| − | '''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 fourth marriage was to Lauren Bacall, his co-star in ''Casablanca''. Bogart dies of cancer at the age of 57. | + | '''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 ''Casablanca''. He died of cancer at the age of 57. |
| | + | In 1947 Bogart, Bacall, John Huston, William Wyler and other prominent film industry figures established the Committee for the First Amendment to protest against what they perceived as unfair treatment of the [[Hollywood Eleven]], film industry actors writers and directors who were questioned by the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] about membership of or links with the [[Communist Party]]. Bogart later wrote an article entitled ''I'm No Communist'' and claimed to have been "duped". |