Lee Tracy (born William Lee Tracy on April 14, 1898 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; died October 18, 1968 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actor. April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Atlanta is the capital and largest city of Georgia, a state of the United States of America. ... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica is a coastal city located in western Los Angeles County, California, USA, by the Pacific Ocean, south of Pacific Palisades and Brentwood, west of Westwood, Los Angeles, and north of Venice. ...

He studied electrical engineering at Union College, and then he served as a 2nd lieutenant in World War I. In the early 1920s he decided to work as an actor. He became a Broadway star by way of his starring role in the original 1924 production of George Kelly's The Show Off. The term Electrical engineering has different meaning in the United States of America from that in Europe. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations and... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America and in Australia as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He arrived in Hollywood in 1929, and he started in many pictures as a newspaperman. He played reporter Hildy Johnson in the 1928 staging of The Front Page and a Walter Winchell-type gossip columnist in 1932's Blessed Event. In 1933 he was John Barrymore's agent in the great comedy Dinner at Eight, directed by George Cukor. His career suffered a temporary setback in 1934 while filming Viva Villa, when he stood on his balcony and urinated on a military parade that was passing below in Mexico City. He was fired from the film and replaced by Wallace Beery. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Sidney Blythe (February 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942), better known as John Barrymore, became famous as a Shakespearean actor, lauded for his Hamlet. ... Dinner at Eight is a 1932 Broadway play written George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. ... George Cukor George Cukor (July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Viva Villa! is a 1934 movie that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ... United States Marines on parade. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides... Wallace Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor, best known for his many cinema appearances. ...

During World War II he returned to uniform. Tracy did continue on in films and also had two television series in the 1950's, New York Confidential, and was one the actors who portrayed the TV detective Martin Kane. He also was cast as the President in both the stage and film versions of The Best Man, written by Gore Vidal. Lee Tracy died of cancer October 18, 1968. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... Best man has several meanings: Best man is a member of a wedding Films: The Best Man (1914 film) is a 1914 film The Best Man (1916 film) is a 1916 film The Best Man (1917 film) is a 1917 film The Best Man (1919 film) is a 1919 film... Gore Vidal, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, known better simply as Gore Vidal, (born October 3, 1925) is a well-known American writer of novels, plays and essays, and a public figure for over fifty years. ... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

Filmography (partial)

• (1964) - The Best Man President Art Hockstader

See also: 1963 in film 1964 1965 in film 1960s in film years in film film // Events January 29 - The film Dr. Strangelove is released. ... The Best Man is a 1964 film with Lee Tracy. ...

External links

• Lee Tracy at the Internet Movie Database
• Moviefone: Lee Tracy