Belmont and Maud married in June 1898.
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogey, was an American film and stage actor.
A heavy smoker and drinker, Bogart died from esophageal cancer in January 1957. == Early life and education == Humphrey DeForest Bogart was born on Christmas Day 1899 in New York City, the eldest child of Belmont DeForest Bogart (1867–1934) and Maud Humphrey (1868–1940).
Sperber and Lax noted that a birth announcement in the Ontario County Times of January 10, 1900 rules out the possibility of a January 23 birthdate; state and federal census records from 1900 also report a Christmas 1899 birthdate. Belmont, Bogart's father, was a cardiopulmonary surgeon.
publicity department had altered it to January 23, 1900 "to foster the view that a man born on Christmas Day couldn't really be as villainous as he appeared to be on screen".
Sperber and Lax noted that a birth announcement in the Ontario County Times of January 10, 1900 rules out the possibility of a January 23 birthdate; state and federal census records from 1900 also report a Christmas 1899 birthdate. Belmont, Bogart's father, was a cardiopulmonary surgeon.
Although his parents hoped that he would go on to Yale University, in 1918 Bogart left Phillips.
His parents were deeply disappointed in their failed plans for his future. === Navy === With no viable career options, Bogart enlisted in the United States Navy in the spring of 1918 (during World War I), and served as a coxswain.
He made his stage debut a few months later as a Japanese butler in Alice's 1921 play Drifting (nervously delivering one line of dialogue), and appeared in several of her subsequent plays. Although Bogart had been raised to believe that acting was a lowly profession, he liked the late hours actors kept and the attention they received: "I was born to be indolent and this was the softest of rackets." He spent much of his free time in speakeasies, drinking heavily.
Bogart was persistent and worked steadily at his craft, appearing in at least 17 Broadway productions between 1922 and 1935.
Bogart disliked his trivial, effeminate early-career parts, calling them "White Pants Willie" roles. While playing a double role in Drifting at the Playhouse Theatre in 1922, he met actress Helen Menken; they were married on May 20, 1926, at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City.
He played a juvenile lead (reporter Gregory Brown) in Lynn Starling's comedy Meet the Wife, which had a successful 232-performance run at the Klaw Theatre from November 1923 through July 1924.
When actress Louise Brooks met Bogart in 1924, he had scar tissue on his upper lip which Brooks said Bogart may have had partially repaired before entering the film industry in 1930.
He played a juvenile lead (reporter Gregory Brown) in Lynn Starling's comedy Meet the Wife, which had a successful 232-performance run at the Klaw Theatre from November 1923 through July 1924.
He married actress Mary Philips on April 3, 1928, at her mother's apartment in Hartford, Connecticut; Bogart and Philips had worked together in the play Nerves during its brief run at the Comedy Theatre in 1924. Theatrical production dropped off sharply after the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and many of the more-photogenic actors headed for Hollywood.
Bogart disliked his trivial, effeminate early-career parts, calling them "White Pants Willie" roles. While playing a double role in Drifting at the Playhouse Theatre in 1922, he met actress Helen Menken; they were married on May 20, 1926, at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City.
Divorced on November 18, 1927, they remained friends.
He married actress Mary Philips on April 3, 1928, at her mother's apartment in Hartford, Connecticut; Bogart and Philips had worked together in the play Nerves during its brief run at the Comedy Theatre in 1924. Theatrical production dropped off sharply after the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and many of the more-photogenic actors headed for Hollywood.
Bogart debuted on film with Helen Hayes in the 1928 two-reeler, The Dancing Town, a complete copy of which has not been found.
He married actress Mary Philips on April 3, 1928, at her mother's apartment in Hartford, Connecticut; Bogart and Philips had worked together in the play Nerves during its brief run at the Comedy Theatre in 1924. Theatrical production dropped off sharply after the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and many of the more-photogenic actors headed for Hollywood.
Based on the Dashiell Hammett novel, it was first serialized in the pulp magazine Black Mask in 1929 and was the basis of two earlier film versions; the second was Satan Met a Lady (1936), starring Bette Davis.
When actress Louise Brooks met Bogart in 1924, he had scar tissue on his upper lip which Brooks said Bogart may have had partially repaired before entering the film industry in 1930.
In 1930, Tracy first called him "Bogie".
Bogart shuttled back and forth between Hollywood and the New York stage from 1930 to 1935, out of work for long periods.
His parents had separated; his father died in 1934 in debt, which Bogart eventually paid off.
Bogart's second marriage was rocky; dissatisfied with his acting career, depressed and irritable, he drank heavily. === In Hollywood permanently: The Petrified Forest === In 1934, Bogart starred in the Broadway play Invitation to a Murder at the Theatre Masque (renamed the John Golden Theatre in 1937).
Bogart was persistent and worked steadily at his craft, appearing in at least 17 Broadway productions between 1922 and 1935.
Bogart shuttled back and forth between Hollywood and the New York stage from 1930 to 1935, out of work for long periods.
Hopkins later recalled: The play had 197 performances at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York in 1935.
bought the screen rights to The Petrified Forest in 1935.
The film version of The Petrified Forest was released in 1936.
He averaged a film every two months between 1936 and 1940, sometimes working on two films at the same time.
Bogart's second marriage was rocky; dissatisfied with his acting career, depressed and irritable, he drank heavily. === In Hollywood permanently: The Petrified Forest === In 1934, Bogart starred in the Broadway play Invitation to a Murder at the Theatre Masque (renamed the John Golden Theatre in 1937).
After the play closed, Mary relented; she insisted on continuing her career, however, and they divorced in 1937. On August 21, 1938, Bogart entered a turbulent third marriage to actress Mayo Methot, a lively, friendly woman when sober but paranoid and aggressive when drunk.
After the play closed, Mary relented; she insisted on continuing her career, however, and they divorced in 1937. On August 21, 1938, Bogart entered a turbulent third marriage to actress Mayo Methot, a lively, friendly woman when sober but paranoid and aggressive when drunk.
His only leading role during this period was in Dead End (1937, on loan to Samuel Goldwyn), as a gangster modeled after Baby Face Nelson. Bogart played violent roles so often that in Nevil Shute's 1939 novel, What Happened to the Corbetts, the protagonist replies "I've seen Humphrey Bogart with one often enough" when asked if he knows how to operate an automatic weapon.
He averaged a film every two months between 1936 and 1940, sometimes working on two films at the same time.
It was Bogart's last major film as a gangster; a supporting role followed in The Big Shot, released in 1942.
Bosley Crowther wrote in his November 1942 New York Times review that Bogart's character was used "to inject a cold point of tough resistance to evil forces afoot in Europe today".
He played tournament-level chess (one division below master) in real life, often enjoying games with crew members and cast but finding his better in Paul Henreid. Casablanca won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 16th Academy Awards for 1943.
He more than doubled his annual salary to over $460,000 by 1946, making him the world's highest-paid actor. Bogart went on United Service Organizations and War Bond tours with Methot in 1943 and 1944, making arduous trips to Italy and North Africa (including Casablanca).
He then volunteered for the Coast Guard Temporary Reserve in 1944, patrolling the California coastline in his yacht, the Santana. He may have received his trademark scar and developed his characteristic lisp during his naval stint.
She became convinced that Bogart was unfaithful to her (which he eventually was, with Lauren Bacall, while filming To Have and Have Not in 1944).
He more than doubled his annual salary to over $460,000 by 1946, making him the world's highest-paid actor. Bogart went on United Service Organizations and War Bond tours with Methot in 1943 and 1944, making arduous trips to Italy and North Africa (including Casablanca).
Also, he has a sense of humor that contains that grating undertone of contempt." Although the film was completed and scheduled for release in 1945, it was withdrawn and re-edited to add scenes exploiting Bogart and Bacall's box-office chemistry in To Have and Have Not and the publicity surrounding their offscreen relationship.
According to Chandler, Hawks and Bogart argued about who killed the chauffeur; when Chandler received an inquiry by telegram, he could not provide an answer. === Marriage === Bogart filed for divorce from Methot in February 1945.
He and Bacall married in a small ceremony at the country home of Bogart's close friend, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Bromfield, at Malabar Farm (near Lucas, Ohio) on May 21, 1945. They moved into a $160,000 ($ in ) white brick mansion in an exclusive neighborhood of Los Angeles's Holmby Hills.
He was a homebody, and Bacall liked the nightlife; he loved the sea, which made her seasick. Bogart bought the Santana, a sailing yacht, from actor Dick Powell in 1945.
Bogart's private detectives, Sam Spade (in The Maltese Falcon) and Phillip Marlowe (in 1946's The Big Sleep), became the models for detectives in other noir films.
He more than doubled his annual salary to over $460,000 by 1946, making him the world's highest-paid actor. Bogart went on United Service Organizations and War Bond tours with Methot in 1943 and 1944, making arduous trips to Italy and North Africa (including Casablanca).
Claire Trevor won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Rocco's physically abused, alcoholic girlfriend. == Later career == === The Treasure of the Sierra Madre === Riding high in 1947 with a new contract which provided limited script refusal and the right to form his production company, Bogart rejoined with John Huston for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: a stark tale of greed among three gold prospectors in Mexico.
He wrote an article, "I'm No Communist", for the March 1948 issue of Photoplay magazine distancing himself from the Hollywood Ten to counter negative publicity resulting from his appearance.
Bogart wrote, "The ten men cited for contempt by the House Un-American Activities Committee were not defended by us." === Santana Productions === Bogart created his film company, Santana Productions (named after his yacht and the cabin cruiser in Key Largo), in 1948.
Bogart sold his interest in Santana to Columbia for over $1 million in 1955. === The African Queen === Outside Santana Productions, Bogart starred with Katharine Hepburn in the John Huston-directed The African Queen in 1951.
He never forgot Howard's favor and named his only daughter, Leslie Howard Bogart, after him in 1952. === Supporting gangster and villain roles === Despite his success in The Petrified Forest (an "A movie"), Bogart signed a tepid 26-week contract at $550 per week and was typecast as a gangster in a series of B movie crime dramas.
Bogart sold his interest in Santana to Columbia for over $1 million in 1955. === The African Queen === Outside Santana Productions, Bogart starred with Katharine Hepburn in the John Huston-directed The African Queen in 1951.
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogey, was an American film and stage actor.
A heavy smoker and drinker, Bogart died from esophageal cancer in January 1957. == Early life and education == Humphrey DeForest Bogart was born on Christmas Day 1899 in New York City, the eldest child of Belmont DeForest Bogart (1867–1934) and Maud Humphrey (1868–1940).
He also appeared with Joan Blondell and Ruth Etting in a Vitaphone short, Broadway's Like That (1930), which was rediscovered in 1963. === Broadway to Hollywood === Bogart signed a contract with the Fox Film Corporation for $750 a week.
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.
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