| − | '''Humphrey Bogart''' (1899-1957) was an [[American]] actor famous for portraying cool, hard-boiled characters in movies such as ''[[Casablanca]]'' (1942), ''[[The Maltese Falcon]]'' (1941), and ''[[The Big Sleep]]'' (1946). He also starred alongside [[James Cagney]] in ''[[Angels with Dirty Faces]]'' (1938), and with [[Katharine Hepburn]] in ''[[The African Queen]]'' (1946). He was awarded the Best Actor Academy Award for his role as Charlie Allnut in ''The African Queen'', and was also twice nominated, for playing Captain Queeg in ''[[The Caine Mutiny]]'' (1954), and for the role of Rick Blaine in ''Casablanca''. Bogart was married four times: his last marriage was to [[Lauren Bacall]], his co-star in ''To Have and Have Not'' (1944), ''The Big Sleep'' (1946), ''Dark Passage'' (1947), and Key Largo (1948). He died of cancer of the esophagus at the age of 57. | + | '''Humphrey Bogart''' (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an [[American]] actor famous for portraying cool, hard-boiled characters in movies such as ''[[Casablanca]]'' (1942), ''[[The Maltese Falcon]]'' (1941), and ''[[The Big Sleep]]'' (1946). He also starred alongside [[James Cagney]] in ''[[Angels with Dirty Faces]]'' (1938), and with [[Katharine Hepburn]] in ''[[The African Queen]]'' (1946). He was awarded the Best Actor Academy Award for his role as Charlie Allnut in ''The African Queen'', and was also twice nominated, for playing Captain Queeg in ''[[The Caine Mutiny]]'' (1954), and for the role of Rick Blaine in ''Casablanca''. Bogart was married four times: his last marriage was to [[Lauren Bacall]], his co-star in ''To Have and Have Not'' (1944), ''The Big Sleep'' (1946), ''Dark Passage'' (1947), and Key Largo (1948). He died of cancer of the esophagus at the age of 57. |
| | Bogart was an avid, lifelong [[chess]] player who even earned some money playing the game during the [[Great Depression]]. He inserted several chess-playing scenes into his most famous movie, ''[[Casablanca]]''. "His chess playing buddy, Mike Romanoff, was his pallbearer" at his funeral.<ref>https://www.chess.com/article/view/humphrey-bogart-and-chess</ref> | | Bogart was an avid, lifelong [[chess]] player who even earned some money playing the game during the [[Great Depression]]. He inserted several chess-playing scenes into his most famous movie, ''[[Casablanca]]''. "His chess playing buddy, Mike Romanoff, was his pallbearer" at his funeral.<ref>https://www.chess.com/article/view/humphrey-bogart-and-chess</ref> |