William Tracy

William Tracy

Born: December 1, 1917
Died: June 18, 1967
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Movies for William Tracy...

Title: Perry Mason
Character: Motel Manager Swetson
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Man
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Photographer
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Navy Log
Released: September 20, 1955
Type: TV
Navy Log is an American drama anthology series that initially aired for one season on CBS. It relates the greatest survival war stories in the history of the United States Navy. This series premiered on September 20, 1955, but the following year, it was moved to ABC, where it aired until September 25, 1958. The program aired for a total of three seasons and 102 episodes.
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Title: The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Released: September 6, 1955
Type: TV
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.
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Title: Lassie
Released: September 12, 1954
Type: TV
Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.
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Mr. Walkie Talkie
Title: Mr. Walkie Talkie
Character: Sgt. Doubleday
Released: November 28, 1952
Type: Movie
Military comedy about two sergeant buddies constantly getting into trouble.
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Title: Dragnet
Released: December 16, 1951
Type: TV
Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
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As You Were
Title: As You Were
Character: Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: Movie
In a train station, Army recruiting sergeant Ames attempts to enlist a group of young men with blandishments of travel and glamour in the Army.
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Sunny Side of the Street
Title: Sunny Side of the Street
Character: Al Little
Released: September 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A TV worker has fickle designs on an aspiring singer for whom she arranges an audition.
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One Too Many
Title: One Too Many
Character: Billy Leighton
Released: December 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A once-famous concert pianist has had her career ruined by her alcoholism. Her husband and a member of Alcoholics Anonymous try to help her recover.
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Henry, the Rainmaker
Title: Henry, the Rainmaker
Character: Charlie Richards
Released: February 13, 1949
Type: Movie
The first of Monogram's "Father" series was Henry, the Rainmaker, assembled in a fast seven days. Henry Latham is an average family man who is galvanized into entering a mayoral race over the issue of garbage disposal. When incumbent mayor Colton solves this issue himself, Henry turns his attentions to the current water shortage. His efforts to become a rainmaker prove cataclysmic, to say the least.
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The Walls of Jericho
Title: The Walls of Jericho
Character: Cully Caxton
Released: November 22, 1948
Type: Movie
In a small town in Kansas, a county attorney in an unhappy marriage falls in love with another woman.
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Here Comes Trouble
Title: Here Comes Trouble
Character: Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
Released: March 15, 1948
Type: Movie
A blundering rookie reporter runs into some unexpected difficulty when he is assigned to cover the police beat.
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Yanks Ahoy
Title: Yanks Ahoy
Character: Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
Released: June 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Sergeants flirt with a nurse aboard ship and go fishing for a Japanese Sub.
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Fall In
Title: Fall In
Character: Sgt. Dorian "Dodo" Doubleday
Released: November 20, 1942
Type: Movie
An Army sergeant's photographic memory puts him in conflict with a Nazi spy.
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To the Shores of Tripoli
Title: To the Shores of Tripoli
Character: Johnny Dent
Released: November 9, 1942
Type: Movie
Chronicle of a spoiled rich boy who joins the Marines with an off-handed attitude and finally becomes a battle-wise soldier.
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George Washington Slept Here
Title: George Washington Slept Here
Character: Steve Eldridge
Released: October 30, 1942
Type: Movie
New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill's knowledge, Connie purchases a delapidated old farmhouse in Pennsylvania, where George Washington was supposed to have actually slept during the American Revolution.
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About Face
Title: About Face
Character: Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
Released: April 16, 1942
Type: Movie
Two Army sergeants disrupt a bar, a party and an Army-Navy dance.
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Young America
Title: Young America
Character: Earl Tucker, alias Ivan Leslie
Released: February 6, 1942
Type: Movie
Young America is a 1942 American drama film directed by Louis King and written by Samuel G. Engel. The film stars Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Lynne Roberts, Robert Cornell, William Tracy and Roman Bohnen. The film was released on February 6, 1942, by 20th Century Fox.
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Hay Foot
Title: Hay Foot
Character: Sergeant 'Dodo' Doubleday
Released: January 2, 1942
Type: Movie
Colonel Barkley is very proud of his assistant, Sergeant Doubleday, who has a photographic memory. Doubleday shows off his book knowledge on firearms during a class given by Sergeant Ames, embarrassing him. Through a series of misunderstandings, Colonel Barkley thinks the gun shy Doubleday is an expert marksman, and he sets him up in a shooting match against Ames and Sergeant Cobb.
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Cadet Girl
Title: Cadet Girl
Character: The Runt, a Cadet
Released: November 28, 1941
Type: Movie
A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.
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Tanks a Million
Title: Tanks a Million
Character: Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
Released: September 12, 1941
Type: Movie
Chubby William Tracy starred as Dodo Doubleday, a feckless Army draftee blessed (or cursed) with a photographic memory. Inexplicably promoted to sergeant, Doubleday becomes the bane of topkick Sgt. Ames' (Joe Sawyer) existence.
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Tillie the Toiler
Title: Tillie the Toiler
Character: Mac
Released: August 7, 1941
Type: Movie
While attending stenographer school, Tillie Jones meets office boy Mac, who falls in love with her at first sight. Though Tillie likes Mac as a friend, she continually throws him over for handsomer men.
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She Knew All the Answers
Title: She Knew All the Answers
Character: Benny
Released: May 13, 1941
Type: Movie
Chorus girl and rich playboy want to marry but he'll lose his fortune unless his trustee approves of his mate. So she goes to work in the trustee's brokerage firm under an assumed name to get on his good side but complications ensue.
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Her First Beau
Title: Her First Beau
Character: Mervyn Roberts
Released: May 8, 1941
Type: Movie
15-year-old Penelope (Penny) Wood has two great interests - Chuck Harris and the hope that some day she might become a famous,great writer. Chuck also has two interests - his home-made glider and the hope that some day he will go to Tech college. His indifference to Penny is her chief source of annoyance. Mervyn Roberts, Penny's uncle who is only five years older than she is, arrives home with a guest, Roger Van Vleck, and Penny falls for Roger's sophistication. Chuck, resentful, continues to work on his glider over his father's objections. His father wants it destroyed but Elmer Tuttle, their hired man, hides it.
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Tobacco Road
Title: Tobacco Road
Character: Dude Lester
Released: February 20, 1941
Type: Movie
Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their ancestors were once wealthy planters. Their slapstick existence is threatened by a bank's plans to take over the land for more profitable farming.
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Title: Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Character: Sammy
Released: January 31, 1941
Type: Movie
Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? To her shock, he answers, "No". Later that day, they separately discover that, due to a legal complication, they are not legally married.
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Gallant Sons
Title: Gallant Sons
Character: Beefy Monrose
Released: November 15, 1940
Type: Movie
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
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Strike Up the Band
Title: Strike Up the Band
Character: Phillip Turner
Released: September 27, 1940
Type: Movie
Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.
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Terry and the Pirates
Title: Terry and the Pirates
Character: Terry Lee
Released: April 12, 1940
Type: Movie
Dr. Herbert Lee, an archaeologist seeking to decipher ancient Mara inscriptions, is aided by his son Terry, Terry's pal Pat Ryan, and Normandie Drake. Jungle pirate and warlord Fang (Dick Curtis) plots to kill The Dragon Lady, Queen of the Temple of Mara, and seize the treasures of her ancestors. Both Fang and The Dragon Lady have sworn death for any foreign intruders.
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The Shop Around the Corner
Title: The Shop Around the Corner
Character: Pepi Katona
Released: January 12, 1940
Type: Movie
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
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Million Dollar Legs
Title: Million Dollar Legs
Character: Egghead Jackson
Released: July 13, 1939
Type: Movie
At Middleton College, controlled by rich donor Melton, only paying sports are allowed. But Freddie Frye, conniving student body president, has to get a letter in some sport to win back his girl Susie; he schemes to revive crew boat racing. Sinking boats, no money, and his own waistline stand in his way. Can they win the big race with State University?
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The Jones Family in Hollywood
Title: The Jones Family in Hollywood
Character: Danny Regan
Released: June 2, 1939
Type: Movie
Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a studio a causing havoc on the set.
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Angels with Dirty Faces
Title: Angels with Dirty Faces
Character: Jerry - as a Boy
Released: November 26, 1938
Type: Movie
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
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Brother Rat
Title: Brother Rat
Character: Misto Bottome
Released: October 29, 1938
Type: Movie
Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.