Humphrey Bogart

Born

Humphrey DeForest Bogart , New York City, New York, USA

Birthday

1899-12-25

Occupation

Actor

Spouse(s)

Helen Menken (1926–1927) (divorced)
Mary Philips (1928–1937) (divorced)
Mayo Methot (1938–1945) (divorced)
Lauren Bacall (1945–1957) (his death) 2 children

Years Active

1921–1956

Humphrey DeForest Bogart (/ˈboʊɡɑrt/; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American screen actor whose performances in such iconic 1940s films noir as The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, and The Big Sleep, earned him the legacy of cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star of Classic American cinema. Over his career he received three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, winning one (for The African Queen).
Bogart began acting in 1921 after a hitch in the U.S. 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).

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