List Of All Spencer Tracy Movies
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Here is the list of all Spencer Tracy movies.
Spencer Tracy was a legendary American actor who was known for his naturalistic style and ability to portray complex characters with depth and authenticity. Born on April 5, 1900, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Tracy began his acting career on stage before transitioning to film in the 1930s.
Tracy's breakthrough role came in 1935 with his performance in "The Murder Man," which established him as a leading man in Hollywood. He went on to star in a number of classic films throughout his career, including "Captains Courageous," "Boys Town," "Adam's Rib," and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," among others.
Throughout his career, Tracy was known for his ability to bring a sense of honesty and realism to his roles. He was a master of subtle gestures and expressions, often conveying more with a single glance than many actors could with a page of dialogue. This talent for understated acting made him a favorite of many directors and co-stars, and helped to establish him as one of the greatest actors of his generation.
Tracy was also known for his strong work ethic and professionalism. He was known to be a reliable and dedicated performer who always showed up on time and was prepared to do his best work. This reputation earned him the respect of his colleagues and made him a favorite of studio executives.
Tracy was nominated for nine Academy Awards throughout his career, winning two for Best Actor for his performances in "Captain Courageous" and "Boys Town." He also received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy in 1967, in recognition of his contributions to the film industry.
Beyond his work on screen, Tracy was also known for his personal life. He was married to his wife Louise Treadwell for over 40 years and they had two children together. However, Tracy was also known to have struggled with alcoholism throughout much of his life, which affected both his personal and professional relationships.
Despite these challenges, Tracy remained one of the most respected and beloved actors of his time. He was known for his intelligence, wit, and kindness, and was widely admired for his commitment to his craft and his dedication to his family. His legacy continues to be celebrated today, and he remains an icon of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Tracy's final film was "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," which was released in 1967. He passed away just weeks after filming wrapped, on June 10, 1967, at the age of 67. His death was mourned by fans around the world, who recognized the immense impact he had on the film industry and on popular culture as a whole.
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Spencer Tracy was a legendary American actor who was known for his naturalistic style and ability to portray complex characters with depth and authenticity. Born on April 5, 1900, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Tracy began his acting career on stage before transitioning to film in the 1930s.
Tracy's breakthrough role came in 1935 with his performance in "The Murder Man," which established him as a leading man in Hollywood. He went on to star in a number of classic films throughout his career, including "Captains Courageous," "Boys Town," "Adam's Rib," and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," among others.
Throughout his career, Tracy was known for his ability to bring a sense of honesty and realism to his roles. He was a master of subtle gestures and expressions, often conveying more with a single glance than many actors could with a page of dialogue. This talent for understated acting made him a favorite of many directors and co-stars, and helped to establish him as one of the greatest actors of his generation.
Tracy was also known for his strong work ethic and professionalism. He was known to be a reliable and dedicated performer who always showed up on time and was prepared to do his best work. This reputation earned him the respect of his colleagues and made him a favorite of studio executives.
Tracy was nominated for nine Academy Awards throughout his career, winning two for Best Actor for his performances in "Captain Courageous" and "Boys Town." He also received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy in 1967, in recognition of his contributions to the film industry.
Beyond his work on screen, Tracy was also known for his personal life. He was married to his wife Louise Treadwell for over 40 years and they had two children together. However, Tracy was also known to have struggled with alcoholism throughout much of his life, which affected both his personal and professional relationships.
Despite these challenges, Tracy remained one of the most respected and beloved actors of his time. He was known for his intelligence, wit, and kindness, and was widely admired for his commitment to his craft and his dedication to his family. His legacy continues to be celebrated today, and he remains an icon of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Tracy's final film was "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," which was released in 1967. He passed away just weeks after filming wrapped, on June 10, 1967, at the age of 67. His death was mourned by fans around the world, who recognized the immense impact he had on the film industry and on popular culture as a whole.
List of all Spencer Tracy movies
Year | Title | Role | Studio | Notes |
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1930 | Taxi Talks | Taxi Driver | Warner Bros. | Short subject |
The Hard Guy | Guy | Warner Bros. | Short subject | |
Up the River | Saint Louis | Fox | With Humphrey Bogart | |
1931 | Quick Millions | Daniel J. 'Bugs' Raymond | Fox | With George Raft in key supporting role |
Six Cylinder Love | William Donroy | Fox | With Edward Everett Horton | |
Goldie | Bill | Fox | With Jean Harlow | |
1932 | She Wanted a Millionaire | William Kelley | Fox | With Joan Bennett |
Sky Devils | Wilkie | United Artists | Co-written by Robert Benchley | |
Disorderly Conduct | Dick Fay | Fox | ||
Young America | Jack Doray | Fox | Directed by Frank Borzage | |
Society Girl | Briscoe | Fox | ||
The Painted Woman | Tom Brian | Fox | ||
Me and My Gal | Danny Dolan | Fox | With Joan Bennett | |
20,000 Years in Sing Sing | Tommy Connors | Warner Bros. | With Bette Davis | |
1933 | Face in the Sky | Joe Buck | Fox | With Stuart Erwin |
Shanghai Madness | Pat Jackson | Fox | With Fay Wray | |
The Power and the Glory | Tom Garner | Fox | Written by Preston Sturges | |
The Mad Game | Edward Carson | Fox | With Claire Trevor | |
Man's Castle | Bill | Columbia | With Loretta Young | |
1934 | The Show-Off | J. Aubrey Piper | MGM | Tracy's first MGM film |
Looking for Trouble | Joe Graham | 20th Century Pictures with United Artists | With Jack Oakie | |
Bottoms Up | 'Smoothie' King | Fox | ||
Now I'll Tell | Murray Golden | Fox | With Helen Twelvetrees | |
Marie Galante | Dr. Crawbett | Fox | ||
1935 | It's a Small World | Bill Shevlin | Fox | With Wendy Barrie |
The Murder Man | Steven 'Steve' Grey | MGM | First credited screen role of James Stewart | |
Dante's Inferno | Jim Carter | Fox | With Claire Trevor and dancer Rita Hayworth (billed as Rita Cansino) | |
Whipsaw | Ross 'Mac' McBride | MGM | With Myrna Loy | |
1936 | Riffraff | Dutch Muller | MGM | With Jean Harlow and Mickey Rooney |
Fury | Joe Wilson | MGM | With Sylvia Sidney | |
San Francisco | Father Tim Mullin | MGM | With Clark Gable Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor | |
Libeled Lady | Warren Haggerty | MGM | The film was nominated for Best Picture, but lost out to The Great Ziegfeld. With William Powell, Jean Harlow and Myrna Loy | |
1937 | They Gave Him a Gun | Fred P. Willis | MGM | With Gladys George |
Captains Courageous | Manuel Fidello | MGM | With Lionel Barrymore, John Carradine, Melvyn Douglas, Mickey Rooney and Freddie Bartholomew Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor | |
Big City | Joe Benton | MGM | With Luise Rainer | |
Mannequin | John L. Hennessey | MGM | With Joan Crawford | |
1938 | Test Pilot | Gunner Morris | MGM | With Clark Gable and Myrna Loy |
Boys Town | Father Flanagan | MGM | With Mickey Rooney Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor | |
Another Romance of Celluloid | Himself | MGM | Behind-the-scenes short film, includes filming of Test Pilot, and shows Tracy accepting his Academy Award for Boys Town | |
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 9 | Himself | Columbia | Short subject showing Tracy accepting his Academy Award for Boys Town | |
Hollywood Goes to Town | Himself | MGM | Short subject, showing notable Hollywood performers preparing for the world premiere of Marie Antoinette | |
1939 | Stanley and Livingstone | Henry M. Stanley | 20th Century Fox | With Nancy Kelly |
For Auld Lang Syne | Himself | Will Rogers Memorial Commission | Fundraising short film in which several actors, including Tracy, appeal for funds for the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital | |
Hollywood Hobbies | Himself | MGM | Behind-the-scenes short film | |
1940 | I Take This Woman | Dr. Karl Decker | MGM | With Hedy Lamarr |
Young Tom Edison | Man Admiring Portrait of Thomas A. Edison | MGM | With Mickey Rooney Tracy appears as a man admiring a portrait of Edison; he plays the older Edison in Edison, the Man in the same year Uncredited | |
Northwest Passage | Major Rogers | MGM | With Walter Brennan | |
Edison, the Man | Thomas Edison | MGM | ||
Boom Town | Jonathan Sand | MGM | With Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, and Hedy Lamarr | |
Northward, Ho! | Himself | MGM | Behind-the-scenes short film about the filming of Northwest Passage | |
1941 | Men of Boys Town | Father Flanagan | MGM | With Mickey Rooney |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr Edward Hyde | MGM | With Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner | |
1942 | Woman of the Year | Sam Craig | MGM | First film with Katharine Hepburn |
Tortilla Flat | Pilon | MGM | With John Garfield | |
Keeper of the Flame | Steven 'Stevie' O'Malley | MGM | With Katharine Hepburn | |
Ring of Steel | Narrator | Warner Brothers | Military documentary for U.S. Office for Emergency Management | |
1943 | His New World | Narrator | MGM | War documentary |
A Guy Named Joe | Pete Sandidge | MGM | With Van Johnson | |
1944 | The Seventh Cross | George Heisler | MGM | |
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle | MGM | With Van Johnson and Robert Walker | |
1945 | Without Love | Pat Jamieson | MGM | With Katharine Hepburn |
1947 | The Sea of Grass | Col. James B. 'Jim' Brewton | MGM | With Katharine Hepburn |
Cass Timberlane | Cass Timberlane | MGM | With Lana Turner | |
1948 | State of the Union | Grant Matthews | MGM | With Katharine Hepburn |
1949 | Edward, My Son | Arnold Boult | MGM | With Deborah Kerr |
Adam's Rib | Adam Bonner | MGM | With Katharine Hepburn | |
Malaya | Canaghan | MGM | With James Stewart and Lionel Barrymore | |
Some of the Best | Himself | MGM | Retrospective of MGM's history | |
1950 | Father of the Bride | Stanley T. Banks | MGM | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor. With Joan Bennett and Elizabeth Taylor |
1951 | Father's Little Dividend | Stanley T. Banks | MGM | With Joan Bennett and Elizabeth Taylor |
The People Against O'Hara | James P. Curtayne | MGM | With Pat O'Brien | |
For Defense for Freedom for Humanity | Himself | MGM | Short film in which Tracy urges support for Red Cross fundraising | |
1952 | Pat and Mike | Mike Conovan | MGM | With Katharine Hepburn |
Plymouth Adventure | Captain Christopher Jones | MGM | With Gene Tierney | |
1953 | The Actress | Clinton Jones | MGM | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor With Jean Simmons |
1954 | Broken Lance | Matt Devereaux | 20th Century Fox | With Robert Wagner |
1955 | Bad Day at Black Rock | John J. Macreedy | MGM | Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival) Prix d'interprétation masculine Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor |
1956 | The Mountain | Zachary Teller | Paramount | Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor |
1957 | Desk Set | Richard Sumner | 20th Century Fox | With Katharine Hepburn and Tracy's last film with Zanck and Schneck and Fox |
1958 | The Old Man and the Sea | The Old Man / Narrator | Warner Bros. | NBR Award for Best Actor (also for The Last Hurrah) Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor |
The Last Hurrah | Mayor Frank Skeffington | Columbia | NBR Award for Best Actor (also for The Old Man and the Sea) Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor | |
1960 | Inherit the Wind | Henry Drummond | United Artists | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
1961 | The Devil at 4 O'Clock | Father Matthew Doonan | Columbia | With Frank Sinatra |
Judgment at Nuremberg | Chief Judge Dan Haywood | United Artists | Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Foreign Performer Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor - With Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich, Richard Widmark, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift | |
1962 | How the West Was Won | Narrator (voice) | MGM | |
1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Captain T. G. Culpeper | United Artists | With Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Ethel Merman, Jonathan Winters, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, many more |
1967 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Matt Drayton | Columbia | With Katharine Hepburn and Sidney Poitier BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (posthumous) Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor (posthumous) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (posthumous) Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (posthumous) (final film role) |
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