Jeff Tracy
| Jeff Tracy | |
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| Thunderbirds character | |
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| First appearance | "Trapped in the Sky" (30 September 1965) |
| Last appearance | Thunderbirds (2004 film) |
| Created by | Gerry Anderson |
| Portrayed by | Bill Paxton (2004 film) |
| Voiced by | Peter Dyneley (1965-1966, 1968) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation |
Colonel Astronaut Head of International Rescue |
| Family | Grant Tracy (father; name debatable) "Grandma" Tracy (mother) |
| Spouse(s) | Lucille "Lucy" Tracy (2039-March 2044, deceased; name debatable) |
| Children |
Scott Tracy (son, with Lucille) John Tracy (son, with Lucille) Virgil Tracy (son, with Lucille) Gordon Tracy (son, with Lucille) Alan Tracy (son, with Lucille) |
Jeff Tracy is a fictional character from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation television show Thunderbirds and the subsequent films Thunderbirds Are GO and Thunderbird 6. The voice for the character in these shows was supplied by Peter Dyneley. The character also appeared in the live-action movie Thunderbirds. In the latter he was played by actor Bill Paxton.
The series was first broadcast in 1965 and was set a hundred years in the then future, in 2065, when Jeff was (or will be) 56. According to his backstory "bio", Jeff was born 2 January 2009, the son of a combine harvester driver on a Kansas wheat farm.
As the Tracy family patriarch, he spends most of his time on Tracy Island, situated somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, from where he co-ordinates rescue missions.
It has been suggested that the Tracy family are based on the Cartwrights from the TV series Bonanza, and that the Jeff Tracy puppet is based on the actor who played Ben Cartwright, Lorne Greene.
Along with his sons, Scott and Virgil, Jeff is the only other Tracy to appear in all 32 episodes of Thunderbirds.
In the 2015 'reboot' of the series, Jeff vanished over the Mariana Trench (it is unknown whether he is still alive or deceased) some time ago in an plane accident involving the 'first Thunderbird' named "TV21", for which the Hood has claimed responsibility. Scott appears to have assumed control of International Rescue in his father's place as he is the oldest of the Tracy brothers.
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