Lee Tracy
American actor (1898-1968)
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.
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 15 films (1929–1975) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 5 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | BIG TIME. | Fox Film Corp | 9 reels | B&W | ||
| 1929 | SALUTE. | Fox Film Corp | 84 min | B&W | ||
| 1932 | BLESSED EVENT. | Vitaphone Corp. | 9 reels | 16mm | sound | |
| 1933 | CLEAR ALL WIRES. | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. | 8 reels | B&W | ||
| 1933 | Dinner at eight. | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. | 11 reels. | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1933 | PRIVATE JONES. | Universal Pictures Corp. | 9 reels | B&W | ||
| 1933 | TURN BACK THE CLOCK. | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. | 8 reels | |||
| 1934 | I'LL TELL THE WORLD. | Universal Pictures Corp. | 9 reels | B&W | ||
| 1934 | The Lemon Drop Kid | Marshall Neilan | ||||
| 1934 | YOU BELONG TO ME. | Paramount Productions Inc. | 7 reels | B&W | ||
| 1936 | SUTTER'S GOLD. | Universal Productions Inc. | 10 reels | 16mm | B&W | Sound |
| 1939 | FIXER DUGAN. | RKO Radio Pictures Inc. | 16mm | B&W | Sound | |
| 1940 | Millionaires In Prison. | Ray McCarey | 64 min. | |||
| 1942 | The Pay Off | Arthur Dreifuss | ||||
| 1975 | The Box | Paul Eddy |