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[h3]Spencer Tracy was born four years after his brother Carroll to truck salesman John Edward and Caroline Brown Tracy. He attended Marquette Academy, then left school to enlist in the Navy at the start of World War I. He was still at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia at the end of the war. [/h3]

Whilst at Ripon College in Wisconsin he did well in the lead of "The Truth", and decided on acting as a career, dropping out of college. In New York he roomed with fellow actor Pat O'Brien while they attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 1923 they both got non-speaking parts as robots in "R.U.R". In stock he supported himself with jobs as bellhop, janitor and salesman.

John Ford saw his critically acclaimed lead in “The Last Mile”(1932) and signed him up to play Saint Louis in “Up the River” (1930) for Fox. His family moved to Hollywood in 1931, where he made sixteen films in three years. In 1935 he signed with MGM.

His prodigious career spanned four decades, and his 80 films made him a legend in his own time.

He became the first to win back-to-back Oscars for “Captains Courageous” (1937) and “Boys Town” (1938). He was nominated for “San Francisco” (1936), “Father of the Bride” (1950), “Bad Day at Black Rock” (1955), “The Old Man and the Sea”(1958), “Inherit the Wind” (1960), “Judgment at Nuremberg” (1961), and “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner” (1967).

He married actress Louise Treadwell in the 1930s, and, a staunch Catholic, he refused to divorce her despite beginning a relationship with [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/207:0/Katharine_Hepburn.htm]Katharine Hepburn[/urlnew] in 1942 that endured, despite the rigours of Hollywood life, until his death in 1967. He made a total of nine films with Hepburn.

Tracy struggled with alcoholism for most of his life. Whilst filming his last performance, in “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner” (1967), he suffered severely from lung congestion. Seventeen days after completing filming he died of a heart attack in Beverly Hills.

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- Although very close friends with Humphrey Bogart, he declined to offer the eulogy at his funeral, claiming he would find it impossibly difficult.

- He was offered the role of The Penguin in the TV series “Batman” before Burgess Meredith. Tracy said that he would only accept the role if he was allowed to kill Batman.

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) ... Matt Drayton

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) ... Capt. C. G. Culpeper

How the West Was Won (1962) (voice) ... Narrator

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) ... Chief Judge Dan Haywood

Devil at 4 O'Clock, The (1961).... Father Matthew Doonan

Inherit the Wind (1960) ... Henry Drummond

Last Hurrah, The (1958) ... Mayor Frank Skeffington

Old Man and the Sea, The (1958) ... The Old Man\Narrator

Desk Set (1957) ... Richard Sumner

Mountain, The (1956) ... Zachary Teller

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) ... John J. Macreedy

Broken Lance (1954) ... Matt Devereaux

Actress, The (1953) ... Clinton Jones

Plymouth Adventure (1952) ... Capt. Christopher Jones

Pat and Mike (1952) ... Mike Conovan

People Against O'Hara, The (1951) ... James P. Curtayne

Father's Little Dividend (1951) ... Stanley Banks

Father of the Bride (1950) ... Stanley T. Banks

Malaya (1949) ... Carnaghan

Adam's Rib (1949) ... Adam Bonner

Edward, My Son (1949) ... Arnold Boult

State of the Union (1948) ... Grant Matthews

Cass Timberlane (1947) ... Cass Timberlane

Sea of Grass, The (1947) ... Col. James B. Brewton

Without Love (1945) ... Pat Jamieson

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) ... Gen. James Doolittle

Seventh Cross, The (1944) ... George Heisler

Guy Named Joe, A (1943) ... Maj. Pete Sandidge

Keeper of the Flame (1942) ... Steven 'Stevie' O'Malley

Tortilla Flat (1942) ... Pilon

Woman of the Year (1942) ... Sam Craig

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) ... Dr. Henry 'Harry' Jekyll/Mr. Hyde

Men of Boys Town (1941) ... Father Edward J. 'Eddie' Flanagan

Boom Town (1940) ... Jonathan Sand

Edison, the Man (1940) ... Thomas A. Edison

Northwest Passage (1940) ... Maj. Robert Rogers

Young Tom Edison (1940) (uncredited) ... Man Admiring Portrait of
Thomas A. Edison

I Take This Woman (1940) ... Dr. Karl Decker

Stanley and Livingstone (1939) ... Henry M. Stanley

Boys Town (1938) ... Father Edward J. Flanagan

Test Pilot (1938) ... Gunner Morris

Mannequin (1937) ... John L. Hennessey

Big City (1937) ... Joe Benton

Captains Courageous (1937) ... Manuel Fidello

They Gave Him a Gun (1937) ... Fred P. Willis

Libeled Lady (1936) ... Warren Haggerty

San Francisco (1936) ... Father Tim Mullin

Fury (1936) ... Joe Wilson

Riffraff (1936) ... Dutch Muller

Whipsaw (1935) ... Ross 'Mac' McBride, aka Danny Ross Ackerman

Dante's Inferno (1935) ... Jim Carter

Murder Man, The (1935) ... Steven 'Steve' Grey

It's a Small World (1935) ... Bill Shevlin

Marie Galante (1934) ... Dr. Crawbett

Now I'll Tell (1934) ... Murray Golden

Bottoms Up (1934) ... 'Smoothie' King

Looking for Trouble (1934) ... Joe Graham

Show-Off, The (1934) ... J. Aubrey Piper

Mad Game, The (1933) ... Edward Carson

Man's Castle (1933) ... Bill

Power and the Glory, The (1933) ... Tom Garner

Shanghai Madness (1933) ... Pat Jackson

Face in the Sky, The (1933) ... Joe Buck

20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932) ... Tom 'Tommy' Connors

Me and My Gal (1932) ... Danny Dolan

Painted Woman, The (1932) ... Tom Brian

Society Girl (1932) ... Briscoe

Young America (1932) ... Jack Doray

Disorderly Conduct (1932) ... Dick Fay

Sky Devils (1932) ... Wilkie

She Wanted a Millionaire (1932) ... William Kelley

Goldie (1931) ... Bill

Six Cylinder Love (1931) ... William Donroy

Quick Millions (1931) ... Daniel J. 'Bugs' Raymond

Up the River (1930) ... Saint Louis

Hard Guy, The (1930) ... Guy

Taxi Talks (1930) ... Taxi Driver

Strong Arm, The (1930)
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