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.
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Movies (47)
Akai Ito
2025
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2025
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Julie Andrews Forever
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
as (archive footage)
2011
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
as Self / Charlie Allnut (archive footage)
2010
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
as Self (archive footage)
2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
as Self (archive footage)
2008
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
as Self (archive footage)
2006
The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
as Self (archive footage)
2005
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
as Self (Archive Footage)
2003
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
as Fred C. Dobbs / Various Roles (archive footage)
2003
As Time Goes By: The Children Remember
as Self (archive footage)
2003
'In a Lonely Place' Revisited
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Pulp Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
as Lou Spinelli (archive footage)
1999
Humphrey Bogart on Film
as (archive footage)
1999
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1996
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
as Self (archive footage)
1992
Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)
1991
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
1988
Bacall on Bogart
as Self (archive footage)
1988
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1985
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)
1982
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Ersatz
as Rick Blaine (voice) (archive sound)
1978
All This and World War II
as Self (archive footage)
1976
