Humphrey Bogart

Known for ActingBorn 1899-12-25Died 1957-01-14New York City, New York, USA

Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American actor. His performances in Classical Hollywood films made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Bogart as the greatest male star of classic American cinema. Bogart began acting in Broadway shows, beginning his career in motion pictures with Up the River (1930) for Fox and appeared in supporting roles for the next decade, regularly portraying gangsters. He was praised for his work as Duke Mantee in The Petrified Forest (1936), but remained cast secondary to other actors at Warner Bros. who received leading roles. Bogart also received positive reviews for his performance as gangster Hugh "Baby Face" Martin, in Dead End (1937), directed by William Wyler. His breakthrough from supporting roles to stardom was set in motion with High Sierra (1941) and catapulted in The Maltese Falcon (1941), considered one of the first great noir films. Bogart's private detectives, Sam Spade (in The Maltese Falcon) and Philip Marlowe (in 1946's The Big Sleep), became the models for detectives in other noir films. His most significant romantic lead role was with Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca (1942), which earned him his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. 44-year-old Bogart and 19-year-old Lauren Bacall fell in love during filming of To Have and Have Not (1944). In 1945, a few months after principal photography for The Big Sleep, their second film together, he divorced his third wife and married Bacall. After their marriage, they played each other's love interest in the mystery thrillers Dark Passage (1947) and Key Largo (1948). Bogart's performances in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) and In a Lonely Place (1950) are now considered among his best, although they were not recognized as such when the films were released. He reprised those unsettled, unstable characters as a World War II naval-vessel commander in The Caine Mutiny (1954), which was a critical and commercial hit and earned him another Best Actor nomination. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a cantankerous river steam launch skipper opposite Katharine Hepburn's missionary in the World War I African adventure The African Queen (1951). Other significant roles in his later years included The Barefoot Contessa (1954) with Ava Gardner and his on-screen competition with William Holden for Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina (1954). A heavy smoker and drinker, Bogart died from esophageal cancer in January 1957.Read more

Movies & web series

'In a Lonely Place' Revisited

Living Famously

Humphrey Bogart on Film

Movie Tough Guys

Showbiz Goes to War

Rat Pack

Pulp Cinema

Sports on the Silver Screen

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?

As Time Goes By: The Children Remember

CAMINANTE

Iconic Couples of Hollywood

A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'

Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'

Julie Andrews Forever

Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

Tales from the Crypt

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

Becoming Marilyn

Hooray for Hollywood

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Casablanca

The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

The Jack Benny Program

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

It's Showtime

Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes

The Maltese Falcon

In a Lonely Place

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

Warner at War

Sabrina

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

The Big Sleep

Key Largo

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

To Have and Have Not

The Roaring Twenties

Angels with Dirty Faces

The African Queen

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

The Dancing Town

You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'