Bert Tracy

The Kentucky Derby
	Film poster
Directed by	King Baggot
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Reginald Denny
Cinematography	Victor Milner
Distributed by	Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Release date	October 1922 (Chicago prem.); December 4, 1922 (USA)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Bert Tracey
Bert Tracey
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor; Director;

Bert Tracey was a British silent film and talkie actor. He also directed one film, Boots! Boots!, in 1934 which marked the film debut of George Formby as an adult. Tracy was born on June 16, 1889 in Manchester, England. He acted in 47 silent films including The Kentucky Derby (1922) and Law or Loyalty (1926). [1]

Career in America

Tracey was a Music Hall veteran who had gone to America in 1913 with Stan Laurel and Charlie Chaplin with the Fred Karno Troupe where they worked as actors in shorts for the Kalem Company. By 1914 he was working with Oliver Hardy in a string of slapstick comedies.

Return to England

He returned to England in 1927. In 1933 he met up with Laurel and Hardy at Manchester's Midland Hotel. As there were no suitable studios in Manchester, this meeting lead to the rental of a film studio in London where Bert was able to lend technical support to their productions in England . [2]

In October, 1953 Laurel and Hardy, both in ill health, returned to the Vaudeville lifestyle on their final British tour. They hired their old friend Bert Tracey to be their dresser. [3]

Selected filmography

Actor

The Sacrifice of the Spillway (1913)
The Daddy of Them All (1914)
Back to the Farm (1914) Bert Tracey - (as Bob) Oliver Hardy - (as Babe Hardy),[4]
Sea Dogs (1916)
A Day at School (1916) Bert Tracey- (as Janitor) Oliver Hardy - (as Babe Hardy)
Royal Blood (1916) Bert Tracey (as the Count) Oliver Hardy (as Babe Hardy)
A Dumbwaiter Scandal (1919)
The Kentucky Derby (1922) Bert Tracy as Topper Tom
Law or Loyalty (1926)
Warned Off (1930)
Holidays with Pay (1948)

Director

Boots! Boots! (1934) [5]

gollark: why did you trick me into pressing this EVIL key shortcut?!?!?!?

gollark: `(1/"d")*("d"/4)` doesn't cancel to `1/4` as it should, I should figure out a way to do that.

gollark: Also addition.

gollark: Next I need to work out division and multiplication of fractions sensibly.

gollark: Same result, too.

References

[] IMDb Bert Tracey
[] British Comedy Cinema
[]The story of Laurel and Hardys final British tour.
[]IMDb Image of Oliver Hardy and Bert Tracy in Back to the Farm (1914)
[]IMDb Poster of Boots! Boots! directed by Bert Tracey

External links

Bert Tracy on IMDb

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[1] [] IMDb Bert Tracey

[2] [] British Comedy Cinema

[3] []The story of Laurel and Hardys final British tour.

[4] []IMDb Image of Oliver Hardy and Bert Tracy in Back to the Farm (1914)

[5] []IMDb Poster of Boots! Boots! directed by Bert Tracey