---
name: "William Tracy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-tracy"
fi1m_id: "william-tracy"
imdb_id: "nm0870454"
tmdb_id: 83236
wikidata_id: "Q2580810"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 December 1917"
died: "18 June 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-02T22:14:10.005959+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# William Tracy

## Identity

William Tracy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-tracy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-tracy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0870454
- **TMDB ID:** 83236
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2580810
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tracy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2580810, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870454/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83236

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

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 December 1917, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 18 June 1967
- **Active:** 1938–1940
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 82 (1), 1940s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tracy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2580810, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870454/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83236

## Biography

William Tracy (1 December 1917 – 18 July 1967) was an American character actor. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Art and began his career on the Broadway stage, appearing in the 1937 production of *Brother Rat* as Misto Bottome.

He made his film debut recreating the role in the 1938 screen adaptation and went on to appear in *Angels with Dirty Faces* (1938), *The Shop Around the Corner* (1940) as Pepi Katona, *Tobacco Road* (1941) and *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (1941). From 1941 he played Sgt. Dorian "Dodo" Doubleday opposite Joe Sawyer in a series of Hal Roach military comedies.

In the 1950s Tracy worked mainly in television, notably as Hotshot Charlie in the series *Terry and the Pirates* (1952–1953). He had previously played the title role in the 1940 film serial of the same name. His final screen appearance was in the 1959 film *-30-*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Shop Around the Corner* (1940), Fi1m 88, as Pepi Katona — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shop-around-the-corner.md)
- *Angels with Dirty Faces* (1938), Fi1m 82, as Jerry - as a Boy — [page](https://film.one/film/angels-with-dirty-faces.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Motel Manager Swetson, Man · Photographer
- *The Wings of Eagles* (1957), as Air Officer (uncredited)
- *Navy Log* (1955), series, Actor
- *The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp* (1955), series, Actor
- *Lassie* (1954), series, Actor
- *Mr. Walkie Talkie* (1952), as Sgt. Doubleday
- *Dragnet* (1951), series, Actor
- *As You Were* (1951), as Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
- *Sunny Side of the Street* (1951), as Al Little
- *One Too Many* (1950), as Billy Leighton
- *Henry, the Rainmaker* (1949), as Charlie Richards
- *The Walls of Jericho* (1948), as Cully Caxton
- *Here Comes Trouble* (1948), as Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
- *Yanks Ahoy* (1943), as Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
- *Fall In* (1942), as Sgt. Dorian "Dodo" Doubleday
- *George Washington Slept Here* (1942), as Steve Eldridge
- *About Face* (1942), as Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
- *To the Shores of Tripoli* (1942), as Johnny Dent
- *Young America* (1942), as Earl Tucker, alias Ivan Leslie
- *Hay Foot* (1942), as Sergeant 'Dodo' Doubleday
- *Cadet Girl* (1941), as The Runt, a Cadet
- *Tanks a Million* (1941), as Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
- *Tillie the Toiler* (1941), as Mac
- *She Knew All the Answers* (1941), as Benny
- *Her First Beau* (1941), as Mervyn Roberts
- *Tobacco Road* (1941), as Dude Lester
- *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (1941), as Sammy
- *Gallant Sons* (1940), as Beefy Monrose
- *Strike Up the Band* (1940), as Phillip Turner
- *Terry and the Pirates* (1940), as Terry Lee
- *The Shop Around the Corner* (1940), as Pepi Katona — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shop-around-the-corner.md)
- *Million Dollar Legs* (1939), as Egghead Jackson
- *The Jones Family in Hollywood* (1939), as Danny Regan
- *Angels with Dirty Faces* (1938), as Jerry - as a Boy — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/angels-with-dirty-faces.md)
- *Brother Rat* (1938), as Misto Bottome

## Gallery

- ![William Tracy](https://film.one/media/person/3857502/gallery-4fa3baacfb73.jpg) William Tracy — film screenshot (United Artists), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/William_Tracy_in_Tanks_a_Million.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![William Tracy](https://film.one/media/person/3857502/gallery-850e185cde28.jpg) William Tracy — Image via TMDB

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