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Spencer Tracy

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Also known as Spencer Bonaventure Tracy

American actor (1900–1967)

OverviewAI-generated

Spencer Tracy was an American actor who worked on stage and in film from 1921 until his death. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1900, he received education at Ripon College and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He served in the United States Navy and was a Roman Catholic. Tracy was married to Louise Tracy and had an unmarried partnership with Katharine Hepburn.

He received the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He also holds a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Tracy died of a myocardial infarction in Los Angeles in 1967 and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1900-04-05
Died
1967-06-10
Works
1

Top works

  • The rugged path

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Film & TV

Acting · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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…

Known for

  • Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2025
  • Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story — Fr. Edward Flanagan (archive footage)2024
  • DEVO — Henry Drummond (archive footage) (uncredited)2024
  • Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)2022
  • Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2018
  • Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored — Self (archive footage)2013
  • 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year — Self (archive footage)2009
  • Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults — (archive footage)1999
  • Bogart: The Untold Story — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1997
  • Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults — Self (Archival Footage)1997

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1900
Active to
1967
acousticalternative folkamericanandrogynous vocalsblues rockcontemporary folk
Official siteDiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
560
Total plays
5,530

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There are more than 2 artists with the name Spencer Tracy. 1) Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 - June 10, 1967) was an American actor. Respected for his natural style and versatility, Tracy was one of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age. In a screen career that spanned 37 years, he was nominated for nine Academy Awards for Best Actor—a record he holds with Laurence Olivier—of which he won two. 2) Spencer Tracy's singles "Disco King" and "Ocean" received airplay on Australian radi

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Frailty in Older Adults: Evidence for a Phenotype

    · 2001 · cited 20,818x

  2. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    · 2020 · cited 15,955x

  3. <i>Planck</i> 2018 results

    · 2020 · cited 13,350x

  4. Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

    · 2015 · cited 11,850x

  5. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    · 2018 · cited 10,995x

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Quotes

  • “Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor, from nine nominations. During his career, he 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 ninth greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema.

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 theater, working in a succession of stock companies and intermittently on Broadway. His 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 (in which he starred with Humphrey Bogart), he was signed to a contract with Fox Film Corporation. Tracy's 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 movie audiences after 25 films, nearly all of them starring him as the leading man. None of them were hits, although his performance in The Power and the Glory (1933) was highly praised at the time.

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