Humphrey DeForest Bogart was an American screen actor whose performances in such iconic 1940s films noir as The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, and The Big Sleep, earned him the legacy of cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema. Over his career he received three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, winning one.

During a film career of almost 30 years, he appeared in 75 feature films.

Bogart, a heavy smoker and drinker, had developed cancer of the esophagus. That was the reason for his death on January 14, 1957