SCOTT #3152 HUMPHREY BOGART 32 CENT

   

Humphrey Bogart
Bogart in a publicity photo, 1945
Born	Humphrey DeForest Bogart December 25, 1899 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	January 14, 1957 (aged 57) Westwood, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Esophageal cancer
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale
Education	Trinity School
Alma mater	Phillips Academy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1921–1956
Height	5 ft 7.5 in (171.5 cm)
Spouse(s)	Helen Menken (1926–1927) Mary Philips (1928–1937) Mayo Methot (1938–1945) Lauren Bacall (1945–1957; his death)
Children	Stephen H. Bogart, Leslie Bogart
Parent(s)	Dr. Belmont DeForest Bogart Maud Humphrey
Awards	Academy Award for Best Actor (1951) for The African Queen
Website	www.humphreybogart.com
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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 in the history of American cinema. Over his career he received three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, winning one.
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).
Bogart's breakthrough as a leading man came in 1941, with High Sierra and The Maltese Falcon. The next year, his performance in Casablanca 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), with his wife Lauren Bacall; and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); In a Lonely Place (1950); The African Queen (1951), for which he won his only Oscar; Sabrina (1954); and The Caine Mutiny (1954). His last film was The Harder They Fall (1956). During a film career of almost 30 years, he appeared in 75 feature films.