1. William Lee Tracy was an American stage, film, and television actor.
12 Facts About Lee Tracy
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Lee Tracy 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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Lee Tracy's rise in the ranks in theatre, as in his brief military service, proved to be rapid.
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In 1929, Lee Tracy arrived in Hollywood, where he played a news reporter in several films, although he was not cast in that role for the 1931 screen version of The Front Page.
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Undeterred, Lee Tracy continued to gain admirers of his work among studio executives and moviegoers.
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Lee Tracy, he said, was standing on the balcony observing the parade when a Mexican in the street below made an obscene gesture at him.
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Lee Tracy replied in kind; and the next day a local newspaper printed a story that, in effect, Lee Tracy had insulted Mexico, Mexicans in general, and their national flag in particular.
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Lee Tracy did continue to return periodically to the big screen.
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Lee Tracy received his only Academy Award nomination, as Best Supporting Actor, for his performance in the film.
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Lee Tracy's final acting performance was in the role of Father Maurice Britt in the Broadway production Minor Miracle in 1965.
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Lee Tracy's condition following the operation steadily worsened over "several months", and on October 16,1968, the 70-year-old actor had to re-enter the hospital, where he died two days later.
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Lee Tracy was buried beside his parents at Evergreen Cemetery in Shavertown, Pennsylvania.