Lee Tracy Autographs
William Lee Tracy (April 14, 1898 – October 18, 1968) 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. In 1960 he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in the original theatrical version of The Best Man. Later, in 1964, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe for his supporting role in the film version of The Best Man.
Born in 1898 in Atlanta, Georgia, Tracy was the only child of Ray (née Griffith) and William L. Tracy, a railroader. His father's profession often required the family to relocate, so young Tracy grew up in a variety of locations, including Atlanta, Louisville, Kansas City, St. Louis, and later Sayre, Pennsylvania, where his father was employed as superintendent of a locomotive shop. Lee during his teenage years studied at the Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois and graduated from that preparatory school before briefly attending Union College in New York to pursue a degree in electrical engineering. His studies there were interrupted by his induction into the United States Army during the final weeks of World War I. Although he served in the army for only a short time, he quickly rose to the rank of second lieutenant, a promotion likely attributable to his prior education at Western Military Academy and to his knowledge in engineering.
Soon after his discharge from the army, Tracy decided to alter his career plans, abandoning engineering and turning instead to acting and to working in local stage productions. As early as 1920, in that year's federal census for Pennsylvania, he officially identifies his occupation as "actor, theatrical company". His rise in the ranks in theatre, as in his brief military service, proved to be rapid. After performing for two years in productions with traveling companies, Tracy began performing regularly in vaudeville in New York, earning a steady salary of $35 a week. By 1924 he made his Broadway debut in the original production of George Kelly's play The Show-Off. Two years later, he starred in the hit production of Broadway, for which he received the New York Drama Critics Award. Then, in 1928, his stage performance as the "hard-drinking, fast talking" news reporter Hildy Johnson in the original Broadway production of The Front Page received widespread popular and critical acclaim.
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Current items with a signature of Lee Tracy
These are the most current items with a signature of Lee Tracy that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1930’s MGM Movie Stars. Lee Tracy. Picture Card.Signed. Near mint Condition! | $83.00 |  |
 | Lee Tracy 1898-1968 Signed Index Card / Autographed Actor The Best Man / COA | $29.49 | |
Traded items with a signature of Lee Tracy
The most expensive item with a signature of Lee Tracy (LEE TRACY GLORIA DICKSON SIGNED Power of The Press 1943 PHOTO) was sold in April 2025 for $251.00 while the cheapest item (ACTOR LEE TRACY (1898-1968) VINTAGE AUTOGRAPH W/PHOTO) found a new owner for $0.99 in July 2022. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2025 with an average selling price of $140.00 for an autographed item of Lee Tracy. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2025 with $217.48 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was July 2022. In average, an autographed item from Lee Tracy is worth $29.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Lee Tracy were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | ACTOR LEE TRACY (1898-1968) VINTAGE AUTOGRAPH W/PHOTO | $0.99 |  |
| ACTOR LEE TRACY AUTOGRAPHED 4 BY 6 CARD THE BEST MAN VERZI SIGNED 1965 | $14.95 | |
| LEE TRACY - AUTOGRAPH CO-SIGNED BY: GEORGE E. STONE | $125.99 | |
| Lee Tracy Academy Award nomination for The Best Man signed vintage cut | $9.83 | |
| Lee Tracy Dinner at Eight Movie Actor Original Autograph Signed 11x14 Photo | $217.48 | |
| Lee Tracy Dinner at Eight Movie Actor Original Autograph Signed 11x14 Photo | $217.48 | |
| LEE TRACY DINNER AT EIGHT THE PAYOFF ORIGINAL & VINTAGE SIGNED CARD d. 1968 | $4.25 | |
| LEE TRACY GLORIA DICKSON SIGNED Power of The Press 1943 PHOTO | $251.00 | |
| LEE TRACY Signed Autographed 4"x 6" INDEX CARD BOMBSHELL The Best Man DOCTOR X | $64.98 | |
| Lee Tracy Vintage Signed 8 x 10 Photo / Autographed Actor | $38.99 | |
| Vintage Autograph Movie Star Lee Tracy & Captain Hary? Autographs | $29.00 | |
| Vintage Autograph Movie Star Lee Tracy & Captain Hary? Autographs | $29.00 | |
| Vintage Autograph Movie Star Lee Tracy & Captain Hary? Autographs | $29.00 | |
| Vintage Autograph Movie Star Lee Tracy & Captain Hary? Autographs | $29.00 | |
| Vintage Autograph Movie Star Lee Tracy & Captain Hary? Autographs | $29.00 | |
