Who was Humphrey Bogart?
Humphrey Bogart was an American actor whose performances in classic Hollywood cinema made him an American cultural icon. In 1999 the American Film Institute selected him as the greatest male star of classic American cinema.
Questions about Humphrey Bogart
Short answers, pulled from the story.
When was Humphrey Bogart born and when did he die?
Humphrey Bogart was born on Christmas Day, the 25th of December 1899, in Manhattan, New York City, and died in January 1957 from esophageal cancer. The Warner Bros. publicity department once altered his birth date to the 23rd of January 1900.
What were Humphrey Bogart's most famous films?
Humphrey Bogart starred in The Maltese Falcon as Sam Spade, Casablanca as Rick Blaine, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and The African Queen as Charlie Allnut. Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The African Queen all made the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the greatest American movies of all time, with Casablanca ranked second.
Did Humphrey Bogart win an Academy Award?
Humphrey Bogart won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1951 for The African Queen, his only win in three nominations. His other Best Actor nominations were for Casablanca and The Caine Mutiny.
How did Humphrey Bogart meet Lauren Bacall?
Humphrey Bogart met Lauren Bacall when director Howard Hawks introduced them, and they fell in love during the filming of To Have and Have Not in 1944, when Bogart was 44 and Bacall was 19. He married her on the 21st of May 1945, after divorcing his third wife, Mayo Methot.
Why was Humphrey Bogart typecast as a gangster?
After The Petrified Forest made him a star, Warner Bros. funneled Humphrey Bogart into B movie crime dramas, and the better scripts went to George Raft, James Cagney and Edward G. Robinson. Bogart said that in his first 34 pictures for Warners he was shot in 12, electrocuted or hanged in 8, and a jailbird in 9.