Humphrey Bogart

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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Dettaglio della persona

Humphrey Bogart

Filmografia

Casablanca

Il grande sonno

Il mistero del falco

La regina d'Africa

L'ammutinamento del Caine

Movie Tough Guys

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Il tesoro della Sierra Madre

The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert

Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?

A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'

Il ritorno del dottor X

You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'

As Time Goes By: The Children Remember

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

L'isola di corallo

Solo chi cade può risorgere

Damasco '25

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

Non siamo angeli

'In a Lonely Place' Revisited

Convoglio verso l'ignoto

Sabrina

Acque del Sud

Julie Andrews, la mélodie d’une vie

Il tesoro dell'Africa

Le cinque schiave

Il mistero del cadavere scomparso

Il vendicatore

Nebbie

La città è salva

Una pallottola per Roy

La seconda signora Carroll

King of the Underworld

Tramonto

Strada sbarrata

Le belve della città

La contessa scalza

Gli angeli con la faccia sporca

Il colosso d'argilla

I bassifondi di San Francisco

L'ultima minaccia

Legione nera

Sedia elettrica

Sesta colonna

Three on a Match

Thank Your Lucky Stars

I ruggenti anni venti

Love Affair

La mano sinistra di Dio

La fuga

Preferisco mio marito

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

L'idolo

The Hollywood Ten

Always Together

Two Guys from Milwaukee

I Am an American

Breakdowns of 1938

Swingtime in the Movies

Big City Blues

It All Came True

Strada maestra

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

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

La foresta pietrificata

Il diritto di uccidere

Carovana d'eroi

Il sapore del delitto

Il terrore dell'Ovest

Biography: Humphrey Bogart

Ore disperate

Il giuramento dei forzati