Fulton J. Sheen was born on May 8, 1895 in El Paso, Illinois, USA as Peter John Sheen. He was an actor, known for Life Is Worth Living (1952), The Holy Year at the Vatican (1950) and The Eternal Gift (1941). He died on December 9, 1979 in Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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[on flattery] Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it.
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The rabbis and priests and ministers stopped talking about sin. The jurists picked it up and turned sin into a crime, and finally psychiatrists converted it into a complex. The result is that no one is a sinner.
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It used to be that the Catholics were the only ones to believe in the Immaculate Conception. Now everyone believes he is the immaculately conceived.
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Upon his death, his remains were interred at Saint Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue in New York City. His location plot is Crypt under the altar.
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Ironically, for a man whose words ultimately reached millions, he was dismissed from his high school debate team for being a poor public speaker.
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Among his more than 50 books: "God and Intelligence in Modern Philosophy" (1925); "Communism and the Conscience of the West" (1948); "Peace of Soul" (1949); the 5 volumn series "Life is Worth Living" (1953 - 1957); "The Priest is Not His Own" (1963).
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Born above his father's hardware store.
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In an incident which damaged his standing in the eyes of many, he announced that he was giving away a parish to the U.S. government, then four days later, after a storm of protests, took back the gift (1968).
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In July 1967, he called for an end to the Vietnam War, asking President Johnson to announce, "In the name of God, who bade us love our neighbor with our whole heart and soul and mind, for the sake of reconciliation I shall withdraw our forces immediately from southern Vietnam.".
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B.A. in Theology and Canon Law, Catholic University (1920); Doctorate in Philosophy, University of Louvain, Belgium (1923); Doctorate in Theology, Angelicum University, Rome (1924).
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In a 1930 article entitled "A Plea for Intolerance," he held that the United States was not plagued by bigotry so much as it was plagued by the "weird fungus of broadmindedness": "A bigoted man is one who refuses to accept a reason for anything; a broadminded man is one who will accept anything for a reason, providing it is not a good reason.".
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First American to win the Cardinal Mercier Prize for International Philosophy.
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National director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Catholic Church's principal mission organization (1950 - 1966)
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The eldest of 4 sons. He had a half-sister from his father's first marriage, who was raised by Sheen's uncle after her mother's death.
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Refused to answer to his given name almost as soon as he could talk, preferring to be called Fulton, his mother's maiden name.
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Ordained to the priesthood for the Peoria, Illinois, diocese (20 September 1919).
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Awarded an Emmy in 1952 for being chosen as television's "Most Oustanding Personality".
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fulton J. Sheen: His Irish Wit and Wisdom
2003
TV Series 2003
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
1952
technical advisor - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Dean Martin Show
1974
TV Series
Himself
Jack Paar Tonite
1973
TV Series
Himself
The Mike Douglas Show
1970
TV Series
Himself - Archbishop
The David Frost Show
1969
TV Series
Himself
The Kraft Music Hall
1969
TV Series
Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1967
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Jackie Gleason Show
1967
TV Series
Himself
The Merv Griffin Show
1965
TV Series
Himself
The Jack Paar Program
1963
TV Series
Himself
The Ed Sullivan Show
1956
TV Series
Himself
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
1956
TV Series
Himself
What's My Line?
1956
TV Series
Himself - Mystery Guest
Life Is Worth Living
1952
TV Series
Host (as Bishop Fulton J. Sheen)
The Holy Year at the Vatican
1950
Documentary
Narrator (as Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen)
The Eternal Gift
1941
Documentary
Narrator
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Of Chaos and Confusion: The Modern Church
2012
Video documentary
Himself
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself
When Television Was Young
1977
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1953
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Most Outstanding Personality
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1957
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Best Male Personality - Continuing Performance
1954
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Most Outstanding Personality
Known for movies
Life Is Worth Living (1952) as Host
The Holy Year at the Vatican (1950) as Narrator
The Eternal Gift (1941) as Narrator
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967) as Himself - Guest
$18 Million
