Humphrey Bogart
Acting
- Born:
- 1899-12-25
- Died:
- 1957-01-14
- Place of birth:
- New York City, New York, USA
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
Filmography
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Akai Ito
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes
Becoming Marilyn
Cain Rose Up
Rat Pack
Julie Andrews Forever
The Green Fog
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Hollywood sul Tevere
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Warner at War
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
As Time Goes By: The Children Remember
'In a Lonely Place' Revisited
Living Famously
Pulp Cinema
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Humphrey Bogart on Film
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Sports on the Silver Screen
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Bogart: The Untold Story
Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
Movie Tough Guys
Death In Hollywood
Tales from the Crypt
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Bacall on Bogart
All-Time Movie Greats
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Showbiz Goes to War
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
The South Bank Show
Ersatz
All This and World War II
It's Showtime
Hooray for Hollywood
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Dynamite Chicken
The Happy Ending
The Harder They Fall
The Desperate Hours
The Left Hand of God
We're No Angels
The Petrified Forest
The Barefoot Contessa
Sabrina
The Caine Mutiny
The Love Lottery
Beat the Devil
The Oscars
Battle Circus
Deadline - U.S.A.
The African Queen
Sirocco
The Enforcer
The Crime Of Korea
The Jack Benny Program
In a Lonely Place
Chain Lightning
The Hollywood Ten
Breakdowns of 1949
Tokyo Joe
Knock on Any Door
Key Largo
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Blow-Ups of 1947
Always Together
Dark Passage
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Dead Reckoning
Blow-Ups of 1946
Never Say Goodbye
The Big Sleep
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Conflict
To Have and Have Not
Breakdowns of 1944
I Am an American
Passage to Marseille
Report from the Front
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Sahara
Action in the North Atlantic
Casablanca
Breakdowns of 1942
Across the Pacific
The Big Shot
All Through the Night
Breakdowns of 1941
The Maltese Falcon
The Wagons Roll at Night
High Sierra
Breakdowns of 1940
They Drive by Night
Brother Orchid
It All Came True
Virginia City
Breakdowns of 1939
Invisible Stripes
The Return of Doctor X
The Roaring Twenties
Dark Victory
You Can't Get Away with Murder
The Oklahoma Kid
King of the Underworld
Breakdowns of 1938
Swingtime in the Movies
Angels with Dirty Faces
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Racket Busters
Men Are Such Fools
Crime School
Swing Your Lady
Breakdowns of 1937
Stand-In
Dead End
Kid Galahad
San Quentin
Marked Woman
The Great O'Malley
Black Legion
Breakdowns of 1936
Isle of Fury
China Clipper
Two Against the World
Bullets or Ballots
The Petrified Forest
Midnight
Three on a Match
Big City Blues
Love Affair
A Holy Terror
The Bad Sister
Body and Soul
A Devil with Women
Up the River
Broadway's Like That
The Dancing Town