Spencer Tracy

. His long-term partner, architect Charles Gillan Jr., predeceased him. Tracy was one of Hollywood's earliest "realistic" actors; his performances have stood the test of time unlike some of the overly theatrical work done by many of his peers. At the time of his death, he was a narrator for the A&E show City Confidential. He could portray the hero, the villain, or the comedian, and make the audience believe he truly was the character he played. Winfield died of a heart attack in 2004. More than thirty years after his death, Tracy is still considered by many to be the most skillful actor of his time. He also provided voices on the cartoons Spider-Man, Batman Beyond, and The Simpsons.

Although Tracy was an alcoholic most of his adult life, it never seemed to affect his career. Stephen Franklin, on Babylon 5 and as an alien captain who communicates in metaphor in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Darmok". He is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. On the small screen, he appeared as General Richard Franklin, father of regular character Dr. Two weeks after making his last movie Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, with Hepburn, he died from a massive heart attack at the age of 67. He was Captain Terrell, an unwitting minion of Khan Noonian Singh, in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and a friendly but crusty cop partnered with Lance Henriksen in The Terminator. He and Hepburn made nine films together. Winfield gained many fans for several of his brief but memorable roles in science fiction TV programs and movies.

Though estranged from his wife Louise, he was a devout Catholic and never divorced. Winfield also starred in more recent miniseries, including Roots: The Next Generation, Alex Haley's Queen and Scarlett. In 1941 he began a relationship with Katharine Hepburn. In 1972, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Sounder, being only the third African-American to ever earn a nomination for this award. He is tied with Laurence Olivier for the most best actor Oscar nominations. in the miniseries King. He was also 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 also starred as Martin Luther King, Jr.

In 1935 he signed with MGM and won the Oscar for Best Actor two years in a row, for Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938). Born in Los Angeles, California, he first became well-known to audiences when he appeared for several years opposite Diahann Carroll on the groundbreaking television series Julia. Shortly after that he and his family moved to Hollywood, where he made over 35 films in 5 years. Paul Winfield (May 22, 1941 - March 7, 2004) was an American actor. In 1923 he married Louise Treadwell, and they had two children, John and Louise (Susie). In 1930, director John Ford saw him in the play The Last Mile and signed him to do Up the River for Fox Pictures. Finally in 1930 he appeared in a hit play on Broadway, The Last Mile.

For several years he performed in stock in Michigan, Canada, and Ohio. In the early 1920s he attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Afterward he attended Ripon College where he appeared in a play entitled The Truth, and decided on acting as a career. At the beginning of World War I he left school to enlist in the Navy, but remained in Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia throughout the war.

He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the second son of a truck salesman. Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 - June 10, 1967) was an American film actor who appeared in 74 films from 1930 through the 1960s. Not to mention some of the beautiful actresses.". Why, I'd probably kill the actors.

I don't have the patience. "I couldn't be a director because I couldn't put up with the actors. On drinking: "Hell, I used to take two-week lunch hours!". "Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.".

Greenwood Press, 1994. Westport, Conn. Spencer Tracy : a Bio-bibliography by James Fisher. 1969.

Co. Spencer Tracy; a Biography by Larry Swindell, New York, World Pub.