Spencer Tracy

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-04-05 (67 years old)

Deathday

1967-06-10

Place of Birth

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Spencer Tracy

Biography

Spencer Bonaventure Tracy 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 attenti...

Acting

1991

Movie Tough Guys

as Self (archive footage)

1941

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Dr. Henry 'Harry' Jekyll / Mr. Hyde

1961

Judgment at Nuremberg

as Dan Haywood

1967

1960

Inherit the Wind

as Henry Drummond

1996

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

as Self (archive footage)

1930

Taxi Talks

as Taxi Driver

1942

Woman of the Year

as Sam Craig

1958

1950

Father of the Bride

as Stanley T. Banks

1951

Father's Little Dividend

as Stanley Banks

1963

1957

Desk Set

as Richard Sumner

1961

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

as Father Matthew Doonan

1945

Without Love

as Pat Jamieson

1962

How the West Was Won

as Narrator (voice)

1936

Libeled Lady

as Warren Haggerty

1949

Adam's Rib

as Adam Bonner

1938

Mannequin

as John Hennessey

1943

Keeper of the Flame

as Stevie O'Malley

1952

Pat and Mike

as Mike Conovan

1948

State of the Union

as Grant Matthews

1935

The Murder Man

as Steven 'Steve' Grey

1951

The People Against O'Hara

as James P. Curtayne

1954

Broken Lance

as Matt Devereaux

1955

Bad Day at Black Rock

as John J. Macreedy

1938

Boys Town

as Father Flanagan

1936

Fury

as Joe Wilson

1932

1943

A Guy Named Joe

as Pete Sandidge

1938

Test Pilot

as Gunner Morse

1935

Whipsaw

as Ross 'Mac' McBride aka Danny Ross Ackerman

1940

Northwest Passage

as Major Robert Rogers

1940

Edison, the Man

as Thomas A. Edison

1936

San Francisco

as Father Tim Mullin

1949

Malaya

as Carnaghan

1937

Captains Courageous

as Manuel Fidello

1944

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

as Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1937

Big City

as Joe Benton

1930

Up the River

as Saint Louis

1952

Plymouth Adventure

as Capt. Christopher Jones

1932

Me and My Gal

as Danny Dolan

1958

The Last Hurrah

as Mayor Frank Skeffington

1940

Boom Town

as Square John Sand

1944

The Seventh Cross

as George Heisler

1956

The Mountain

as Zachary Teller

1949

Edward, My Son

as Arnold Boult

1933

1947

The Sea of Grass

as Col. James B. Brewton

1942

1953

The Actress

as Clinton Jones

1939

Stanley and Livingstone

as Henry M. Stanley

1936

Riffraff

as Dutch

1941

Men of Boys Town

as Edward Flanagan

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1933

1947

Cass Timberlane

as Cass Timberlane

1937

They Gave Him a Gun

as Fred P. Willis

1930

2018

1931

Quick Millions

as Daniel J. 'Bugs' Raymond

1934

Now I'll Tell

as Murray Golden

1934

Bottoms Up

as 'Smoothie' King

1934

Looking for Trouble

as Joe Graham

1934

Marie Galante

as Dr. Crawbett

1935

Dante's Inferno

as Jim Carter

1932

Sky Devils

as Wilkie

1940

I Take This Woman

as Karl Decker

1932

Young America

as Jack Doray

1934

The Show-Off

as J. Aubrey Piper

1931

Goldie

as Bill

1933

Face in the Sky

as Joe Buck

1939

Hollywood Hobbies

as Self (uncredited)

1931

Six Cylinder Love

as William Donroy

1932

The Painted Woman

as Tom Brian

1932

Society Girl

as Briscoe

1933

The Mad Game

as Edward Carson

1932

She Wanted a Millionaire

as William Kelley

1935

It's A Small World

as Bill Shevlin

1933

Shanghai Madness

as Pat Jackson

1932

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2013

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

as Self (archive footage)

2022

Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940

Northward, Ho!

as Himself

1940

Young Tom Edison

as Man Admiring Portrait of Thomas A. Edison

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Haggerty in 'Libeled Lady' (archive footage)

2024

Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story

as Fr. Edward Flanagan (archive footage)

1993

Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell

as Self (archive footage)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1942

Ring of Steel

as Narrator (voice)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1944

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1937

The Romance of Celluloid

as Self (archive footage)

1990

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1988

1943

His New World

as Narrator (voice)

1938

Another Romance of Celluloid

as Self (uncredited)

1985

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

as Self (archive footage)

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1993

La Classe américaine

as The Professional Witness (archive footage)

2025

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

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