Real Name:Spencer Bonaventure Tracy
Birthdate:April 5,1900
Birthplace:Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Deathdate: June 10,1967
Deathplace:Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
Cause of Death:Heart Attack
Wife:'Louise Treadwell' (1923 - June 10 1967) (his death)
Children: John(b.1924); Susanna(b.1932)
Nickname:Spence
Height:5'10 1/2"
His Best Actor in 1937 for Captains Courageous is inscribed with the name "Dick Tracy."
Attended Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin but did not graduate.
Attended no fewer than six high schools: Wauwatosa (WI) High School; St. John's Cathedral School (Milwaukee); St. Mary's (near Topeka, Kansas); Rockhurst Academy (Topeka); Marquette Academy (Milwaukee); WWI service; Northwestern Military and Naval Academy (Lake Geneva, WI); and West Division High School (Milwaukee), from which he graduated in 1921.
In 1956/57 when Spencer's longtime friend Humphrey Bogart was dying of cancer, Spencer and Katharine Hepburn were two of the only people who visited Bogie (and wife Lauren Bacall) at their home on an almost daily basis. They would sit together at Bogie's bedside for half and hour or so every evening in the months and weeks leading up to his death. After Bogie's death, Bacall requested that Spencer deliver the eulogy at the funeral. Spence apologetically declined saying it would simply be too difficult for him. He felt he would be too emotional and wouldn't be able to do it. Bacall understood and director John Huston delivered the eulogy instead.
Spencer Tracy 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.
