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Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Acting

December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957 (died at 57)
New York City, New York, USA
Male
161 Movies
6 TV Shows

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.

Casablanca
Casablanca

Casablanca

1943 8.1

as Rick Blaine

Age 43 (now 57)
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

1941 7.7

as Samuel Spade

Age 41 (now 57)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948 8.0

as Fred C. Dobbs

Age 48 (now 57)
Sabrina
Sabrina

Sabrina

1954 7.5

as Linus Larrabee

Age 54 (now 57)
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

1946 7.6

as Philip Marlowe

Age 46 (now 57)
The African Queen
The African Queen

The African Queen

1952 7.4

as Charlie Allnut

Age 52 (now 57)
In a Lonely Place
In a Lonely Place

In a Lonely Place

1950 7.6

as Dixon Steele

Age 50 (now 57)
Key Largo
Key Largo

Key Largo

1948 7.5

as Frank McCloud

Age 48 (now 57)
To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not

To Have and Have Not

1945 7.5

as Harry Morgan

Age 45 (now 57)
The Caine Mutiny
The Caine Mutiny

The Caine Mutiny

1954 7.2

as Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg

Age 54 (now 57)
Dark Passage
Dark Passage

Dark Passage

1947 7.3

as Vincent Parry

Age 47 (now 57)
The Barefoot Contessa
The Barefoot Contessa

The Barefoot Contessa

1954 6.7

as Harry Dawes

Age 54 (now 57)
We're No Angels
We're No Angels

We're No Angels

1955 7.2

as Joseph

Age 55 (now 57)
High Sierra
High Sierra

High Sierra

1941 7.1

as Roy Earle

Age 41 (now 57)
The Desperate Hours
The Desperate Hours

The Desperate Hours

1955 7.0

as Glenn Griffin

Age 55 (now 57)
Sahara
Sahara

Sahara

1943 7.2

as Sgt. Joe Gunn

Age 43 (now 57)