" Tracy disliked when he was asked about his technique, or about what advice he would give to others ; he often belittled the profession.

According to TMZ, MTV has not asked Tracy Grandstaff to reprise her role as Daria Morgendorffer.

It was Tracy's involvement that ensured that Cagney accepted a supporting role, although in the end, Tracy did not take part.

Cagney worked with MGM on the Western film Tribute to a Bad Man, a role that had originally been written for Spencer Tracy.

Cotten returned to Broadway in 1939, creating the role of C. K. Dexter Haven opposite Katharine Hepburn's Tracy Lord in the original production of Philip Barry's The Philadelphia Story.

Based on a true story of a teacher arrested for teaching his students evolution also known as the " Scopes Monkey Trial ," Spacey played defense lawyer Henry Drummond, a role that was made famous by actor Spencer Tracy in the 1960 film of the same name.

In the 1990s, Tracy's own son, Joseph Flintheart Tracy, took on a role similar to Junior's in the earlier strips.

Tracy was very well received in this role and he quickly developed a passion for the stage.

In the fall of 1926, Tracy was offered his third shot at Broadway: a role in a new George M. Cohan play called Yellow.

Looking to cast the lead role of a serial killer on death row, producer Herman Shumlin met with Tracy, and later recounted: " beneath the surface, here was a man of passion, violence, sensitivity and desperation: no ordinary man, and just the man for the part.

Ford wanted Tracy for the lead role in his next picture, a prison movie.

Tracy was hopeful that it would be his break-out role, but despite good reviews this failed to materialize.

Taking on the role of a priest, Tracy reportedly felt a heavy responsibility in representing the church.

He was uncomfortable feigning a foreign accent, and resented having his hair curled, but the role was a hit with audiences and Tracy won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Portraying Edward J. Flanagan, a Catholic priest and founder of Boys Town, was a role Tracy took seriously: " I'm so anxious to do a good job as Father Flanagan that it worries me, keeps me awake at night.

In 1941, Tracy returned to the role of Father Flanagan in Men of Boys Town.

Tracy received his first Academy Award nomination in 12 years for playing the role of Stanley Banks in Father of the Bride ( 1950 ).

" It's the second strong comedy in a row for Spencer Tracy, doing the title role, and he socks it ", Variety noted.

In 1953, Tracy returned to the role of a concerned father in The Actress.

" Tracy was delighted to be offered the role.

Director Stanley Kramer sought Tracy for the role of lawyer Clarence Darrow from the outset.

Abby Mann wrote the role of Judge Haywood with Tracy in mind ; Tracy called it the best script he had ever read.

Hepburn, who adopted a nursing role towards Tracy, was unable to understand her partner's unhappiness.

Despite this perception of being able to perform effortlessly, acquaintances of Tracy said that he would carefully prepare for each role.

In an ecstatic interview after the game, Jim Tracy stated that he told the Rockies ' preceding batter, relief pitcher Adam Eaton, not to swing: " I don't care if he throws three right down the middle, don't swing because I want Spilborghs to have a shot with the bases loaded.

After Tracy told his father, Solomon shrugged, " Well, then, you ain't got no bike.

Tracy aligned with the Crips, and began reading the novels of Iceberg Slim, which he memorized and recited to his friends, who enjoyed hearing the excerpts and told him, " Yo, kick some more of that by Ice, T ," and the handle stuck.

Paramount Pictures ' Bob Hope was Caught In The Draft, Warner Brothers told Phil Silvers and Jimmy Durante You're In The Army Now, Columbia Pictures put Fred Astaire in the army declaring You'll Never Get Rich, Hal Roach gave his new comedy team of William Tracy and Joe Sawyer Tanks a Million and 20th Century Fox had the former Hal Roach team of Laurel & Hardy going Great Guns.

Tracy told a journalist in April, " I'm coming back to Broadway to see if I can still act.

Tracy was happy to be working again, but told the press the movie would be his last.

" MGM publicist Howard Strickling told the media that Tracy had been alone when he died, and was found by his housekeeper.

Tracy Hickman finally told her " He's James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise.

Tracy initially resisted playing such an unsympathetic character but later told Cukor, " It's rather disconcerting to me to find out how easily I play a heel.

After a night of drinking, the two men wake up at Fort Crown Point, where they are told that the man they had met was Major Rogers ( Spencer Tracy ), the commander of Rogers ' Rangers.

The celebration drew two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties that eventually forced the Bulldogs to kick off from their own eight yard line ; during halftime, Richt told CBS sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson that he had told his offense to celebrate the first touchdown until they received a penalty.

The book is told from the point of view of Tracy Beaker, an adventurous and very naughty ten-year-old girl.

Riley denies everything and reveals that Tracy ’ s mother, whom Andy had been told was dead, might be able to offer him some insight.

Deirdre came out and furiously told Tracy everything: the kiss and making Amy promise not to say anything.

" Tracy O ' Brian told the court that she sublet a flat to Shaik.

As told by founding member, " There were present at this first meeting, Helene Rice, her sister Adriance, Eva O ' Keefe, Harriet Marx, May Gephart, Mayene Tracy, Mable Chase and Ruth Dutcher.

Regular attendees at his famed soirées included Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart, Claudette Colbert, Marlene Dietrich, Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, actor Richard Cromwell, Stanley Holloway, Judy Garland, Gene Tierney, Noël Coward, Cole Porter, director James Whale, costume designer Edith Head, and Norma Shearer, especially after the death of her first husband, Irving Thalberg.

Tracy worked almost exclusively for director Stanley Kramer in the 1960s.

One of the scouts who saw Tracy in The Last Mile was director John Ford.

As a part of the deal, Hepburn was allowed to select her co-star and director ( Tracy and Stevens ).

A number of small communities sprang up along these lines, including the one named for railroad director Lathrop J. Tracy.

Traci Lords ( born Nora Louise Kuzma on May 7, 1968 ), also known as Traci Elizabeth Lords and Tracy Lords, is an American film actress, producer, film director, writer and singer.

A loan-out to co-star with John Wayne in the title roles of the now-classic western The Searchers began the first of three pictures he made with director John Ford ; the other two being The Last Hurrah ( 1958 ) starring Spencer Tracy and Sergeant Rutledge ( 1960 ).

Art director Richard Tracy changed the name to " Q-bert ", and the dash was later changed to an asterisk.

In 2003 the film Rise Above: A Tribe 8 Documentary, by director Tracy Flannigan, was released, documenting not only performances by the band but the motivations and reasons behind the band and the part it plays in their lives.

* Fanstuff: maintained by money editor Chanel Lee and site director Tracy V. Wilson

* Dick Tracy ( 1990 ) ( second unit director )

* Tracy Lawrence ( now an account director at a London creative agency )

The current center director is Tracy L. Cross.

Original director Howard Hawks was also fired for refusing to testify against Tracy, and subsequently replaced by Jack Conway.

Those furloughed included reporter and fill-in anchor Joanie Lum, entertainment reporter and film critic Bill Zwecker, sports reporter and anchor Howard Sudberry, reporter Tracy West, assistant news director Todd Woolman, producer Liz Johnson, news writer and producer Shelly Howell, and camera man Chris Cangilla.

Both director William K. Howard and Spencer Tracy were supposed to have worked on Marie Galante, but when it was postponed, they were transferred to The Power and the Glory.

Directed by Motown founder Berry Gordy ( taking over after British director Tony Richardson was dismissed from the film ), Mahogany stars Diana Ross as Tracy Chambers, a poor African-American woman who rises to become a popular fashion designer in Rome.

Tracy went on to do the lead role in Sing Mahlia Sing upon Jennifer Holliday leaving the show under the direction of George Faison, and then working with director George Coates in the Theatrical piece Right Mind.

She maintained a home in London until 1986, and then moved to Los Angeles to be near her daughter, Tracy, by then a costume designer and director married to Jim McBride.