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Humphrey Bogart
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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 cultura…
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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.
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2026
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Movie Philip Marlowe (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2025
Akai Ito
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2025
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
Becoming Marilyn
Movie (archive footage)
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2022
Cain Rose Up
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
Rat Pack
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Julie Andrews Forever
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
The Green Fog
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2015
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2012
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2011
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
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2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2010
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Movie Self / Charlie Allnut (archive footage)
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2009
Hollywood sul Tevere
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2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2008
Warner at War
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2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
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2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
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2006
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
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2005
The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert
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2005
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
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2003
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
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2003
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2003
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
Movie Self (Archive Footage)
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2003
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Movie Fred C. Dobbs / Various Roles (archive footage)
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2003
As Time Goes By: The Children Remember
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2003
'In a Lonely Place' Revisited
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2002
Living Famously
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2001
Pulp Cinema
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1999
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Movie Lou Spinelli (archive footage)
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1999
Humphrey Bogart on Film
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1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
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1997
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1997
Bogart: The Untold Story
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1997
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1996
Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1996
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Movie Self (archive footage)
