Spencer Tracy filmography
Introduction Tracy in the 1930s. '''Spencer Tracy''' (1900–1967) was an American actor. His film career began in 1930 with ''Up the River'' (directed by John Ford and co-starring Humphrey Bogart); and ended in 1967, with ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'' alongside Sidney Poitier and his longtime screen partner, Katharine Hepburn. Within this 37-year career, Tracy starred in 75 feature films and several short films.He earned nine Academy Award for Best Actor nominations (tied for the most in that category with Laurence Olivier) throughout his career, and was the first male actor to win two consecutively, for ''Captains Courageous'' (1937) and ''Boys Town'' (1938) (directed by Victor Fleming and Norman Taurog, respectively). He set this record just one year after Luise Rainer became the first female, and actress in general, to win "bookend Oscars".The other seven films he was nominated for Academy Awards were ''San Francisco'' (1936) (directed by W. S. Van Dyke); ''Father of the Bride'' (1950) (directed by Vincente Minnelli); ''Bad Day at Black Rock'' (1955) and ''The Old Man and the Sea'' (1958) (both directed by John Sturges); ''Inherit the Wind'' (1960), ''Judgment at Nuremberg'' (1961), and posthumously for his final film, ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'' (1967). (The second actor in this category to be nominated posthumously after James Dean's two consecutive posthumous nominations one decade earlier.) The latter three films were all directed by Stanley Kramer, with whom Tracy had developed a partnership.Other films which earned Tracy accolades include ''The Actress'' (1953) (directed by George Cukor—for which he won his only Golden Globe Award); ''The Mountain'' (1956) (directed by Edward Dmytryk); and ''The Last Hurrah'' (1958) (also directed by Ford). One of Tracy's biggest box office hits was his penultimate film (and the third of four working with Kramer), ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' (1963). He received the Cannes Best Actor award for ''Bad Day at Black Rock'' and a posthumous BAFTA for "''Dinner''".Hepburn & Tracy also became a legendary screen team. Their first pairing was in the film ''Woman of the Year'' (1942) (directed by George Stevens), which earned Hepburn her third Oscar nom. Subsequent Hepburn/Tracy films included ''Keeper of the Flame'' (1942) (once again, directed by Cukor), ''Without Love'' (1945) (directed by Harold S. Bucquet), ''Sea of Grass'' (1947) (directed by Elia Kazan), ''State of the Union'' (1948) (directed by Frank Capra); ''Adam's Rib'' (1949) and ''Pat and Mike'' (1952) (both also directed by Cukor); ''Desk Set'' (1957) (directed by Walter Lang); and finally culminating with the aforementioned "''Dinner''", prior to Tracy's fatal heart attack in 1967 at the age of 67.
Filmography  Year Title Role Studio Notes 1930Taxi Driver Warner Bros.Short subjectGuy Warner Bros.Short subject''Up the River''Saint Louis FoxWith Humphrey Bogart 1931''Quick Millions''Daniel J. "Bugs" Raymond FoxWith George Raft in key supporting role''Six Cylinder Love''William Donroy FoxWith Edward Everett Horton''Goldie''Bill FoxWith Jean Harlow 1932''She Wanted a Millionaire''William Kelley FoxWith Joan Bennett''Sky Devils''Wilkie United ArtistsCo-written by Robert Benchley''Disorderly Conduct''Dick Fay Fox''Young America''Jack Doray FoxDirected by Frank Borzage''Society Girl''Briscoe FoxTom Brian Fox''Me and My Gal''Danny Dolan FoxWith Joan BennettTommy Connors Warner Bros.With Bette Davis 1933''Face in the Sky''Joe Buck FoxWith Stuart Erwin''Shanghai Madness''Pat Jackson FoxWith Fay WrayTom Garner FoxWritten by Preston SturgesEdward Carson FoxWith Claire Trevor''Man's Castle''Bill ColumbiaWith Loretta Young 1934J. Aubrey Piper MGMTracy's first MGM film''Looking for Trouble''Joe Graham 20th Century Pictures with United ArtistsWith Jack Oakie''Bottoms Up''"Smoothie" King Fox''Now I'll Tell''Murray Golden FoxWith Helen Twelvetrees''Marie Galante''Dr. Crawbett Fox 1935''It's a Small World''Bill Shevlin FoxWith Wendy BarrieSteven "Steve" Grey MGMFirst credited screen role of James Stewart''Dante's Inferno''Jim Carter FoxWith Claire Trevor and dancer Rita Hayworth (billed as Rita Cansino)''Whipsaw''Ross "Mac" McBride MGMWith Myrna Loy 1936''Riffraff''Dutch Muller MGMWith Jean Harlow and Mickey Rooney''Fury''Joe Wilson MGMWith Sylvia Sidney''San Francisco''Father Tim Mullin MGMWith Clark GableNominated—Academy Award for Best ActorNominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor''Libeled Lady''Warren Haggerty MGMThe 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 MGMWith Gladys George''Captains Courageous''Manuel Fidello MGMWith Lionel Barrymore, John Carradine, Melvyn Douglas, Mickey Rooney, and Freddie Bartholomew Academy Award for Best ActorNominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor''Big City''Joe Benton MGMWith Luise Rainer''Mannequin''John L. Hennessey MGMWith Joan Crawford 1938''Test Pilot''Gunner Morris MGMWith Clark Gable and Myrna Loy''Boys Town''Father Flanagan MGMWith Mickey RooneyAcademy Award for Best ActorNominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor''Another Romance of Celluloid''Himself MGMBehind-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 ColumbiaShort subject showing Tracy accepting his Academy Award for ''Boys Town''''Hollywood Goes to Town''Himself MGMShort subject, showing notable Hollywood performers preparing for the world premiere of ''Marie Antoinette'' 1939''Stanley and Livingstone''Henry M. Stanley 20th Century FoxWith Nancy Kelly''For Auld Lang Syne''Himself Will Rogers Memorial CommissionFund-raising short film in which several actors, including Tracy, appeal for funds for the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital''Hollywood Hobbies''Himself MGMBehind-the-scenes short film 1940''I Take This Woman''Dr. Karl Decker MGMWith Hedy Lamarr''Young Tom Edison''Man Admiring Portrait of Thomas A. Edison MGM With Mickey RooneyTracy appears as a man admiring a portrait of Edison; he plays the older Edison in ''Edison, the Man'' in the same yearUncredited''Northwest Passage''Major Rogers MGMWith Walter Brennan''Edison, the Man''Thomas Edison MGM''Boom Town''Jonathan Sand MGMWith Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, and Hedy Lamarr''Northward, Ho! ''Himself MGMBehind-the-scenes short film about the filming of ''Northwest Passage'' 1941''Men of Boys Town''Father Flanagan MGMWith Mickey Rooney''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr Edward Hyde MGMWith Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner 1942''Woman of the Year''Sam Craig MGMFirst film with Katharine Hepburn''Tortilla Flat''Pilon MGMWith John Garfield''Ring of Steel''Narrator Warner BrothersMilitary documentary for U.S. Office for Emergency Management 1943''Keeper of the Flame''Steven "Stevie" O'Malley MGMWith Katharine Hepburn''His New World''Narrator MGMWar documentaryPete Sandidge MGMWith Van Johnson 1944George Heisler MGM''Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo'' Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle MGMWith Van Johnson and Robert Walker1945''Without Love''Pat Jamieson MGMWith Katharine Hepburn 1947Col. James B. "Jim" Brewton MGMWith Katharine Hepburn''Cass Timberlane''Cass Timberlane MGMWith Lana Turner1948''State of the Union''Grant Matthews MGMWith Katharine Hepburn 1949''Edward, My Son''Arnold Boult MGMWith Deborah Kerr''Adam's Rib''Adam Bonner MGMWith Katharine Hepburn''Malaya''Canaghan MGMWith James Stewart and Lionel Barrymore''Some of the Best''Himself MGMRetrospective of MGM's history1950''Father of the Bride''Stanley T. Banks MGMNominated—Academy Award for Best Actor. With Joan Bennett and Elizabeth Taylor 1951''Father's Little Dividend''Stanley T. Banks MGMWith Joan Bennett and Elizabeth TaylorJames P. Curtayne MGMWith Pat O'Brien''For Defense for Freedom for Humanity''Himself MGMShort film in which Tracy urges support for Red Cross fund-raising 1952''Pat and Mike''Mike Conovan MGMWith Katharine Hepburn''Plymouth Adventure''Captain Christopher Jones MGMWith Gene Tierney1953Clinton Jones MGMGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture DramaNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Foreign ActorNominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor With Jean Simmons1954''Broken Lance''Matt Devereaux 20th Century FoxWith Robert Wagner1955''Bad Day at Black Rock''John J. Macreedy MGMBest Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival) Prix d'interprétation masculine Nominated—Academy Award for Best ActorNominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor1956Zachary Teller ParamountNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor1957''Desk Set''Richard Sumner 20th Century FoxWith Katharine Hepburn, and Tracy's last film with Zanck and Schneck and Fox 1958The Old Man / Narrator Warner Bros.NBR Award for Best Actor (also for ''The Last Hurrah'')Nominated—Academy Award for Best ActorNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture DramaNominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActorMayor Frank Skeffington ColumbiaNBR Award for Best Actor (also for ''The Old Man and the Sea'')Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Foreign ActorNominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor1960Henry Drummond United ArtistsNominated—Academy Award for Best ActorNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Foreign ActorNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama 1961Father Matthew Doonan ColumbiaWith Frank Sinatra''Judgment at Nuremberg''Chief Judge Dan Haywood United ArtistsFotogramas de Plata Award for Best Foreign PerformerNominated—Academy Award for Best Actor - With Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich, Richard Widmark, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift1962''How the West Was Won''Narrator (voice) MGM1963''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World''Captain T. G. Culpeper United ArtistsWith Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Ethel Merman, Jonathan Winters, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, many more1967''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner''Matt Drayton ColumbiaWith Katharine Hepburn and Sidney PoitierBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (post-humous) Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor (post-humous)Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (post-humous)Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (post-humous)(final film role)===Box office ranking===For several years, exhibitors voted Tracy among the most popular film stars in the country:*1937 - 18th (US)*1938 - 5th (US), 3rd (UK)*1939 - 3rd (US), 6th (UK)*1940 - 2nd (US), 3rd (UK)*1941 - 5th (US), 3rd (UK)*1942 - 10th (US), 3rd (UK)*1943 - 19th (US)*1944 - 5th (US), 9th (UK)*1945 - 5th (US), 7th (UK)*1946 - 21st (US)*1947 - 14th (US)*1948 - 9th (US)*1949 - 24th (US)*1950 - 9th (US)*1951 - 10th (US)
See also *List of awards and nominations received by Spencer Tracy
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