Personal Info
Birth date
1896-05-18 (129 Years)
Day of death
1976-12-20
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Stoke, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Also known as
Walter Fitzgerald Bond
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.
Filmography
Doctor Who
7.869
Overview:
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.BBC Play of the Month
5
Overview:
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.Around the World in Eighty Days
6.6
Overview:
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.DuPont Show of the Month
6.75
Overview:
DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a weekly half-hour anthology drama series hosted by June Allyson, The DuPont Show with June Allyson. During the Golden Age of Television, DuPont Show of the Month was one of numerous anthology series telecast between 1949 and 1962. Superficially, it resembled Playhouse 90 and other anthologies, but DuPont Show of the Month focused less on contemporary dramas and more on adaptations of literary classics, including Oliver Twist, The Prince and the Pauper, Billy Budd, The Prisoner of Zenda, A Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo.Treasure Island
6.581
Overview:
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including Long John Silver.The Cruel Sea
6.972
Overview:
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officerThe Small Back Room
6.7
Overview:
At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal officer Sammy Rice must overcome his personal demons to defeat this new threat.Detective
NYR
Overview:
A BBC anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories over 45 episodes in three seasons that ran from 1964 to 1969. As with many BBC programmes made before the early 1970s, many of its episodes no longer exist. Of the eighteen episodes from the first season only twelve are currently known to exist; likewise six of the sixteen editions from the second run are considered lost, and just one of the final ten survives in the archives.Darby O'Gill and the Little People
6.7
Overview:
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.The Winslow Boy
6.944
Overview:
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.In Which We Serve
6.8
Overview:
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.The Fallen Idol
7.152
Overview:
Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, idolizes Baines, his father's butler, a kind of hero in the eyes of the child, whose perception changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults' lies can cause.Appointment in London
6.2
Overview:
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.H.M.S. Defiant
6.6
Overview:
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.Blanche Fury
6
Overview:
Penniless governess Blanche Fullerton takes a job at the estate of her rich relations, the Fury family. To better her position in life, Blanche marries her dull cousin, Laurence Fury, with whom she has a daughter. But before long, boredom sets in, and Blanche begins a tempestuous romance with stableman Philip Thorn. Together, they hatch a murderous plan to gain control of the estate.The Ringer
5.8
Overview:
An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.Third Man on the Mountain
6.7
Overview:
Famous British mountaineer Winter wants to climb a difficult summit, the Citadel. He goes to a small village but no guide wants to accompany him. A young man from the village, Rudi Matt, whose father died fifteen years earlier during an attempt to climb the Citadel, is determined to accompany him, with the help of his uncle. Winter also manages to hire a guide from a neighboring village and competitor, Emil Saxo. The roped party of four men then begins the ascent of the still untouched summit.The Man in the Sky
7.1
Overview:
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.The Cockleshell Heroes
6.033
Overview:
During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.Personal Affair
6.2
Overview:
A schoolgirl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she loves.Something of Value
5.5
Overview:
As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British colonist, find themselves on opposite sides of the struggle in this provocative drama. Though each is devoted to his cause, both wish for a more moderate path -- but their hopes for a peaceful resolution are thwarted by rage, colonial arrogance and escalating violence on both sides.The Birthday Present
7.1
Overview:
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.This England
6.2
Overview:
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.Perilous Assignment
10
Overview:
"Perilous Assignment" is an episode of ABC's Walt Disney Presents. Disney loved to show viewers behind the scenes of the daring shoots of its theatrically released or TV shows. The theme of the episode is the making of his next film, The Third Man on the Mountain, an adaptation of James Ramsey Ullman's novel Banner in the Sky, based on the true story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn. Walt Disney will not be limited to a simple promotional making-of. He offers to meet exceptional people, including the French mountain guide Gaston Rébuffat. The latter will show climbing techniques and then reveal breathtaking images of his ascents of steep cliffs with a client for the ascent of Mont-Blanc, filmed for the occasion. In 1958, Walt Disney will therefore offer him to be deputy director on the high mountain scenes of the film "The Third Man on the Mountain".Mine Own Executioner
7
Overview:
Fearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help.The Camp on Blood Island
6.6
Overview:
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.San Demetrio London
6.7
Overview:
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.The Pickwick Papers
6.679
Overview:
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...We Joined the Navy
5.556
Overview:
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.Acting
1968A Bit of Crucifixion, Father as Father Curran
1968Doctor Who: The Dominators as Director Senex
1965BBC Play of the Month (1 Episode) as Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury
1964Detective (1 Episode) as Colonel Julius Raven
1963Decision at Midnight as Unknown
1963Doctor Who (3 Episodes) as Senex
1963We Joined the Navy as Admiral Thomas
1962H.M.S. Defiant as Admiral Jackson
1959Third Man on the Mountain as Herr Hempel
1959Perilous Assignment as Self
1959Darby O'Gill and the Little People as Lord Fitzpatrick
1958The Camp on Blood Island as Cyril Beattie
1957The Birthday Present as Sir John Dell
1957DuPont Show of the Month (1 Episode) as Jarvis Lorry
1957Something of Value as A White Settler - Henry McKenzie
1957The Man in the Sky as Reginald Conway
1956Around the World in Eighty Days as Club Member
1955The Cockleshell Heroes as Gestapo Comdt.
1954Lease of Life as The Dean
1954Front Page Story as Anthony Black
1953Our Girl Friday as Captain
1953Personal Affair as Henry Vining
1953Twice Upon a Time as Professor Reynolds
1953The Cruel Sea as Warden (uncredited)
1953Appointment in London as Mulvaney
1953The Net as Sir Charles Craddock
1952The Ringer as Commissioner
1952The Pickwick Papers as Mr. Wardle
1950Treasure Island as Squire Trelawney
1949Edward, My Son as Mr. Kedner
1949The Small Back Room as Brine
1948The Fallen Idol as Dr. Fenton
1948The Winslow Boy as First Lord
1948Blanche Fury as Simon Fury
1948This Was a Woman as Arthur Russell
1947Mine Own Executioner as Dr. Norris Pile
1945Great Day as Bob Tyndale
1944Strawberry Roan as Walter Morley
1943San Demetrio London as Chief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San Demetrio
1943Squadron Leader X as Inspector Milne
1942In Which We Serve as Colonel Lumsden
1941This England as Vicar
1940Let George Do It! as Dockside Policeman (uncredited)
1932Murder at Covent Garden as Donald Walpace