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Spencer Tracy

Spencer TracyAKA Spencer Bonaventure Tracy

Born: 5-Apr-1900
Birthplace: Milwaukee, WI
Died: 10-Jun-1967
Location of death: Hollywood Hills, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, CA

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Two consecutive Best Actor Oscars

Father: John Edward Tracy (salesman)
Mother: Caroline Brown (Christian Scientist)
Wife: Louise Treadwell (m. 1923, until his death, two children)
Son: John Tracy (b. 1924, d. 2007)
Daughter: Susanna (b. 1932)
Mistress: Katharine Hepburn (1940-67)

    High School: West Division High School, Milwaukee, WI (1921)
    University: Ripon College, Ripon, WI (dropout)

    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    Hollywood Anti-Nazi League
    Oscar for Best Actor 1938 for Captains Courageous
    Oscar for Best Actor 1939 for Boys Town
    Golden Globe 1954 for The Actress
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6812 Hollywood Blvd.
    Endorsement of American Tobacco Company Lucky Strike cigarettes
    Hernia Operation
    Prostate Surgery (Sep-1965)
    Risk Factors: Diabetes, Alcoholism, Depression

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Birth of the Living Dead (18-Oct-2013) · Himself
    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (11-Dec-1967) · Matt Drayton
    It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (7-Nov-1963) · Capt. C. G. Culpeper
    How the West Was Won (1-Nov-1962) · Narrator
    Judgment at Nuremberg (14-Dec-1961) · Judge Dan Haywood
    The Devil at 4 O'Clock (18-Oct-1961) · Fr. Matthew Doonan
    Inherit the Wind (Jun-1960) · Henry Drummond
    The Last Hurrah (24-Oct-1958) · Mayor Frank Skeffington
    The Old Man and the Sea (7-Oct-1958) · The Old Man
    Desk Set (1-May-1957)
    The Mountain (14-Nov-1956) · Zachary Teller
    Bad Day at Black Rock (7-Jan-1955) · John J. Macreedy
    Broken Lance (29-Jul-1954) · Matt Devereaux
    The Actress (25-Sep-1953) · Clinton Jones
    Plymouth Adventure (14-Nov-1952) · Capt. Christopher Jones
    Pat and Mike (13-Jun-1952) · Mike Conovan
    The People Against O'Hara (1-Sep-1951) · James Curtayne
    Father's Little Dividend (12-Apr-1951) · Stanley Banks
    Father of the Bride (16-Jun-1950) · Stanley T. Banks
    Malaya (27-Dec-1949) · Carnahan
    Adam's Rib (18-Nov-1949) · Adam Bonner
    Edward, My Son (2-Jun-1949) · Arnold Boult
    State of the Union (30-Apr-1948) · Grant Matthews
    Cass Timberlane (6-Nov-1947) · Cass Timberlane
    The Sea of Grass (27-Feb-1947) · Col. Jim Brewton
    Without Love (22-Mar-1945) · Pat Jamieson
    Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (15-Nov-1944) · Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle
    The Seventh Cross (24-Jul-1944) · George Heisler
    A Guy Named Joe (23-Dec-1943) · Pete Sandidge
    Keeper of the Flame (Dec-1942) · Steven O'Malley
    Tortilla Flat (21-May-1942) · Pilon
    Woman of the Year (19-Jan-1942) · Sam Craig
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (12-Aug-1941) · Dr. Henry Jekyll
    Men of Boys Town (10-Apr-1941) · Fr. Flanagan
    Boom Town (30-Aug-1940) · Square Jonathan Sand
    Edison, the Man (10-May-1940) · Thomas Edison
    Northwest Passage (23-Feb-1940) · Maj. Rogers
    I Take This Woman (2-Feb-1940) · Karl Decker
    Stanley and Livingstone (4-Aug-1939) · Henry M. Stanley
    Boys Town (8-Sep-1938) · Father Flanagan
    Test Pilot (16-Apr-1938) · Gunner
    Mannequin (14-Dec-1937) · John L. Hennessey
    Big City (3-Sep-1937) · Joe Benton
    Captains Courageous (11-May-1937) · Manuel
    They Gave Him a Gun (7-May-1937) · Fred
    Libeled Lady (9-Oct-1936) · Haggerty
    San Francisco (26-Jun-1936) · Fr. Mullin
    Fury (29-May-1936) · Joe Wilson
    Riffraff (3-Jan-1936) · Dutch
    Whipsaw (6-Dec-1935) · Ross McBride
    Dante's Inferno (31-Jul-1935) · Jim Carter
    The Murder Man (12-Jul-1935)
    Marie Galante (26-Oct-1934)
    Now I'll Tell (8-Jun-1934)
    The Show-Off (9-Mar-1934) · Aubrey Piper
    The Mad Game (27-Oct-1933)
    Man's Castle (27-Oct-1933) · Bill
    The Power and the Glory (6-Oct-1933) · Tom Garner
    Shanghai Madness (4-Aug-1933)
    Face in the Sky (15-Jan-1933)
    20,000 Years in Sing Sing (24-Dec-1932) · Tommy Connors
    Me and My Gal (4-Dec-1932) · Danny Dolan
    The Painted Woman (15-Aug-1932)
    Sky Devils (3-Mar-1932)
    Six Cylinder Love (10-May-1931) · William Donroy
    Quick Millions (17-Apr-1931)
    Up the River (10-Oct-1930)


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