Spencer Tracy Kramer's "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), Tracy's ninth and final film with Hepburn. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" explored the topic of interracial marriage, with Tracy playing a liberal-minded newspaper publisher whose values are challenged when his daughter wishes to marry a black man, played by Sidney Poitier. Tracy was happy to be working again, but he told the press the movie would be his last. To commence filming, Tracy had to be insured for the high premium of $71,000; Hepburn and Kramer both put their salaries in escrow until Tracy completed his scenes. In poor health, Tracy could
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,