- Humphrey DeForest Bogart was an American screen and stage actor whose performances in 1940s films noir such as The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, and The Big Sleep earned him status as a cultural icon
Born: | 25 December 1899 Comment | When did Humphrey Bogart die? / Died | 14 January 1957 | How many years did Humphrey Bogart live? / Lived | 57 years | Zodiac sign: | Capricorn |
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Humphrey Bogart facts
- Bogart began acting in 1921 after a hitch in the U
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- Navy in World War I and little success in various jobs in finance and the production side of the theater
- Gradually he became a regular in Broadway shows in the 1920s and 1930s
- When the stock market crash of 1929 reduced the demand for plays, Bogart turned to film
- His first great success was as Duke Mantee in The Petrified Forest (1936), and this led to a period of typecasting as a gangster with films such as Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) and B-movies like The Return of Doctor X (1939)
- Bogart's breakthrough as a leading man came in 1941 with High Sierra and The Maltese Falcon
- The next year, his performance in Casablanca (1943; Oscar nomination) raised him to the peak of his profession and, at the same time, cemented his trademark film persona, that of the hard-boiled cynic who ultimately shows his noble side
- Other successes followed, including To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), and Key Largo (1948), all four with his wife Lauren Bacall; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); In a Lonely Place (1950); The African Queen (1951; Oscar winner); Sabrina (1954); The Caine Mutiny (1954; Oscar nomination); and We're No Angels (1955)
- His last film was The Harder They Fall (1956)
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