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Spencer Tracy (I) (1900–1967)

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Spencer Tracy was born four years after his brother Carroll to truck salesman John Edward and Caroline Brown Tracy. He attended Marquette Academy along with Pat O'Brien and the two left school to enlist in the Navy at the start of World War I. He was still at Norfolk Navy Yard in Virginia at the end of the war... See full bio »

Born:

Spencer Bonaventure Tracy
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Died:

(age 67) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Still of Spencer Tracy in Fury Still of Spencer Tracy and John Ericson in Bad Day at Black Rock Still of Spencer Tracy in Bad Day at Black Rock Spencer Tracy, portrait for Still of Spencer Tracy in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
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1967 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Matt Drayton
 
1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Capt. T. G. Culpepper
 
1962 How the West Was Won
Narrated By (voice)
 
1961 Judgment at Nuremberg
Chief Judge Dan Haywood
 
1961 The Devil at 4 O'Clock
Father Matthew Doonan
 
1960 Inherit the Wind
Henry Drummond
 
1958 The Last Hurrah
Mayor Frank Skeffington
 
1958 The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man / Narrator
 
1957 Desk Set
Richard Sumner
 
1956 The Mountain
Zachary Teller
 
1955 Bad Day at Black Rock
John J. Macreedy
 
1954 Broken Lance
Matt Devereaux
 
1953 The Actress
Clinton Jones
 
1952 Plymouth Adventure
Capt. Christopher Jones
 
1952 Pat and Mike
Mike Conovan
 
1951 The People Against O'Hara
James P. Curtayne
 
1951 Father's Little Dividend
Stanley Banks
 
1950 Father of the Bride
Stanley T. Banks
 
1949 Malaya
Carnahan
 
1949 Adam's Rib
Adam Bonner
 
1949 Edward, My Son
Arnold Boult
 
1948 State of the Union
Grant Matthews
 
1947 Cass Timberlane
Cass Timberlane
 
1947 The Sea of Grass
Col. James B. 'Jim' Brewton
 
1945 Without Love
Pat Jamieson
 
1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle
 
1944 The Seventh Cross
George Heisler
 
1943 A Guy Named Joe
Pete Sandidge
 
1942 Keeper of the Flame
Steven 'Stevie' O'Malley
 
1942 Tortilla Flat
Pilon
 
1942 Woman of the Year
Sam Craig
 
1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
 
1941 Men of Boys Town
Father Flanagan
 
1940 Boom Town
Square John Sand
 
1940 Edison, the Man
Thomas A. Edison
 
1940 'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers)
Maj. Robert Rogers
 
1940 Young Tom Edison
Man Admiring Portrait of Thomas A. Edison (uncredited)
 
1940 I Take This Woman
Karl Decker
 
1939 Stanley and Livingstone
Henry M. Stanley
 
1938 Boys Town
Father Flanagan
 
1938 Test Pilot
Gunner
 
1937 Mannequin
John L. Hennessey
 
1937 Big City
Joe Benton
 
1937 Captains Courageous
Manuel
 
1937 They Gave Him a Gun
Fred P. Willis
 
1936 Libeled Lady
Haggerty
 
1936 San Francisco
Father Mullin
 
1936 Fury
Joe Wilson
 
1936 Riffraff
Dutch
 
1935 Whipsaw
Ross McBride
 
1935 Dante's Inferno
Jim Carter
 
1935 The Murder Man
Steve Grey
 
1935 It's a Small World
Bill Shevlin
 
1934 Marie Galante
Dr. Crawbett
 
1934 Now I'll Tell
Murray Golden
 
1934 Bottoms Up
'Smoothie' King
 
1934 Looking for Trouble
Joe Graham
 
1934 The Show-Off
J. Aubrey Piper
 
1933 Man's Castle
Bill
 
1933 The Mad Game
Edward Carson
 
1933 The Power and the Glory
Tom Garner
 
1933 Shanghai Madness
Pat Jackson
 
1933 Face in the Sky
Joe Buck
 
1932 20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Tommy Connors
 
1932 Me and My Gal
Danny Dolan
 
1932 The Painted Woman
Tom Brian
 
1932 Society Girl
Briscoe
 
1932 Young America
Jack Doray
 
1932 Disorderly Conduct
Dick Fay
 
1932 Sky Devils
Wilkie
 
1932 She Wanted a Millionaire
William Kelley
 
1931 Goldie
Bill
 
1931 Six Cylinder Love
William Donroy
 
1931 Quick Millions
Daniel J. 'Bugs' Raymond
 
1930 Up the River
Saint Louis
 
1930 The Hard Guy (short)
Guy
 
1930 Taxi Talks (short)
Taxi Driver
 
1930 The Strong Arm (short)
 
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1949 Adam's Rib (performer: "Farewell, Amanda" 1949)
 
1943 A Guy Named Joe (music: "I'll See You in My Dreams" 1924 / performer: "I'll Get By" 1928, "I'll See You in My Dreams" 1924 / "I'll Get By" 1928)
 
1942 Tortilla Flat (performer: "Ay, Ay, Paisano!" 1942 - uncredited / "Ay, Ay, Paisano!" 1942 - uncredited)
 
1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ("See Me Dance the Polka" - uncredited)
 
1940 Edison, the Man (performer: "Sweet Genevieve" 1869 - uncredited)
 
1940 'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers) (performer: "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" 1780? - uncredited)
 
1934 The Show-Off ("Happy Days Are Here Again")
 
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1951 For Defense for Freedom for Humanity (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1949 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1949 The Actor's Society Benefit Gala (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1943 His New World (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1942 Ring of Steel (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1940 Northward, Ho! (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
1939 Hollywood Hobbies (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1939 For Auld Lang Syne (documentary short)
Himself - Requesting Donations
 
1938 Hollywood Goes to Town (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 9 (documentary short)
Himself - Oscar Winner
 
1938 Another Romance of Celluloid (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
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2012 A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington (TV documentary)
Grant Matthews/Frank Skeffington
 
2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2010 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (TV documentary)
 
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (TV documentary)
 
2008 Strictly Courtroom (TV documentary)
Joe Wilson/Henry Drummond (uncredited)
 
2008 Spisok korabley (documentary)
 
2007 City Confidential (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Private Screenings (TV series)
 
2006 Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Sexes (TV series)
 
2004 Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (documentary)
 
2003 Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994-2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2001 Amélie
Stanley T. Banks (uncredited)
 
2001 Hollywood Legends: Elizabeth Taylor and Shirley Temple (video documentary)
 
2000 ESPN SportsCentury (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin (TV documentary)
John J. Macreedy (uncredited)
 
1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV documentary)
 
1997 Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Great Romances of the 20th Century: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1996 Bogart: The Untold Story (TV documentary)
Himself - Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
 
1995 50 Years of Funny Females (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 La classe américaine (TV movie)
Le témoin professionnel
 
1993 Katharine Hepburn: All About Me (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars
Himself
 
1991 Hollywood Remembers: Myrna Loy - So Nice to Come Home to (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (TV documentary)
Capt. T.G. Culpeper (uncredited)
 
1990 When the Applause Died (video documentary)
Himself
 
1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (TV documentary)
Presenter of the Best Actress Oscar to Vivien Leigh at the 12th Annual Academy Awards Ceremony
 
1988 Cinema Paradiso
Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (uncredited)
 
1986 The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (TV special documentary)
 
1984 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Ingrid (documentary)
Himself - Clip from 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' (uncredited)
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1982 Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
Stanley T. Banks
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Various Clips
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
Himself
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Himself - at Banquet (uncredited)
 
1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory (TV documentary)
Himself - film clips
 
1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV documentary)
Himself, film clip (1939 Academy Awards) (uncredited)
 
1968 Black History: Lost Stolen, or Strayed (TV documentary)
Himself/Mr. Drayton (uncredited)
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Himself
 
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (documentary)
Haggerty in 'Libeled Lady'
 
1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1962 The Other Walls (TV movie)
Chief Judge Dan Haywood
 
1955-1956 MGM Parade (TV series)
 
1955 When the Talkies Were Young (short)
Tommy Conrad (uncredited)
 
1940 Hollywood: Style Center of the World (documentary short)
Himself
 
1940 The Miracle of Sound (documentary short)
Himself
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 
1939 From the Ends of the Earth (documentary short)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1923- 1946). Active on Broadway in the following productions: See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies  | 9 Print Biographies  | 2 Articles  | 6 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

]on drinking] Hell, I used to take two-week lunch hours! See more »

Trivia:

Tracy's political views are disputed. Some sources state that he was an arch conservative during the 1930s, but his views moderated after he met Katharine Hepburn. Others say that he was always a moderate Democrat. He often said he believed actors had no place in politics. See more »

Trademark:

Often wore a lopsided fedora hat in his films See more »

Nickname:

Spence See more »

Star Sign:

Aries