Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey DeForest Bogart
1899 - 1957
American born New York City

Nickname Bogey, Bogie . Height 5' 8½" (1.74 m) . The son of a Manhattan surgeon and a magazine illustrator, Humphrey Bogart was educated at Trinity School, New York City, sent to Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, in preparation for medical studies at Yale. He was expelled from Phillips and joined the U.S. Naval Reserve. From 1920 to 1922, he managed a stage company owned by family friend William A. Brady (the father of actress Alice Brady), performing a variety of tasks at Brady's film studio in New York. After this, he began regular stage performances. Alexander Woollcott described his acting in a 1922 play as "inadequate". In 1930, he got a contract with Fox and his feature film debut in a ten-minute short, Broadway's Like That (1930), co-starring Ruth Etting and Joan Blondell. Fox released him after two years. After five more years of stage and minor film roles, he broke through with The Petrified Forest (1936) from Warner Bros.; he got the part over Edward G. Robinson only after the star, Leslie Howard, threatened Warners that he would quit unless accompanied Bogart were given the key role Duke Mantee, which he had played in the Broadway production (which Howard was also in). The film was a major success and led to a long-term contract with Warners. From 1936 to 1940 Bogart he appeared in 28 films, usually as a gangster, but twice in Westerns. His landmark year was 1941, with roles in such classics as High Sierra (1941) and then as Sam Spade in one of his most fondly remembered films, The Maltese Falcon (1941). These were followed by Casablanca (1942), The Big Sleep (1946) and Key Largo (1948). In 1947 he joined Lauren Bacall and other actors protesting the McCarthyite witch hunts of the House Un-American Activities Committee. He also formed his own production company, and the next year made The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). "Bogey" received the Best Actor Academy Award for The African Queen (1951) and a nomination for Casablanca (1942) and as Captain Queeg in The Caine Mutiny (1954), a film made when he was already seriously ill. He died in his sleep at his Hollywood home following an operation for throat cancer. Lauren Bacall (21 May 1945 - 14 January 1957) (his death) 1 son, 1 daughter, Mayo Methot (21 August 1938 - 10 May 1945) (divorced), Mary Philips (3 April 1928 - 1938) (divorced), Helen Menken (20 May 1926 - 18 November 1927) (divorced).

The Harder They Fall (1956) , The Desperate Hours (1955) , The Left Hand of God (1955), We're No Angels (1955) , The Petrified Forest (1955) , The Barefoot Contessa (1954) , Sabrina (1954) , The Caine Mutiny (1954) , Beat the Devil (1953) , Humphrey Bogart Show (1953) ,Battle Circus (1953) , Deadline - U.S.A. (1952) , The African Queen (1951) , Sirocco (1951) , The Enforcer (1951) , In a Lonely Place (1950) , Chain Lightning (1950) , Tokyo Joe (1949) , Knock on Any Door (1949) , Key Largo (1948) , The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) , Dark Passage (1947) , The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) , Dead Reckoning (1947) , The Big Sleep (1946) ,Conflict (1945) , To Have and Have Not (1944) , Passage to Marseille (1944) , Sahara (1943/I) , Action in the North Atlantic (1943) , Casablanca (1942) , Across the Pacific (1942), The Big Shot (1942) , In This Our Life (1942) , All Through the Night (1942) , The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Wagons Roll at Night (1941) , High Sierra (1941) , They Drive by Night (1940) , Brother Orchid (1940) , It All Came True (1940) , Virginia City (1940) , Invisible Stripes (1939) , The Return of Doctor X (1939) , The Roaring Twenties (1939) , Dark Victory (1939) , You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939) , The Oklahoma Kid (1939) , King of the Underworld (1939) , Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) , The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) , Racket Busters (1938) , Men Are Such Fools (1938) , Crime School (1938) , Swing Your Lady (1938) , Stand-In (1937) , Dead End (1937) , San Quentin (1937) , Kid Galahad (1937) , Marked Woman (1937) , The Great O'Malley (1937) , Black Legion (1937) , Isle of Fury (1936) , China Clipper (1936) , Two Against the World (1936) , Bullets or Ballots (1936) , The Petrified Forest (1936) , Midnight (1934) , Three on a Match (1932) , Big City Blues (1932) , Love Affair (1932) , A Holy Terror (1931) , The Bad Sister (1931) , Body and Soul (1931) , A Devil with Women (1930) , Up the River (1930) , Life (1920)