Spencer Tracy American Actor (1900–1967)

Spencer Tracy was an American actor born on 5 April 1900 in Milwaukee. He died on 10 June 1967, aged 67. The recorded cause of death is myocardial infarction. His best-known titles on this site are Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).

Early life

Spencer Tracy was educated at American Academy of Dramatic Arts, finishing in 1923; Rockhurst High School; and Milwaukee High School of the Arts.

Career

The earliest credit on record for Spencer Tracy is Up the River (1930). During the 1930s, he worked on Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938). Work from the 1940s includes Woman of the Year (1942) and Adam's Rib (1949). Father of the Bride (1950) and Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) are among his 1950s credits. In the 1960s, he appeared in How the West Was Won (1962) and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).

His filmography here covers 79 films from 1930 to 2004. Drama is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (4), followed by romantic comedy (2).

Katharine Hepburn appears in ten of his listed titles, including Desk Set (1957) and The Sea of Grass (1947). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Clark Gable (four titles) and James Stewart (three titles). Stanley Kramer directed three of his titles on record.

Recognition

Among his honours are two Academy Awards (1938 and 1939). He also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (1953) for The Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (1969) for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Spencer Tracy also earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1937 for San Francisco. Awards come to 7 wins and 9 nominations in total.

Personal life

Marriages on record are to Louise Tracy (1923 to 1967). He had one child on record.