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Humphrey DeForest Bogart was an American film and stage actor who was born December 25, 1899 in New York City. His parents were Belmont DeForest Bogart, a surgeon, and Maud Hemphrey, an illustrator, magazine art director and women’s rights crusader. He had two younger sisters.
His mother was a very successful illustrator, earning more than $1.5 million, in today’s money. As a surgeon, his father earned more than $600,000 in today’s money. His wealthy parents frequently fought, and neither he nor his sisters received much affection from either parent. Despite his many financial advantages, he was expelled from several schools, including Yale.
Later in life, Bogart was enormously successful in Hollywood, receiving more than three Academy Awards. He appeared in more than seventy films.
Born: December 25, 1899 in New York City.
Died: January 14, 1957 of esophageal cancer, in Los Angeles, California.
Birth Name: Humphrey DeForest Bogart
Spouses: Helen Menken (1926-1927); ); Mayo Methot (1938-1945); Mary Phillips (1928-1937); Lauren Bacall (1945-1957). He had two children with his fourth wife, Lauren Bacall.
Height: 5’8” (1.73 m)
Net Worth: $5 million
Zodiac: Capricorn
Humanitarian Causes: Oral Cancer Foundation, Entertainment Industry Foundation
Trivia:
- Most famous misquoted line, “Play it again, Sam” was never uttered in the movie Casablanca. The actual line was, “Play it, Sam”.
- Most famous quote, “Here’s looking at you, kid,” from the movie Casablanca.
- Enlisted in the Navy.
- Allegedly maintained a 14-year love affair with Verita Bouvair Thompson.
- In 1997, Empire magazine ranked him #9 of its list of “The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time”.
- The United States Post Office published a stamp with his image in 1997.
- Was a heavy drinker and wore a toupee.
- Because he did not like being short, he wore four inch lifts in his shoes.
- Advocated for his neighbor, Lena Horne, to remain in the neighborhood, after his neighbors protested.
- The American Film Institute named him #1 on its list of greatest screen actors.
- All four of his wives were actresses.
- More than two dozen songs name him in the lyrics.
Quotes:
- “A hot dog at the ballpark is better than a steak at the Ritz.”
- “Acting is experience with something sweet behind it.”
- “There’s more to talking than just words.”
- “The only good reason to have money is this: so you can tell any SOB in the world to go to hell.”
- “Things are never so bad they can’t be made worse.”
- “Sinatra’s idea of paradise is a place where there are plenty of women and no newspapermen. He doesn’t know it, but he’d be better off if it was the other way around.”
- “I always cry at weddings, especially my own.”
- “I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.”
- “The only thing money is good for is to buy your freedom.”