Actor. Widely regarded as an American culture icon, he is probably best remembered for his legendary films "High Sierra" (1941, with Ida Lupino), "The Maltese Falcon" (1941, with Mary Astor), "Casablanca" (1942, with Ingrid Bergman), "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948, with Walter Huston), "The African Queen" (1951, with Katharine Hepburn, for which he won his only Academy Award for Best Actor), and "The Caine Mutiny" (1954, with José Ferrer). During a film career of almost 30 years, he appeared in 75 feature films. The oldest of three children whose father was a cardiopulmonary surgeon and whose mother was a commercial illustrator, he received his early education at private schools before attending the prestigious preparatory school Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, from where he was expelled in early 1918 for his poor academic performance and improper behavior. In the spring of 1918, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War I, and, after his enlistment was completed, he joined the U.S. Naval Reserve and worked as a shipper and then bond salesman, eventually getting an office job working for William A. Brady Sr.'s new company, World Films. In 1921, he made his stage debut in "Drifting" as a Japanese butler and, from 1922 until 1935, he appeared in about 20 Broadway productions. In 1928, he relocated to California and appeared in his first film role, the two-reeler "The Dancing Town" with Helen Hayes. Shortly afterwards, he signed a contract with Fox Film Corporation where he met Spencer Tracy, who first called him "Bogie," and they became close friends. In 1930, he and Tracy appeared in their only film together, John Ford's "Up the River." He shuffled between Hollywood and Broadway from 1930 until 1935, often going for long periods without work. In 1934, he starred in the Broadway play "Invitation to a Murder" at the Theatre Masque which led him to the part of escaped murderer 'Duke Mantee' in Robert E. Sherwood's new play, "The Petrified Forest." In 1936, Warner Bros. Pictures then purchased the screen rights to the play, and he starred in the same role in the film version. Between 1936 and 1940, he averaged a movie every two months, sometimes even working on two simultaneously, appearing in films like "San Quentin" (1937), "Black Legion" (1937), "Dead End" (1937), "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), "Swing Your Lady" (1938), "The Return of Doctor X" (1939), "The Roaring Twenties" (1939) and "You Can't Get Away with Murder" (1939). His 1941 film, "High Sierra," elevated him to stardom, followed later that year by "The Maltese Falcon" and in 1942, by "Casablanca," which won the 1943 Academy Award for Best Picture. He was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role, but did not win. The film vaulted him from 4th place to first in Warner Brothers' roster, and by 1946, he was the highest-paid actor in the world. In 1944, he co-starred with 19-year-old Lauren Bacall in "To Have and Have Not." He would eventually marry her the following year. They went on to star together in "The Big Sleep" (1946), "Dark Passage" (1947) and Key Largo" (1948). In 1948, he formed his own production company Santana Productions and performed in his final Warner Bros. films "Chain Lightning" (1950) and "The Enforcer" (1951). Under his Santana Productions, which released its films through Columbia Pictures, he starred in "Knock on Any Door" (1949), "Tokyo Joe" (1949), "In a Lonely Place" (1950), "Sirocco" (1951) and "Beat the Devil" (1954). In 1951, he starred with Katharine Hepburn in the United Artists film "The African Queen," filmed on location in Africa's Belgian Congo, which was the first Technicolor film in which he appeared. His role as 'Charlie Allnutt' won him his only Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and he considered his performance to be the best of his film career. This was followed by Columbia Pictures' "The Caine Mutiny," for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor; Paramount Pictures' "Sabrina" (1954, with Audrey Hepburn and William Holden) and United Artists' "The Barefoot Contessa" (1954, with Ava Gardner). In 1955, he starred in 20th Century-Fox's "The Left Hand of God" (with Gene Tierney), Paramount's "We're No Angels" (with Aldo Ray and Peter Ustinov) and "The Desperate Hours" (with Fredric March). He rarely appeared on television, but he and Bacall appeared on Edward R. Murrow's "Person to Person." They also worked together on an early color telecast in 1955, an NBC live adaptation of "The Petrified Forest" for Producers' Showcase. By this time, his health was beginning to fail. A heavy smoker and drinker, in early 1956, he was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus, and in March of that year, he underwent surgery to remove his esophagus, two lymph nodes and a rib, but it was too late to prevent the spread of the disease, even with chemotherapy. The following January, he died at his home after falling into a coma at the age of 56. His final film appearance was in "The Harder They Fall" (1956), in which some of his takes were inaudible and required post-production dubbing reportedly by Paul Frees, who also appeared in the film. In February 1960, he was posthumously given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to films, located at 6322 Hollywood Blvd. In 1997, the U.S. Postal Service honored him with a stamp bearing his image in its "Legends of Hollywood" series. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema and on June 24, 2006, a section of 103rd Street, between Broadway and West End Avenue, in New York City, New York, was renamed "Humphrey Bogart Place." He was married four times, first to actress Helen Menken (1926 to 1927), actress Mary Philips (1928 to 1937), actress Mayo Methot (1938 to 1945), and finally actress Lauren Bacall (1945 until his death).