Humphrey Bogart
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Born:December 25, 18991 |
Born as:Humphrey Deforest Bogart |
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Died:January 14, 1957 |
John Huston: The trouble with Bogart is, he thinks he's Bogart.
Biography:
He grew up in New York, met with disciplinary problems at school and was expelled.
After his discharge from the Navy, Bogart never took acting lessons, but just started an acting career on the Brooklyn stage in 1921. In 1935 he would act in his last Broadway play The Petrified Forest, a role he would reprise on film in 1936.
In 1930 Humphrey went to Hollywood. His big break came in 1941 with High Sierra and The Maltese falcon. Now Bogey was a big star and he made classics like Casablanca and The African Queen for which he won an academy award2.
The Caine Mutiny was Bogart's last major movie, a film made when he was already seriously ill. He dropped his asking price to get the role of Captain Queeg.
Selected Movies:
- Casablanca (1942)
- The African queen (1951)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- The Maltese falcon (1941)
- Key Largo (1948)
- The big sleep (1946)
- Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Academy awards :
1955 Nominated Best Actor for: The Caine Mutiny
1952 Won Oscar Best Actor for: The African Queen
1944 Nominated Best Actor for Casablanca
Bibliography » Books:
Bibliography » Web:
- Friendship in Casablanca
Bogart-tribute - Bogart’s real birthday
Contact Music - Humphrey’s son
High-Def digest -
IBDB - Bogart on Broadway
Post Gazette - The real Marlowe
Rick’s cafe -
Seeing-stars.com - Bogarts’s handprints




