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Lee Tracy

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American actor (1898-1968)

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William Lee Tracy was an American stage, film, and television actor. He is known foremost for his portrayals between the late 1920s and 1940s of fast-talking, wisecracking news reporters, press agents, lawyers, and salesmen.

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Filmography 40

Dinner at Eight1933 · ★ 6.8
Doctor X1932 · ★ 6.0
Bombshell1933 · ★ 6.5
The Best Man1964
Love is a Racket1932
High Tide1947
Liliom1930
Born Reckless1930
The Half-Naked Truth1932
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain1932
Turn Back the Clock1933
Power of the Press1943
The Payoff1942
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle1935
Blessed Event1932
The Big Parade of Comedy1964
Millionaires in Prison1940
Crashing Hollywood1938
Criminal Lawyer1937
Salute1929
The Nuisance1933
Betrayal from the East1945
Fixer Dugan1939
Wanted: Jane Turner1936
Clear All Wires!1933
Washington Merry-Go-Round1932
Behind The Headlines1937
The Spellbinder1939
Advice to the Lovelorn1933
The Lemon Drop Kid1934
The Night Mayor1932
Big Time1929
Two-Fisted1935
You Belong to Me1934
I'll Tell the World1934
I'll Tell the World1945
Cinema Circus1937
Private Jones1933
She Got What She Wanted1930
Sutter's Gold1936

50 credits on file

Television 8

Ben Casey1961
Lights Out1949
87th Precinct1961
Going My Way1962
Ford Theatre1948
Profiles in Courage1964
New York Confidential1959
Martin Kane, Private Eye1949

Awards 1

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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William Lee Tracy was an American stage, film, and television actor. He is known foremost for his portrayals between the late 1920s and 1940s of fast-talking, wisecracking news reporters, press agents, lawyers, and salesmen. From 1949 to 1954, he was also featured in the weekly radio and television versions of the series Martin Kane: Private Eye, as well as starring as the newspaper columnist Lee Cochran in the 1958-1959 British-American crime drama New York Confidential. In 1960 he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in the original theatrical version of The Best Man. Later, in 1964, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe for his supporting role in the film version of The Best Man.

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Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1898 to 1968 · aged 70
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18 languages

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