SPENCER BONAVENTURE TRACY
Born: April 5th, 1900 (Wisconsin)
Died: June 10th, 1967 (heart attack)
Marriage: Louise Treadwell (1923-His Death)
Children: John Tracy (Deaf) & Louise Treadwell "Susie" Tracy
Success: Appeared in over 75 films and was quite successful while with MGM.
Interesting Fact: Tracy was offered the role of Penguin in the TV series "Batman" (1966), but said he would only take it if he was allowed to kill Batman.
Awards: Seven nominations, with two Oscar wins back to back. One for "Captains Courageous" (1938) and the other for "Boys Town" (1939). He also won countless other awards including two walk of fame's.
Hidden Gems: "San Francisco" (1936), Captains Courageous" (1937), "Boy's Town" (1938), "Edison, the Man" (1940), "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1941), "A Guy Named Joe" (1943), "The Seventh Cross" (1944), "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" (1944), "Father of the Bride" (1950), "The Old Man and the Sea" (1958), "Judgement at Nuremberg" (1961).
Tracy is a very versatile actor, from Manuel to Thomas Edison to Father Flanagan and so on. Each role he's had, he has successfully shown the audience the inner feelings of the character. What I love about Tracy is his quiet comedy and, in contrast, his stirring expressions. Only a handful of performers have successfully pulled off more than one type of role, and Tracy is definitely on the top of that list.
* One of my favorite scenes from "Edison the Man" (1940)
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