Spencer Tracy
b.4/05/1900 Milwaukee WI
d.6/10/1967
Studied to be a priest at Jesuit Catholic School WWI: United States Navy After war enrolls in Northwestern Military Academy Drops out of Academy to take classes at American Academy of Dramatic Arts New York Supporting and Leading roles on Broadway 1920s Discovered by John Ford and signs with 20th Century Fox Academy Award for Best Actor in “Captain Courageous” 1937 Academy Award Best Actor “Boy’s Town” 1938 Academy Award nominated “San Fransisco” 1936 Academy Award nominated “Father of the Bride” 1950 Academy Award nominated “Bad Day at Black Rock” 1955 Academy Award nominated “Old Man and the Sea” 1958 Academy Award nominated “Inherit the Wind” 1960 Academy Award nominated “Judgment at Nuremburg” 1961 Academy Award nominated “Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner” 1967 First cinematic movie “Up the River” 1930
Filmography:
Up the River, Quick Millions, Sky Devils, Young Americans, Me and My Gal, Face in the Sky, The Power and the Glory, A Man’s Castle, It’s a Small World, Dante’s Inferno, San Fransisco, Captains Courageous, Mannequin, Test Pilot, Boys Town, Stanley and Livingstone, Northwest Passage, Edison the Man, Men of Boys Town, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Keeper of the Flame, A Guy Named Joe, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, State of the Union, Father of the Bride, Plymouth Adventure, Bad Day at Black Rock, Old Man and the Sea, Inherit the Wind, Judgment at Nuremburg, It’s a Mad Mad Mad World, Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner
