Humphrey Bogart

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

156

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-12-25

Day of death

1957-01-14 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Humphrey Bogart

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.

Known For

  • The Jack Benny Program

    The Jack Benny Program

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Dead Reckoning

    Dead Reckoning

  • Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

    Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

  • Casablanca

    Casablanca

  • The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

  • Marked Woman

    Marked Woman

  • High Sierra

    High Sierra

  • Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

    Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

  • Across the Pacific

    Across the Pacific

  • The Big Sleep

    The Big Sleep

  • The Caine Mutiny

    The Caine Mutiny

  • Key Largo

    Key Largo

  • Dark Victory

    Dark Victory

  • You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

    You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

  • Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart

    Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart

  • The Roaring Twenties

    The Roaring Twenties

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

  • Tokyo Joe

    Tokyo Joe

  • The African Queen

    The African Queen

  • The Big Shot

    The Big Shot

  • Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

    Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

  • Dead End

    Dead End

  • The Love Lottery

    The Love Lottery

  • Two Guys from Milwaukee

    Two Guys from Milwaukee

  • Bogart: The Untold Story

    Bogart: The Untold Story

  • A Holy Terror

    A Holy Terror

  • Passage to Marseille

    Passage to Marseille

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

  • The Barefoot Contessa

    The Barefoot Contessa

  • The Great O'Malley

    The Great O'Malley

  • Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

    Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

  • Sahara

    Sahara

  • Showbiz Goes to War

    Showbiz Goes to War

  • We're No Angels

    We're No Angels

  • In a Lonely Place

    In a Lonely Place

  • King of the Underworld

    King of the Underworld

  • Bacall on Bogart

    Bacall on Bogart

  • Hooray for Hollywood

    Hooray for Hollywood

  • Virginia City

    Virginia City

  • The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

    The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

  • The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

    The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

  • The Return of Doctor X

    The Return of Doctor X

  • Sabrina

    Sabrina

  • Blow-Ups of 1947

    Blow-Ups of 1947

  • The Maltese Falcon

    The Maltese Falcon

  • The Left Hand of God

    The Left Hand of God

  • It's Showtime

    It's Showtime

  • Brother Orchid

    Brother Orchid

  • All Through the Night

    All Through the Night

  • Never Say Goodbye

    Never Say Goodbye

  • Breakdowns of 1939

    Breakdowns of 1939

  • Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

    Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

  • Deadline - U.S.A.

    Deadline - U.S.A.

  • Black Legion

    Black Legion

  • Up the River

    Up the River

  • Breakdowns of 1936

    Breakdowns of 1936

  • Blow-Ups of 1946

    Blow-Ups of 1946

  • Breakdowns of 1938

    Breakdowns of 1938

  • Breakdowns of 1937

    Breakdowns of 1937

  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

  • Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes

    Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes

  • Knock on Any Door

    Knock on Any Door

  • Breakdowns of 1940

    Breakdowns of 1940

  • Breakdowns of 1949

    Breakdowns of 1949

  • San Quentin

    San Quentin

  • The Oklahoma Kid

    The Oklahoma Kid

  • I Am an American

    I Am an American

  • Kid Galahad

    Kid Galahad

  • Sports on the Silver Screen

    Sports on the Silver Screen

  • Dark Passage

    Dark Passage

  • Battle Circus

    Battle Circus

  • Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

  • The Bad Sister

    The Bad Sister

  • Angels with Dirty Faces

    Angels with Dirty Faces

  • Thank Your Lucky Stars

    Thank Your Lucky Stars

  • You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'

    You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'

  • Always Together

    Always Together

  • All This and World War II

    All This and World War II

  • Rat Pack

    Rat Pack

  • Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

    Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

  • The Desperate Hours

    The Desperate Hours

  • Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

  • Invisible Stripes

    Invisible Stripes

  • Biography: Humphrey Bogart

    Biography: Humphrey Bogart

  • Crime School

    Crime School

  • Isle of Fury

    Isle of Fury

  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

  • Ingrid Bergman Remembered

    Ingrid Bergman Remembered

  • Action in the North Atlantic

    Action in the North Atlantic

  • 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

    1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

  • Broadway's Like That

    Broadway's Like That

  • Love Affair

    Love Affair

  • The Two Mrs. Carrolls

    The Two Mrs. Carrolls

  • Sirocco

    Sirocco

  • The Wagons Roll at Night

    The Wagons Roll at Night

  • Stand-In

    Stand-In

  • Three on a Match

    Three on a Match

  • To Have and Have Not

    To Have and Have Not

  • Breakdowns of 1942

    Breakdowns of 1942

  • China Clipper

    China Clipper

  • As Time Goes By: The Children Remember

    As Time Goes By: The Children Remember

  • Chain Lightning

    Chain Lightning

  • Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

    Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

  • They Drive by Night

    They Drive by Night

  • Bullets or Ballots

    Bullets or Ballots

  • Julie Andrews Forever

    Julie Andrews Forever

  • Iconic Couples of Hollywood

    Iconic Couples of Hollywood

  • The Harder They Fall

    The Harder They Fall

  • The Petrified Forest

    The Petrified Forest

  • Beat the Devil

    Beat the Devil

  • Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

    Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

  • Living Famously

    Living Famously

  • Big City Blues

    Big City Blues

  • Breakdowns of 1941

    Breakdowns of 1941

  • Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

    Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

  • It All Came True

    It All Came True

  • Two Against the World

    Two Against the World

  • Swing Your Lady

    Swing Your Lady

  • Breakdowns of 1944

    Breakdowns of 1944

  • Midnight

    Midnight

  • The Enforcer

    The Enforcer

  • John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

    John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

  • The Petrified Forest

    The Petrified Forest

  • Conflict

    Conflict

  • The Hollywood Ten

    The Hollywood Ten

  • Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

    Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

  • A Devil with Women

    A Devil with Women

  • Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

    Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

  • Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

    Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

  • Movie Tough Guys

    Movie Tough Guys

  • Hollywood Victory Caravan

    Hollywood Victory Caravan

  • Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

  • You Can't Get Away with Murder

    You Can't Get Away with Murder

  • Body and Soul

    Body and Soul

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

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

  • 'In a Lonely Place' Revisited

    'In a Lonely Place' Revisited

  • Men Are Such Fools

    Men Are Such Fools

  • Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace

    Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace

  • Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?

    Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?

  • The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert

    The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert

  • The Dancing Town

    The Dancing Town

  • Tales from the Crypt: You, Murderer

    Tales from the Crypt: You, Murderer

  • Dynamite Chicken

    Dynamite Chicken

  • Racket Busters

    Racket Busters

  • Ersatz

    Ersatz

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

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

  • Pulp Cinema

    Pulp Cinema

  • Swingtime in the Movies

    Swingtime in the Movies

  • Report from the Front

    Report from the Front

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

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

  • Showbiz Ballyhoo

    Showbiz Ballyhoo

  • The Crime Of Korea

    The Crime Of Korea

  • Humphrey Bogart on Film

    Humphrey Bogart on Film