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How Did Lee Tracy Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 70GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn13/04/1898Born inAtlanta, Georgia, USADied18/10/1968 (aged 70)Died inSanta MonicaCauseliver cancerWikidataQ1812027 ↗Buried atPennsylvaniaTMDb#33003 ↗
William Lee Tracy was an American stage, film, and television actor. He is known foremost for his portrayals between the late 1920s and 1940s of fast-talking, wisecracking news reporters, press agents, lawyers, and salesmen. From 1949 to 1954, he was also featured in the weekly radio and television versions of the series Martin Kane: Private Eye, as well as starring as the newspaper columnist Lee Cochran in the 1958–1959 British-American crime drama New York Confidential.
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| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | The Big Parade of ComedyMovie | Space in 'Bombshell' (archive footage) | 66 |
| 1964 | The Best ManMovie | President Art Hockstader | 66 |
| 1964 | Profiles in CourageSeries | Senator Robert A. Taft | 66 |
| 1962 | Going My WaySeries | — | 64 |
| 1961 | Ben CaseySeries | — | 63 |
| 1961 | 87th PrecinctSeries | — | 63 |
| 1959 | New York ConfidentialSeries | Lee Cochran | 61 |
| 1949 | Lights OutSeries | — | 51 |
| 1949 | Martin Kane, Private EyeSeries | — | 51 |
| 1948 | Ford TheatreSeries | Captain Gallagher | 50 |
| 1947 | High TideMovie | Hugh Fresney | 49 |
| 1945 | Betrayal from the EastMovie | Eddie Carter | 47 |
| 1945 | I'll Tell the WorldMovie | Gabriel Patton | 47 |
| 1943 | Power of the PressMovie | Griff Thompson | 45 |
| 1940 | Millionaires in PrisonMovie | Nick Burton | 42 |
| 1939 | The SpellbinderMovie | Jed Marlowe | 41 |
| 1938 | Crashing HollywoodMovie | Michael Winslow | 40 |
| 1937 | Cinema CircusMovie | Himself - Ringmaster | 39 |
| 1937 | Behind The HeadlinesMovie | Eddie Haines | 39 |
| 1937 | Criminal LawyerMovie | Brandon | 39 |
| 1936 | Wanted: Jane TurnerMovie | Tom Mallory | 38 |
| 1935 | Pirate Party on Catalina IsleMovie | Pirate (uncredited) | 37 |
| 1934 | I'll Tell the WorldMovie | Stanley Brown | 36 |
| 1933 | The NuisanceMovie | Joseph Phineas 'Joe' Stevens | 35 |
| 1933 | Private JonesMovie | Pvt. William 'Bill' Jones | 35 |
| 1933 | Dinner at EightMovie | Max Kane | 35 |
| 1933 | Clear All Wires!Movie | Buckley Joyce Thomas | 35 |
| 1933 | BombshellMovie | E.J. 'Space' Hanlon | 35 |
| 1933 | Turn Back the ClockMovie | Joe Gimlet | 35 |
| 1932 | Blessed EventMovie | Alvin Roberts | 34 |
| 1932 | Doctor XMovie | Lee Taylor | 34 |
| 1932 | Washington Merry-Go-RoundMovie | Button Gwinett Brown | 34 |
| 1932 | The Night MayorMovie | Mayor Bobby Kingston | 34 |
| 1930 | LiliomMovie | The Buzzard | 32 |
| 1929 | Big TimeMovie | Eddie Burns | 31 |