Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Acting

Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Known for

Acting

Born

1899-12-25

From

New York City, New York, USA

Died

1957-01-14

Also known as Bogie

Biography

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.

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Biography

Casablanca

Sabrina

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Maltese Falcon

Chain Lightning

The African Queen

The Big Sleep

We're No Angels

The Barefoot Contessa

Hollywood Victory Caravan

Dark Passage

The Harder They Fall

To Have and Have Not

The Roaring Twenties

The Caine Mutiny

In a Lonely Place

Sahara

Key Largo

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

The Bad Sister

Sirocco

The Enforcer

Midnight

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

Dark Victory

Breakdowns of 1942

Breakdowns of 1941

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Dead End

They Drive by Night

Angels with Dirty Faces

The Desperate Hours

Beat the Devil

All Through the Night

Passage to Marseille

It's Showtime

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

Knock on Any Door

Warner at War

Marked Woman

Action in the North Atlantic

Isle of Fury

Invisible Stripes

Breakdowns of 1944

Deadline - U.S.A.

The Left Hand of God

Dead Reckoning

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert

Showbiz Goes to War

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

Across the Pacific

High Sierra

Hollywood sul Tevere

Pulp Cinema

The Return of Doctor X

Hooray for Hollywood

The Dancing Town

Tokyo Joe

All-Time Movie Greats

Bullets or Ballots

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

Bogart: The Untold Story

Death In Hollywood

Brother Orchid

Conflict

Breakdowns of 1938

Kid Galahad

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

The Petrified Forest

It All Came True

Virginia City

Up the River

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Racket Busters

Body and Soul

Breakdowns of 1949