General Notes

Bogart, Humphrey Deforest (1899-1957), American film actor, who achieved
outstanding success in gangster and tough-guy roles. He was born in New York
City. Bogart began his acting career on the New York City stage, on which
his appearances included Meet the Wife (1923), Cradle Snatchers (1925), and
Saturday's Children (1928). His first notable success in films was in The
Petrified Forest (1936), in which he portrayed the gangster Duke Mantee, a
role he had created two years earlier on Broadway. Bogart appeared in more
than 50 films. These include The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942),
To Have and Have Not (1944), The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948), The
Desperate Hours (1955), and The Caine Mutiny (1954). He won an Academy Award
for his role as the jungle tramp in The African Queen (1951).