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Spencer Tracy
Actor
Died June 10, 1967 (67 years)
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Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor, noted for his natural style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy won two Academy Awards for Best Actor from nine nominations, sharing the record for nominations in that category with Laurence Olivier.
Tracy first discovered his talent for acting while attending Ripon College, and he later received a scholarship for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He spent seven years in the theatre, working in a succession of stock companies and intermittently on Broadway. Tracy's breakthrough came in 1930, when his lead performance in The Last Mile caught the attention of Hollywood. After a successful film debut in John Ford's Up the River starring Tracy and Humphrey Bogart, he was signed to a contract with Fox Film Corporation. His five years with Fox featured one acting tour de force after another that were usually ignored at the box office, and he remained largely unknown to audiences after 25 films, almost all of them starring Tracy as the leading man. None of them were hits although The Power and the Glory (1933) features arguably his most acclaimed performance in retrospect.
In 1935, Tracy joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, at the time Hollywood's most prestigious studio. His career flourished with a series of hit films, and in 1937 and 1938 he won consecutive Oscars for Captains Courageous and Boys Town. He made three smash hit films supporting Clark Gable, the studio's principal leading man, firmly fixing the notion of Gable and Tracy as a team in the public imagination. By the 1940s, Tracy was one of the studio's top stars. In 1942, he appeared with Katharine Hepburn in Woman of the Year, beginning another popular partnership that produced nine movies over 25 years. Tracy left MGM in 1955, and continued to work regularly as a freelance star, despite an increasing weariness as he aged. His personal life was troubled, with a lifelong struggle against severe alcoholism and guilt over his son's deafness. Tracy became estranged from his wife in the 1930s, but never divorced, conducting a long-term relationship with Katharine Hepburn in private. Towards the end of his life, Tracy worked almost exclusively for director Stanley Kramer. It was for Kramer that he made his last film, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in 1967, completed just 17 days before his death.
During his career, Tracy appeared in 75 films and developed a reputation among his peers as one of the screen's greatest actors. In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked Tracy as the 9th greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema.
Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor, noted for his natural style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy won two Academy Awards for Best Actor from nine nominations, sharing the record for nominations in that category with Laurence Olivier.
Tracy first discovered his talent for acting while attending Ripon College, and he later received a scholarship for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He spent seven years in the theatre, working in a succession of stock companies and intermittently on Broadway. Tracy's breakthrough came in 1930, when his lead performance in The Last Mile caught the attention of Hollywood. After a successful film debut in John Ford's Up the River starring Tracy and Humphrey Bogart, he was signed to a contract with Fox Film Corporation. His five years with Fox featured one acting tour de force after another that were usually ignored at the box office, and he remained largely unknown to audiences after 25 films, almost all of them starring Tracy as the leading man. None of them were hits although The Power and the Glory (1933) features arguably his most acclaimed performance in retrospect.
In 1935, Tracy joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, at the time Hollywood's most prestigious studio. His career flourished with a series of hit films, and in 1937 and 1938 he won consecutive Oscars for Captains Courageous and Boys Town. He made three smash hit films supporting Clark Gable, the studio's principal leading man, firmly fixing the notion of Gable and Tracy as a team in the public imagination. By the 1940s, Tracy was one of the studio's top stars. In 1942, he appeared with Katharine Hepburn in Woman of the Year, beginning another popular partnership that produced nine movies over 25 years. Tracy left MGM in 1955, and continued to work regularly as a freelance star, despite an increasing weariness as he aged. His personal life was troubled, with a lifelong struggle against severe alcoholism and guilt over his son's deafness. Tracy became estranged from his wife in the 1930s, but never divorced, conducting a long-term relationship with Katharine Hepburn in private. Towards the end of his life, Tracy worked almost exclusively for director Stanley Kramer. It was for Kramer that he made his last film, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in 1967, completed just 17 days before his death.
During his career, Tracy appeared in 75 films and developed a reputation among his peers as one of the screen's greatest actors. In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked Tracy as the 9th greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema.
Known For
Filmography
| 2018 | Making Montgomery Clift · as Chief Judge Dan Haywood |
| 2017 | Gene Tierney, une star oubliée · as Cast |
| 2015 | Everything Is Copy · as Richard Sumner |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as Adam Bonner |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | Strictly Courtroom · as Joe Wilson |
| 2004 | |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Amélie · as Stanley T. Banks |
| 1999 | ABC 2000: The Millennium · as Cast |
| 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years · as Saint Louis |
| 1993 | La classe américaine · as The Professional Witness (archive Footage) |
| 1990 | Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to · as (archive Footage) |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson · as Steve Grey |
| 1984 | Ingrid · as Dr. Henry Jekyll |
| 1982 | Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter · as Adam Bonner |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Stanley T. Banks |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive Footage) |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! · as (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · as Matt Drayton |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy · as Haggerty In 'libeled Lady' (archive Footage) |
| 1963 | It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World · as C. G. Culpepper |
| 1963 | Hollywood: The Great Stars · as Henry Drummond |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg · as Dan Haywood |
| 1961 | The Devil at 4 O'Clock · as Father Matthew Doonan |
| 1960 | Inherit the Wind · as Henry Drummond |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah · as Mayor Frank Skeffington |
| 1958 | The Old Man and the Sea · as The Old Man |
| 1957 | Desk Set · as Richard Sumner |
| 1956 | The Mountain · as Zachary Teller |
| 1955 | Bad Day at Black Rock · as John J. Macreedy |
| 1954 | Broken Lance · as Matt Devereaux |
| 1953 | The Actress · as Clinton Jones |
| 1952 | Plymouth Adventure · as Capt. Christopher Jones |
| 1952 | Pat and Mike · as Mike Conovan |
| 1951 | The People Against O'Hara · as James P. Curtayne |
| 1951 | Father's Little Dividend · as Stanley Banks |
| 1950 | Father of the Bride · as Stanley T. Banks |
| 1949 | Malaya · as Carnaghan |
| 1949 | Adam's Rib · as Adam Bonner |
| 1949 | Edward, My Son · as Arnold Boult |
| 1948 | State of the Union · as Grant Matthews |
| 1947 | Cass Timberlane · as Cass Timberlane |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass · as Col. James B. Brewton |
| 1945 | Without Love · as Pat Jamieson |
| 1944 | Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo · as Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle |
| 1944 | The Seventh Cross · as George Heisler |
| 1944 | Some of the Best · as Father Tim Mullin |
| 1943 | A Guy Named Joe · as Pete Sandidge |
| 1942 | Keeper of the Flame · as Stevie O'malley |
| 1942 | Tortilla Flat · as Pilon |
| 1942 | Woman of the Year · as Sam Craig |
| 1941 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Dr. Henry 'harry' Jekyll / Mr. Hyde |
| 1941 | Men of Boys Town · as Edward Flanagan |
| 1940 | Boom Town · as Square John Sand |
| 1940 | Edison, the Man · as Thomas A. Edison |
| 1940 | Young Tom Edison · as Man Admiring Portrait Of Thomas A. Edison |
| 1940 | Northwest Passage · as Major Robert Rogers |
| 1940 | I Take This Woman · as Karl Decker |
| 1939 | Stanley and Livingstone · as Henry M. Stanley |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty · as Cast |
| 1938 | Boys Town · as Father Flanagan |
| 1938 | Test Pilot · as Gunner Morse |
| 1937 | Mannequin · as John Hennessey |
| 1937 | Big City · as Joe Benton |
| 1937 | Captains Courageous · as Manuel Fidello |
| 1937 | They Gave Him a Gun · as Fred P. Willis |
| 1936 | Libeled Lady · as Warren Haggerty |
| 1936 | San Francisco · as Father Tim Mullin |
| 1936 | Fury · as Joe Wilson |
| 1935 | Riffraff · as Dutch |
| 1935 | Whipsaw · as Ross 'mac' Mcbride Aka Danny Ross Ackerman |
| 1935 | Dante's Inferno · as Jim Carter |
| 1935 | The Murder Man · as Steven 'steve' Grey |
| 1935 | It's a Small World · as Bill Shevlin |
| 1934 | Marie Galante · as Dr. Crawbett |
| 1934 | Shoot the Works · as Cast |
| 1934 | Now I'll Tell · as Murray Golden |
| 1934 | Bottoms Up · as 'smoothie' King |
| 1934 | Looking for Trouble · as Joe Graham |
| 1934 | The Show-Off · as J. Aubrey Piper |
| 1933 | Man's Castle · as Bill |
| 1933 | The Mad Game · as Edward Carson |
| 1933 | The Power and the Glory · as Tom Garner |
| 1933 | Shanghai Madness · as Pat Jackson |
| 1933 | Face in the Sky · as Joe Buck |
| 1932 | 20,000 Years in Sing Sing · as Tommy Connors |
| 1932 | Me and My Gal · as Danny Dolan |
| 1932 | The Painted Woman · as Tom Brian |
| 1932 | Society Girl · as Briscoe |
| 1932 | Young America · as Jack Doray |
| 1932 | Sky Devils · as Wilkie |
| 1932 | She Wanted a Millionaire · as William Kelley |
| 1931 | Goldie · as Bill |
| 1931 | 6 Cylinder Love · as William Donroy |
| 1931 | Quick Millions · as Daniel J. 'bugs' Raymond |
| 1930 | Up the River · as Saint Louis |