Humphrey Bogart

from New York City, New York, USA

Artwork for The Caine MutinyImage of Humphrey Bogart

Biography

Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American actor. His performances in Classical Hollywood films made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Bogart as the greatest male star of classic American cinema.

Bogart began acting in Broadway shows, beginning his career in motion pictures with Up the River (1930) for Fox and appeared in supporting roles for the next decade, regularly portraying gangsters. He was praised for his work as Duke Mantee in The Petrified Forest (1936), but remained cast secondary to other actors at Warner Bros. who received leading roles. Bogart also received positive reviews for his performance as gangster Hugh "Baby Face" Martin, in Dead End (1937), directed by William Wyler.

His breakthrough from supporting roles to stardom was set in motion with High Sierra (1941) and catapulted in The Maltese Falcon (1941), considered one of the first great noir films. Bogart's private detectives, Sam Spade (in The Maltese Falcon) and Philip Marlowe (in 1946's The Big Sleep), became the models for detectives in other noir films. His most significant romantic lead role was with Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca (1942), which earned him his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. 44-year-old Bogart and 19-year-old Lauren Bacall fell in love during filming of To Have and Have Not (1944). In 1945, a few months after principal photography for The Big Sleep, their second film together, he divorced his third wife and married Bacall. After their marriage, they played each other's love interest in the mystery thrillers Dark Passage (1947) and Key Largo (1948).

Bogart's performances in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) and In a Lonely Place (1950) are now considered among his best, although they were not recognized as such when the films were released. He reprised those unsettled, unstable characters as a World War II naval-vessel commander in The Caine Mutiny (1954), which was a critical and commercial hit and earned him another Best Actor nomination. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a cantankerous river steam launch skipper opposite Katharine Hepburn's missionary in the World War I African adventure The African Queen (1951). Other significant roles in his later years included The Barefoot Contessa (1954) with Ava Gardner and his on-screen competition with William Holden for Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina (1954). A heavy smoker and drinker, Bogart died from esophageal cancer in January 1957.

Timeline

2026Aged 127

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    Philip Marlowe (archive footage) (uncredited)

2025Aged 126

  • Poster for Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood

    Self (archive footage)

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    (Unknown)

2024Aged 125

  • Poster for Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes

    Self (archive footage)

2022Aged 123

  • Poster for Rat Pack

    Self (archive footage)

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    (archive footage)

2019Aged 120

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    Self (archive footage)

2018Aged 119

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    (Unknown)

2013Aged 114

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    Self (archive footage)

2012Aged 113

  • Poster for Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

    Self (archive footage)

2011Aged 112

  • Poster for Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

    (archive footage)

2010Aged 111

  • Poster for Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

    Self / Charlie Allnut (archive footage)

  • Poster for Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

    Self (archive footage)

2009Aged 110

  • Poster for 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Hollywood sul Tevere

    (Unknown)

2008Aged 109

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    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

    Self (archive footage)

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2006Aged 107

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    Self (archive footage)

2005Aged 106

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    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert

    Self (archive footage)

2003Aged 104

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    Self (archive footage)

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    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

    Fred C. Dobbs / Various Roles (archive footage)

  • Poster for Biography: Humphrey Bogart

    Self (Archive Footage)

  • Poster for A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'

    Self (archive footage)

2001Aged 102

1999Aged 100

  • Poster for Humphrey Bogart on Film

    (archive footage)

  • Poster for Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

    Lou Spinelli (archive footage)

1997Aged 98

  • Poster for Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Bogart: The Untold Story

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Sports on the Silver Screen

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    Self (archive footage)

1996Aged 97

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    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace

    Self (archive footage)

1992Aged 93

  • Poster for You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'

    Self (archive footage)

1991Aged 92

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    Self (archive footage)

1990Aged 91

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    (Unknown)

1988Aged 89

  • All-Time Movie Greats

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Bacall on Bogart

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

    Self (archive footage)

1985Aged 86

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    Self (archive footage)

1984Aged 85

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    (archive footage)

1983Aged 84

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    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982Aged 83

  • Poster for Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Showbiz Ballyhoo

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    (in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)

  • Poster for Showbiz Goes to War

    Self (archive footage)

1978Aged 79

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    Rick Blaine (voice) (archive sound)

1976Aged 77

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    Self (archive footage)

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    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for All This and World War II

    Self (archive footage)

1975Aged 76

  • Poster for Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Self (archive footage)

1973Aged 74

  • Poster for The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

    Self (archive footage)

1972Aged 73

  • Poster for Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Self (archive footage)

1971Aged 72

  • Poster for Dynamite Chicken

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1969Aged 70

  • Poster for The Happy Ending

    Self - Actor in 'Casablanca' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1956Aged 57

  • Poster for The Harder They Fall

    Eddie Willis

1955Aged 56

  • Poster for The Petrified Forest

    Duke Mantee

  • Poster for We're No Angels

    Joseph

  • Poster for The Left Hand of God

    James 'Jim' Carmody

  • Poster for The Desperate Hours

    Glenn Griffin

1954Aged 55

  • Poster for The Love Lottery

    Self (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Caine Mutiny

    Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg

  • Poster for Sabrina

    Linus Larrabee

  • Poster for The Barefoot Contessa

    Harry Dawes

1953Aged 54

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    Major Jed Webbe

  • Poster for Beat the Devil

    Billy Dannreuther

1952Aged 53

  • Poster for The African Queen

    Charlie Allnut

  • Poster for Deadline - U.S.A.

    Ed Hutcheson

1951Aged 52

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    ADA Martin Ferguson

  • Poster for Sirocco

    Harry Smith

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    Executive Producer

1950Aged 51

1949Aged 50

  • Poster for Knock on Any Door

    Andrew Morton

  • Poster for Tokyo Joe

    Colonel Joseph 'Joe' Barrett

  • Poster for Breakdowns of 1949

    Self

  • Poster for And Baby Makes Three

    Executive Producer

1948Aged 49

  • Poster for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    Fred C. Dobbs

  • Poster for Key Largo

    Frank McCloud

1947Aged 48

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    Geoffrey Carroll

  • Poster for Dark Passage

    Vincent Parry

  • Poster for Always Together

    Father Staring Through Window (uncredited)

  • Poster for Blow-Ups of 1947

    Self

1946Aged 47

  • Poster for Two Guys from Milwaukee

    Self (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Big Sleep

    Philip Marlowe

  • Poster for Never Say Goodbye

    Phil's Bogart Impression (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Blow-Ups of 1946

    Self

  • Poster for Dead Reckoning

    Capt. 'Rip' Murdock

1945Aged 46

  • Poster for To Have and Have Not

    Harry Morgan

  • Poster for Conflict

    Richard Mason

  • Poster for Hollywood Victory Caravan

    Humphrey Bogart

1944Aged 45

1943Aged 44

  • Poster for Casablanca

    Rick Blaine

  • Poster for Action in the North Atlantic

    Lt. Joe Rossi

  • Poster for Sahara

    Sgt. Joe Gunn

  • Poster for Thank Your Lucky Stars

    Self

1942Aged 43

  • Poster for All Through the Night

    Gloves Donahue

  • Poster for The Big Shot

    Joseph 'Duke' Berne

  • Poster for Across the Pacific

    Rick Leland

  • Poster for Breakdowns of 1942

    Self

1941Aged 42

  • Poster for High Sierra

    Roy Earle

  • Poster for The Wagons Roll at Night

    Nick Coster

  • Poster for The Maltese Falcon

    Samuel Spade

  • Poster for Breakdowns of 1941

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940Aged 41

  • Poster for Virginia City

    John Murrell

  • Poster for It All Came True

    Grasselli ("Chips Maguire")

  • Poster for Brother Orchid

    Jack Buck

  • Poster for They Drive by Night

    Paul Fabrini

  • Poster for Breakdowns of 1940

    Self

1939Aged 40

  • Poster for King of the Underworld

    Joe Gurney

  • Poster for The Oklahoma Kid

    Whip McCord

  • Poster for You Can't Get Away with Murder

    Frank Wilson

  • Poster for Dark Victory

    Michael O'Leary

  • Poster for The Roaring Twenties

    George Hally

  • Poster for The Return of Doctor X

    Dr. Maurice Xavier

  • Poster for Invisible Stripes

    Chuck Martin

  • Poster for Breakdowns of 1939

    Self

1938Aged 39

  • Poster for Swing Your Lady

    Ed Hatch

  • Poster for Crime School

    Mark Braden

  • Poster for Men Are Such Fools

    Harry Galleon

  • Poster for Racket Busters

    John "Czar" Martin

  • Poster for The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

    'Rocks' Valentine

  • Poster for Angels with Dirty Faces

    James Frazier

  • Poster for Swingtime in the Movies

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Breakdowns of 1938

    Self (archive footage)

1937Aged 38

  • Poster for Black Legion

    Frank Taylor

  • Poster for The Great O'Malley

    John Philips

  • Poster for Marked Woman

    David Graham

  • Poster for San Quentin

    Joe 'Red' Kennedy

  • Poster for Kid Galahad

    Turkey Morgan

  • Poster for Dead End

    "Baby Face" Martin

  • Poster for Stand-In

    Doug Quintain

  • Poster for Breakdowns of 1937

    Self

1936Aged 37

  • Poster for The Petrified Forest

    Duke Mantee

  • Poster for Bullets or Ballots

    Bugs Fenner

  • Poster for Two Against the World

    Sherry Scott

  • Poster for China Clipper

    Hap Stuart

  • Poster for Isle of Fury

    Valentine "Val" Stevens

  • Poster for Breakdowns of 1936

    Self

1934Aged 35

  • Poster for Midnight

    Gar Boni

1932Aged 33

  • Poster for Love Affair

    Jim Leonard

  • Poster for Big City Blues

    Shep Adkins (uncredited)

  • Poster for Three on a Match

    Harve

1931Aged 32

  • Poster for Body and Soul

    Jim Watson

  • Poster for The Bad Sister

    Valentine Corliss

  • Poster for A Holy Terror

    Steve Nash

  • Poster for The Man Who Came Back

    Vocal Coach

1930Aged 31

  • Poster for Broadway's Like That

    Ruth's Fiance

  • Poster for Up the River

    Steve Jordan

  • Poster for A Devil with Women

    Tom Standish

1928Aged 29

  • Poster for The Dancing Town

    Man in Doorway at Dance