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Portrait of Lee Tracy

Acting

Lee Tracy

Career

Active from 1929 to 1964, busiest in 1932 and 1933 with 7 main titles each.

Leading roles
33
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Best Man
The Best Man
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lee Tracy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.7, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.0, average 3.0
  • Family Dynamics
    3.0, average 4.8
  • Wonder
    2.1, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 6
  • Classic Hollywood 4
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Crime 3
  • Pre-Code Era 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Film Noir 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Historical 2
  • Intrigue 2
  • 1930s Crime 2
  • Noir Elements 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

48
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

6 titles · average score 74
The Best Man
The Best Man (1964)
GoodWatch score 89

as President Art Hockstader

Profiles in Courage
Profiles in Courage (1964)

TV show · as Senator Robert A. Taft

The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
GoodWatch score 65

as Space in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)

Going My Way
Going My Way (1962)

TV show

Ben Casey
Ben Casey (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

87th Precinct
87th Precinct (1961)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show

1950s

1 title
New York Confidential
New York Confidential (1959)

TV show · as Lee Cochran

1940s

9 titles · average score 59
Martin Kane, Private Eye
Martin Kane, Private Eye (1949)

TV show

Lights Out
Lights Out (1949)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Ford Theatre
Ford Theatre (1948)

TV show · as Captain Gallagher

High Tide
High Tide (1947)
GoodWatch score 51

as Hugh Fresney

Betrayal from the East
Betrayal from the East (1945)
GoodWatch score 62

as Eddie Carter

I'll Tell the World
I'll Tell the World (1945)

as Gabriel Patton

Power of the Press
Power of the Press (1943)
GoodWatch score 62

as Griff Thompson

The Payoff
The Payoff (1942)
GoodWatch score 57

as Brad McKay

Millionaires in Prison
Millionaires in Prison (1940)
GoodWatch score 59

as Nick Burton

1930s

30 titles · average score 63
Wanted: Jane Turner
Wanted: Jane Turner (1936)
GoodWatch score 60

as Tom Mallory

I'll Tell the World
I'll Tell the World (1934)

as Stanley Brown

Bombshell
Bombshell (1933)
GoodWatch score 76

as E.J. 'Space' Hanlon

Turn Back the Clock
Turn Back the Clock (1933)
GoodWatch score 60

as Joe Gimlet

Clear All Wires!
Clear All Wires! (1933)
GoodWatch score 63

as Buckley Joyce Thomas

Advice to the Lovelorn
Advice to the Lovelorn (1933)

as Toby Prentiss

The Nuisance
The Nuisance (1933)
GoodWatch score 63

as Joseph Phineas 'Joe' Stevens

Doctor X
Doctor X (1932)
GoodWatch score 71

as Lee Taylor

The Half-Naked Truth
The Half-Naked Truth (1932)
GoodWatch score 56

as Jimmy Bates

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)
GoodWatch score 52

as Scott 'Scotty' Cornell

Blessed Event
Blessed Event (1932)
GoodWatch score 71

as Alvin Roberts

Washington Merry-Go-Round
Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932)
GoodWatch score 71

as Button Gwinett Brown

1920s

2 titles · average score 54
Big Time
Big Time (1929)

as Eddie Burns

Salute
Salute (1929)
GoodWatch score 54

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)