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William Tracy is a Actor American born on 1 december 1917 at Pittsburgh (USA)
William Tracy (December 1, 1917 – July 18, 1967) was an American character actor. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Tracy is perhaps best known for the role of Pepi Katona, the delivery boy, in The Shop Around the Corner (1940). He also starred in the John Ford film Tobacco Road (1941) and Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941).
Also in 1940, he began a recurring role as Sgt. Dorian "Dodo" Doubleday in a string of Hal Roach's Streamliners service comedies, the first of which was Tanks a Million. Surprisingly, this B-movie comedy was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Musical Score. The series continued for a total of eight films, the last one — Mr. Walkie Talkie — being set during the Korean War.
In the 1950s, Tracy primarily did television work, where his most notable role was as "Hotshot Charlie" in the 1953 series Terry and the Pirates. He previously played the lead role of Terry Lee in the 1940 serial with the same title.
Tracy died in Hollywood, California, at the age of 49, of unknown causes.
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Nationality USA
Birth 1 december 1917 at Pittsburgh (USA)
Death 18 june 1967 (at 49 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Birth 1 december 1917 at Pittsburgh (USA)
Death 18 june 1967 (at 49 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Tracy is perhaps best known for the role of Pepi Katona, the delivery boy, in The Shop Around the Corner (1940). He also starred in the John Ford film Tobacco Road (1941) and Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941).
Also in 1940, he began a recurring role as Sgt. Dorian "Dodo" Doubleday in a string of Hal Roach's Streamliners service comedies, the first of which was Tanks a Million. Surprisingly, this B-movie comedy was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Musical Score. The series continued for a total of eight films, the last one — Mr. Walkie Talkie — being set during the Korean War.
In the 1950s, Tracy primarily did television work, where his most notable role was as "Hotshot Charlie" in the 1953 series Terry and the Pirates. He previously played the lead role of Terry Lee in the 1940 serial with the same title.
Tracy died in Hollywood, California, at the age of 49, of unknown causes.
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What a Way to Go! (1964)
, 1h51Directed by John Flynn, J. Lee Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Black comedy, Romance
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Robert Cummings
Rating68%
In a dream-like pre-credit sequence, Louisa May Foster (Shirley MacLaine), dressed as a black-clad widow, descends a pink staircase in a pink mansion. As she reaches the bottom, she is followed by pall-bearers carrying a pink coffin. As they round the bend in the staircase, the pallbearers drop the coffin, which sleds down the stairs, leading into the opening titles.
-30- (1959)
, 1h28Directed by Jack Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors William Conrad, Jack Webb, David Nelson, Whitney Blake, Louise Lorimer, James Bell
Roles Unnamed Writer
Rating65%
Managing Editor Sam Gatlin arrives in the afternoon and leaves early the next morning, having put together a morning newspaper for Los Angeles. During the active day in the life of a big city newspaper, Sam and his wife Peggy argue about adopting a child named Billy. A reporter's grandson pilots a military plane from Honolulu to New York. A child is lost in the LA sewers (Gatlin composes a warning headline with picture: "Children Stay Out of These"). And copy boy Earl Collins considers quitting after failing to properly deliver a bet by city editor Jim Bathgate on the sex of children being born to a famous actress. A downpour is occurring during basically the whole movie.
Sunny Side of the Street (1951)
, 1h11Directed by Richard Quiney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Terry Moore, Jerome Courtland, Lynn Bari, Audrey Long, Dick Wesson, Dick Wesson
Roles Al Little
Rating56%
Betty Holloway (Terry Moore) a receptionist at a major TV station hopes to secure a break for her singer boyfriend Ted Mason (Jerome Courtland), Betty enlists the aid of Laine. Mason's career really takes off when a team of TV writers discover that he's the childhood sweetheart of Gloria Pelly (Audrey Long), the daughter of an important sponsor.
As You Were (1951)
, 57minutesDirected by Fred Guiol
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Russell Hicks, John Ridgely, Sondra Rodgers, Joan Vohs
Roles Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
Rating51%
One Too Many (1950)
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ruth Warrick, Richard Travis, Rhys Williams, Thurston Hall, William Tracy, Onslow Stevens
Roles Billy Leighton
Rating60%
The Walls of Jericho (1948)
, 1h46Directed by John M. Stahl
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell, Anne Baxter, Kirk Douglas, Ann Dvorak, Marjorie Rambeau
Roles Cully Caxton
Rating68%
County attorney Dave Connors is stuck in an unhappy marriage to his wife, Belle. He invites his friends, newly-married Tucker and Algeria Wedge, to come and visit.
Here Comes Trouble (1948)
, 55minutesDirected by Fred Guiol
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Emory Parnell, Betty Compson, Joan Woodbury, Paul Stanton
Roles Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
Rating54%
Returning home from his Army service in the Pacific, Dodo Doubleday resumes his former job as a copy boy at a newspaper. Dodo's girlfriend Penny Blake is determined to have her father, the editor of the newspaper, promote Dodo to a job with a salary where they can afford to marry. However her father, "Windy" Blake detests Dodo and wishes Penny to marry someone of her own social standing. After a fourth of the paper's police reporters is beaten up by gangsters and leaves town, Windy sees the answer to his problems by promoting Dodo to Police Reporter.
Yanks Ahoy (1943)
, 1hDirected by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Minor Watson, Frank Faylen, Walter Woolf King, Robert Kent
Roles Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
Rating53%
This script must be run from the command line
To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
, 1h26Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Military humor in film, Political films, Children's films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Minor Watson, William Tracy
Roles Johnny Dent
Rating59%
Titled after a lyric in the Marines' Hymn, which contains the phrase "... to the shores of Tripoli" (which is, itself, a reference to the Battle of Derne) the film is one of the last of the pre-Pearl Harbor service films. When the film was in post-production the Pearl Harbor attack occurred having the studio shoot a new ending where Payne re-enlists.
George Washington Slept Here (1942)
, 1h33Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn, Harvey Stephens, Percy Kilbride, Hattie McDaniel
Roles Steve Eldridge
Rating68%
Manhattanite Connie Fuller (Ann Sheridan) secretly acquires a dilapidated house in rural Bucks County, Pennsylvania, without her husband Bill's (Jack Benny) knowledge. The couple were forced out of their New York City apartment after their dog damaged the carpets. The house Connie buys is believed to have served as George Washington's temporary home during the Revolutionary War. Connie takes Bill on a tour of the countryside including the house, hoping that Bill will fall in love with it. Her plan to surprise him with the news that they own the house is frustrated when he announces that he hates it. Bill only sees the poor condition of the house, and its poor location for commuting into the city. Having nowhere else to live, they move into the house anyway. Connie's sister Madge (Joyce Reynolds) moves with them. They hire Mr. Kimber (Percy Kilbride) to help with the renovations. They uncover evidence that it was not Washington who had slept there, but Benedict Arnold. Connie's spoiled nephew Raymond (Douglas Croft) also moves in during the summer. Connie's wealthy uncle Stanley (Charles Coburn) plans to visit also.
Hay Foot (1942)
, 48minutesDirected by Fred Guiol
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Frank Faylen, James Gleason, Noah Beery, Jr, Elyse Knox
Roles Sergeant 'Dodo' Doubleday
Rating60%
Dodo Doubleday has been explicably reduced from First Sergeant to Staff Sergeant and has resumed being orderly to his regimental commander Colonel Barkley. Sergeant Ames is still a buck sergeant who hates Dodo because he advanced to outrank Ames within Dodo's first 24 hours in the army. Dodo's former comrade in arms Charlie Cobb is also a buck sergeant. As both Cobb and Ames are the best marksman in the regiment but also constantly boasting of their prowess, Colonel Barkley seeks to find an expert who can outshoot them.
About Face (1942)
, 43minutesDirected by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Jean Porter, Marjorie Lord, Margaret Dumont, Veda Ann Borg
Roles Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
Rating55%
This script must be run from the command line
Fall In (1942)
, 45minutesDirected by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Robert Barrat, Jean Porter, Arthur Hunnicutt, Rebel Randall
Roles Sgt. Dorian "Dodo" Doubleday
Rating58%
This script must be run from the command line
Young America (1942)
, 1h13Directed by Louis King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Lynne Roberts, William Tracy, Roman Bohnen, Irving Bacon
Roles Earl Tucker, alias Ivan Leslie
Rating56%
Tobacco Road (1941)
, 1h24Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, William Tracy, Elizabeth Patterson
Roles Dude Lester
Rating64%
From Turner Classic Movies: "The downtrodden Lester family lives in rural Georgia alongside the old tobacco road, on once-prosperous farm land which is now fallow. The head of the family is Jeeter (Grapewin), a shiftless man who is always making grand plans but never following through with them. The other Lesters are Jeeter's hard-working wife Ada (Patterson); their daughter Ellie May (Tierney), who is a spinster at twenty-three; their high-strung son Dude (Tracy), who is obsessed by automobiles; and Jeeter's silent, browbeaten mother (Tilbury). The Lesters are constantly on the verge of starvation. One afternoon they are visited by Lov Bensey (Bond), who is married to Jeeter and Ada's daughter Pearl (who never appears in the film), the family attacks him and steals his bag of turnips.