ACTOR

Spencer Tracy

1900 - 1967

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Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor, from nine nominations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Spencer Tracy has received more than 8,734,521 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Spencer Tracy is the 182nd most popular actor (down from 122nd in 2019), the 353rd most popular biography from United States (down from 231st in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Actor.

Spencer Tracy was an American actor who was most famous for his roles in films such as "Captains Courageous," "Boys Town," and "A Guy Named Joe."

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 78

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Spencer Tracy ranks 182 out of 13,578. Before him are Ornella Muti, Peter Ustinov, Gary Oldman, Franco Nero, Olivia Newton-John, and Jack Lemmon. After him are Alec Guinness, Graham Chapman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Anita Ekberg, and Willem Dafoe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Spencer Tracy ranks 16. Before him are Hans Frank, Heinrich Müller, Adolf Dassler, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Vasily Chuikov, and Margaret Mitchell. After him are Dennis Gabor, Sándor Márai, Jacques Prévert, Charles Francis Richter, Urho Kekkonen, and Eyvind Johnson. Among people deceased in 1967, Spencer Tracy ranks 12. Before him are Puyi, Casimir Funk, Vladimir Komarov, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Clement Attlee, and Ilse Koch. After him are Zoltán Kodály, Jack Ruby, André Maurois, Edward Hopper, Jayne Mansfield, and Gordon Allport.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Spencer Tracy ranks 353 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Auster (1947), John Cage (1912), Julia Roberts (1967), Fred Astaire (1899), Rachel Carson (1907), and Jack Lemmon (1925). After him are Oliver Stone (1946), Cliff Burton (1962), Nicole Kidman (1967), Duke Ellington (1899), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), and Willem Dafoe (1955).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Spencer Tracy ranks 89. Before him are Jared Leto (1971), Geraldine Chaplin (1944), Sharon Stone (1958), Julia Roberts (1967), Fred Astaire (1899), and Jack Lemmon (1925). After him are Nicole Kidman (1967), Willem Dafoe (1955), Christopher Lloyd (1938), Romina Power (1951), Jerry Lewis (1926), and Harvey Keitel (1939).

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Television and Movie Roles

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Matt Drayton
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
Dec 11th 19677.6 / 10
Judgment at Nuremberg
Dan Haywood
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
Dec 18th 19618.1 / 10
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
C. G. Culpepper
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
Nov 7th 19637 / 10