Spencer Tracy Tracy left MGM in 1955, and continued to work regularly as a freelance star, despite an increasing weariness as he aged. His personal life was troubled, with a lifelong struggle against severe alcoholism and guilt over his son's deafness. Tracy became estranged from his wife in the 1930s, but never divorced, conducting a long-term relationship with Katharine Hepburn in private. Towards the end of his life, Tracy worked almost exclusively for director Stanley Kramer. It was for Kramer that he made his last film, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" in 1967, completed just 17 days before his death. During his
Douglas Walton (actor) films such as King Vidor's "Northwest Passage" (1940), starring Spencer Tracy, and "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1945). One sizable role was "Percival Priceless" in "Dick Tracy vs. Cueball" (1947). His final film was "Three Came Home" (1950). Walton retired in 1950 and died eleven years later, in 1961, from a heart attack, at age 52. Notes Bibliography Douglas Walton (actor) Douglas Walton (October 17, 1909 – November 15, 1961) was a Canadian actor who worked in American films during the 1930s and 1940s. He appeared in 60 films between 1931 and 1950. Born John Douglas Duder in Toronto, Ontario,