Actor
Spencer Tracy
April 5, 1900 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor, noted for his natural style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy won two Academy Awards for Best Actor from nine nominations, sharing the record for nominations in that category with Laurence Olivier. Tracy first discovered his talent for acting while attending Ripon College, and he later received a scholarship for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He spent seven years in the theatre, working in a succession of stock companies and intermittently on Broadway. Tracy's breakthrough came in 1930, when his lead performance in The Last Mile caught the attention of Hollywood. After a successful film debut in John Ford's Up the River starring Tracy and Humphrey Bogart, he was signed to a contract with Fox Film Corporation.
Notable work
8Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
as Dan Haywood
7.6Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
as Matt Drayton
7It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
as C. G. Culpepper
7How the West Was Won (1962)
as Narrator (voice)
7.7Inherit the Wind (1960)
as Henry Drummond
7.3Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
as John J. Macreedy
7.1Adam's Rib (1949)
as Adam Bonner
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