Filmography
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Known For
The Best Man President Art Hockstader (1964) -
Turn Back the Clock Joe Gimlet (1933) -
Dinner at Eight Max Kane (1933) -
Known For
The Pay Off Brad McKay (1942) -
Actor
Steptoe and Son Albert (1965) -
Ben Casey Baker (1965) -
Slattery's People Ben Gifford (1965) -
Profiles in Courage Senator Robert A. Taft (1965) -
The Best Man President Art Hockstader (1964)
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Going My Way Cornelius McBride (1963) -
Follow the Sun Johnny Pace (1962) -
Wagon Train George B. Hanrahan (1962) -
87th Precinct Otto Forman (1962) -
New York Confidential Lee Cochran (1959) -
![Kraft Theatre]( "Kraft Theatre")
Kraft Theatre Charley Faye (1956) -
![Martin Kane]( "Martin Kane")
Martin Kane Martin Kane (1952-1953) -
![The Amazing Mr. Malone]( "The Amazing Mr. Malone")
The Amazing Mr. Malone John J. Malone (1951-1952) -
Cosmopolitan Theatre (1951)
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The Billy Rose Show The Baron (1950-1951)
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![Pulitzer Prize Playhouse]( "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse")
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse Sidney Black (1951) -
![Lights Out]( "Lights Out")
Lights Out (1950) -
![Danger]( "Danger")
Danger (1950) -
![The Ford Theatre Hour]( "The Ford Theatre Hour")
The Ford Theatre Hour Captain Gallagher (1950) -
Colgate Theatre (1950)
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Come Out Fighting Stick Keenan (1950)
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![The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre]( "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre")
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre Johnny (1949) -
![High Tide]( "High Tide")
High Tide Hugh Fresney (1947) -
![I'll Tell the World]( "I'll Tell the World")
I'll Tell the World Gabriel Patton (1945) -
![Betrayal from the East]( "Betrayal from the East")
Betrayal from the East Eddie Carter (1945) -
![Power of the Press]( "Power of the Press")
Power of the Press Griff Thompson (1943) -
![The Pay Off]( "The Pay Off")
The Pay Off Brad McKay (1942) -
![Millionaires in Prison]( "Millionaires in Prison")
Millionaires in Prison Nick Burton (1940) -
![The Spellbinder]( "The Spellbinder")
The Spellbinder Jed Marlowe (1939) -
![Fixer Dugan]( "Fixer Dugan")
Fixer Dugan Charlie 'The Fixer' Dugan (1939) -
![Crashing Hollywood]( "Crashing Hollywood")
Crashing Hollywood Michael Winslow (1938) -
![Behind the Headlines]( "Behind the Headlines")
Behind the Headlines Eddie Haines (1937) -
![Criminal Lawyer]( "Criminal Lawyer")
Criminal Lawyer Barry Brandon (1937) -
![Wanted! Jane Turner]( "Wanted! Jane Turner")
Wanted! Jane Turner Tom Mallory (1936) -
![Sutter's Gold]( "Sutter's Gold")
Sutter's Gold Pete Perkin (1936) -
![Pirate Party on Catalina Isle]( "Pirate Party on Catalina Isle")
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle Pirate (1935) -
![Two Fisted]( "Two Fisted")
Two Fisted Hap Hurley (1935) -
![Carnival]( "Carnival")
Carnival Chick Thompson (1935) -
![The Lemon Drop Kid]( "The Lemon Drop Kid")
The Lemon Drop Kid Wally Brooks (1934) -
![You Belong to Me]( "You Belong to Me")
You Belong to Me Bud Hannigan (1934) -
![I'll Tell the World]( "I'll Tell the World")
I'll Tell the World Stanley Brown (1934) -
![Advice to the Forlorn]( "Advice to the Forlorn")
Advice to the Forlorn Toby Prentiss (1933) -
![Bombshell]( "Bombshell")
Bombshell E.J. 'Space' Hanlon (1933) -
![Turn Back the Clock]( "Turn Back the Clock")
Turn Back the Clock Joe Gimlet (1933) -
![Dinner at Eight]( "Dinner at Eight")
Dinner at Eight Max Kane (1933) -
![The Nuisance]( "The Nuisance")
The Nuisance Joseph Phineas 'Joe' Stevens (1933) -
![Private Jones]( "Private Jones")
Private Jones Pvt. William 'Bill' Jones (1933) -
![Clear All Wires!]( "Clear All Wires!")
Clear All Wires! Buckley Joyce Thomas (1933) -
![The Half-Naked Truth]( "The Half-Naked Truth")
The Half-Naked Truth Jimmy Bates (1932) -
![Washington Merry-Go-Round]( "Washington Merry-Go-Round")
Washington Merry-Go-Round Button Wynett Brown (1932) -
![Blessed Event]( "Blessed Event")
Blessed Event Alvin Roberts (1932) -
![The Night Mayor]( "The Night Mayor")
The Night Mayor Mayor Bobby Kingston (1932) -
![Doctor X]( "Doctor X")
Doctor X Lee Taylor (1932) -
![Love Is a Racket]( "Love Is a Racket")
Love Is a Racket Stanley Fiske (1932) -
![The Strange Love of Molly Louvain]( "The Strange Love of Molly Louvain")
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain Scotty Cornell (1932) -
![She Got What She Wanted]( "She Got What She Wanted")
She Got What She Wanted Eddie (1930) -
![Liliom]( "Liliom")
Liliom The Buzzard (1930) -
![Born Reckless]( "Born Reckless")
Born Reckless Bill O'Brien (1930) -
![Big Time]( "Big Time")
Big Time Eddie Burns (1929) -
Actor
![Salute]( "Salute")
Salute Radio Announcer (1929) -
Soundtrack
![Follow the Sun]( "Follow the Sun")
Follow the Sun (1962) -
![Turn Back the Clock]( "Turn Back the Clock")
Turn Back the Clock (1933) -
![The Half-Naked Truth]( "The Half-Naked Truth")
The Half-Naked Truth (1932) -
Soundtrack
![Doctor X]( "Doctor X")
Doctor X (1932) -
Writer
![She Got What She Wanted]( "She Got What She Wanted")
She Got What She Wanted (1930) -
Archive footage
![Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia]( "Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia")
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Archive footage
![The Big Parade of Comedy]( "The Big Parade of Comedy")
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) -
![Cinema Circus]( "Cinema Circus")
Cinema Circus (1937)
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Did You Know
Trivia
He was a lifelong liberal Democrat.
Quotes
I should have quit playing newspapermen after three or four parts in the movies, but the money kept coming in and I liked it.
Star Sign
Aries
Personal Details
Born
William Lee Tracy
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Died
(age 70)
Santa Monica, California, USA
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