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- 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.
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Aug 6, 2015 · Yes Spencer Tracy was a great actor and some other actors considered him the best. I though put actor Fredrick March side by side with Tracy and then some. March could play romantic leads. Tracy didn’t or couldn’t in pulling it off).
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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.
- The Power and the Glory (1933) After a long apprenticeship on stage and some unsuccessful movie roles, this was the film that first raised Tracy’s profile with both movie fans and critics, with his performance praised by The New York Times as the finest committed to screen up to that time.
- Fury (1936) Tracy switched to MGM and was rewarded with his breakthrough role in Fritz Lang’s first American film, an attack on mob rule. Tracy plays a man wrongly accused of kidnapping who narrowly escapes a small-town lynch mob after they set fire to his jail cell.
- San Francisco (1936) In his next film, Tracy played a priest who battles King of Hollywood Clark Gable and mother-nature in the form of the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 in this lavish early disaster movie that was the biggest hit of the year.
- Captains Courageous (1937) Tracy’s star was now on the rise and he was landing good roles, like this one from Kipling’s novel as a Portuguese fisherman who rescues a spoiled, privileged young boy who falls off a liner and becomes a surrogate father to him.
Sep 12, 2024 · Spencer Tracy (born April 5, 1900, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.—died June 10, 1967, Beverly Hills, California) was a rough-hewn American film star who became one of classic Hollywood’s greatest male leads and was the first actor to receive two consecutive Academy Awards for best actor.
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- 'Adam's Rib' (1949) Spencer Tracy made nine films with his long-time companion Katharine Hepburn; however, George Cukor's 1949 romantic comedy Adam's Rib is the best by far.
- 'Judgement At Nuremberg' (1961) Tracy joined Stanley Kramer for the second time with the 1962 courtroom drama Judgment at Nuremberg. The film features a large ensemble and dramatizes the 1947 Judges' Trial, where four German judges who served the Nazi regime face charges of crimes against humanity.
- 'It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Stanley Kramer's 1963 comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World features Spencer Tracy leading a large ensemble, including Eide Adams, Ethel Merman, and Mickey Rooney.
- 'Boys Town' (1938) Tracy won his second Oscar for portraying Father Edward Flanagan in the 1938 biopic Boys Town. The film chronicles Flanagan's work in the "Boys Town," a home and educational complex where juvenile delinquents are shepherded into becoming better via the Father's unique brand of tough love.
Jul 12, 2019 · In 1930, Spencer Tracy jumped from the stage to the big screen. A contract with Fox studios convinced the actor to move to Hollywood—but he certainly wasn’t a star right out of the gates. He made a picture after picture, but most of his films were unpopular and his name always flew under the radar.
Tracy was known for his natural and realistic acting style, and his ability to embody complex characters with ease. He won two Academy Awards for Best Actor, and his career spanned over three decades, making him one of the most celebrated actors in Hollywood history.
