Illingworth
Mine Own Executioner
1947
Dr. Norris Pile
Spring Meeting
1946
TV Movie
Sir Richard Furze
Great Day
1945
Bob Tyndale
Strawberry Roan
1944
Walter Morley
San Demetrio London
1943
Chief Engineer Charles Pollard
Squadron Leader X
1943
Inspector Milne
In Which We Serve
1942
Colonel Lumsden
This England
1941
Vicar
The Fame of Grace Darling
1939
TV Movie
Mr. Yates
Murder on the Second Floor
1939
TV Movie
Joseph Reynolds
Under Suspicion
1939
TV Movie
Genius at Home
1937
TV Movie
Thomas Carlyle
The Show Goes On
1937
Soldier with His Family on Troopship (uncredited)
Murder at Covent Garden
1932
Donald Walpace
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The World of Hammer
1994
TV Series documentary
Cyril Beattie
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1955-1963
TV Series
Squire Trelawney / Herr Hempel / Herr Hempel (edited from: Third Man on the Mountain)