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Spencer Tracy
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Spencer Tracy
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1900-04-05,Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

Movie Tough Guys

10

Movie Tough Guys
1991-01-01

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

6.513

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941-08-12

Judgment at Nuremberg

8.011

Judgment at Nuremberg
1961-12-18

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

7.581

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967-12-11

Inherit the Wind

7.7

Inherit the Wind
1960-07-07

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

6.7

Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996-04-06

7

Taxi Talks
1930-06-06

Woman of the Year

6.9

Woman of the Year
1942-02-05

The Old Man and the Sea

6.53

The Old Man and the Sea
1958-10-07

Father of the Bride

6.991

Father of the Bride
1950-05-18

Father's Little Dividend

6.521

Father's Little Dividend
1951-04-05

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

7

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963-11-07

7.019

Desk Set
1957-08-02

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

6.4

The Devil at 4 O'Clock
1961-10-18

6.963

Without Love
1945-03-22

How the West Was Won

6.995

How the West Was Won
1962-11-02

7.3

Libeled Lady
1936-10-09

7.1

Adam's Rib
1949-11-17

6.045

Mannequin
1938-01-21

Keeper of the Flame

6.644

Keeper of the Flame
1943-04-01

6.365

Pat and Mike
1952-06-13

State of the Union

6.743

State of the Union
1948-04-30

7.143

The Murder Man
1935-07-12

The People Against O'Hara

5.714

The People Against O'Hara
1951-09-01

6.5

Broken Lance
1954-09-25

Bad Day at Black Rock

7.307

Bad Day at Black Rock
1955-01-13

6.798

Boys Town
1938-09-08

7.469

Fury
1936-06-05

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

6.4

20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932-12-24

A Guy Named Joe

6.7

A Guy Named Joe
1944-02-25

6.568

Test Pilot
1938-04-16

6.375

Whipsaw
1935-12-18

Northwest Passage

6.557

Northwest Passage
1940-02-23

Edison, the Man

6.815

Edison, the Man
1940-05-10

6.599

San Francisco
1936-06-26

6.933

Malaya
1949-12-27

Captains Courageous

7.419

Captains Courageous
1937-06-25

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

6.7

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944-11-15

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

7

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25

7.667

Big City
1937-09-03

5.9

Up the River
1930-10-10

Plymouth Adventure

5.9

Plymouth Adventure
1952-11-28

6.4

Me and My Gal
1932-12-04

The Last Hurrah

7.177

The Last Hurrah
1958-12-31

6.9

Boom Town
1940-08-30

The Seventh Cross

6.837

The Seventh Cross
1944-07-24

6.941

The Mountain
1956-05-31

6.429

Edward, My Son
1949-03-01

The Power and the Glory

5.882

The Power and the Glory
1933-10-06

The Sea of Grass

6.103

The Sea of Grass
1947-04-25

5.8

Tortilla Flat
1942-05-21

6.559

The Actress
1953-09-25

Stanley and Livingstone

6.37

Stanley and Livingstone
1939-08-18

5.353

Riffraff
1936-01-03

Men of Boys Town

6.433

Men of Boys Town
1941-04-11

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

7.333

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10

6.833

Man's Castle
1933-11-20

Cass Timberlane

6

Cass Timberlane
1947-11-06

They Gave Him a Gun

6.667

They Gave Him a Gun
1937-05-07

6.3

The Hard Guy
1930-09-06

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

5.909

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018-07-27

7.3

Quick Millions
1931-04-17

5.143

Now I'll Tell
1934-06-07

5.2

Bottoms Up
1934-04-12

Looking for Trouble

6.667

Looking for Trouble
1934-03-28

4.923

Marie Galante
1934-10-25

Dante's Inferno

6.2

Dante's Inferno
1935-08-23

5

Sky Devils
1932-03-12

I Take This Woman

5.85

I Take This Woman
1940-02-02

5.5

Young America
1932-04-17

6.25

The Show-Off
1934-03-09

5.6

Goldie
1931-06-27

Face in the Sky

5.75

Face in the Sky
1933-01-15

Hollywood Hobbies

5.6

Hollywood Hobbies
1939-05-03

Six Cylinder Love

9

Six Cylinder Love
1931-05-10

The Painted Woman

7

The Painted Woman
1932-08-20

7.5

Society Girl
1932-05-29

10

The Mad Game
1933-10-27

She Wanted a Millionaire

10

She Wanted a Millionaire
1932-02-21

It's A Small World

6

It's A Small World
1935-04-12

Shanghai Madness

8

Shanghai Madness
1933-08-03

Disorderly Conduct

8

Disorderly Conduct
1932-03-20

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

5.5

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013-01-29

9

Rat Pack
2022-01-11

That's Entertainment!

7.4

That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21

7.5

Northward, Ho!
1940-02-10

Young Tom Edison

5.909

Young Tom Edison
1940-03-15

The Big Parade of Comedy

7.167

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

6.857

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940-10-24

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

8.333

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986-03-09

Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story

0

Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story
2024-10-08

Hollywood Goes to Town

7

Hollywood Goes to Town
1938-07-07

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

6.5

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940-07-31

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

6

Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940-05-29

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

6.333

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06

7.5

Ring of Steel
1942-04-02

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

8

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991-01-01

That's Entertainment, Part II

7

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16

Twenty Years After

8

Twenty Years After
1944-01-01

The Romance of Celluloid

7

The Romance of Celluloid
1937-08-27

From the Ends of the Earth

0

From the Ends of the Earth
1939-05-28

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

8.5

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990-06-04

Bogart: The Untold Story

0

Bogart: The Untold Story
1997-01-05

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

8.2

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988-10-01

9

His New World
1943-01-24

Another Romance of Celluloid

5

Another Romance of Celluloid
1938-02-05

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

6.5

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987-03-13

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

7.5

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009-07-02

La Classe américaine

7.6

La Classe américaine
1993-12-31

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

6.5

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025-01-02

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

9

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999-07-20

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

7.667

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997-11-18

Brasileiros em Hollywood

0

Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970-01-01

7.632

DEVO
2024-01-21

9

MGM Parade
1955-09-14

9

MGM Parade
1955-09-14

9

MGM Parade
1955-09-14