Bogart's birthday has been a subject of controversy ; according to Warner Bros, he was born on Christmas Day, 1899.

In 1952, fresh on the heels of her Supporting Actress Oscar, Hunter would become Humphrey Bogart's leading lady in Deadline USA.

Bogart's father was a Presbyterian of English and Dutch descent ; his mother was an Episcopalian of English descent.

Bogart's father, Belmont, was a cardiopulmonary surgeon.

Another version, which Bogart's long-time friend, author Nathaniel Benchley, claims is the truth, is that Bogart was injured while on assignment to take a naval prisoner to Portsmouth Naval Prison in Kittery, Maine.

" Bogart's roles were not only repetitive, but physically demanding and draining ( studios were not yet air-conditioned ), and his regimented, tightly-scheduled job at Warners was not exactly the " peachy " actor's life he hoped for.

The film was Bogart's last major film playing a gangster ( his final gangster role was in The Big Shot in 1942 ).

Bogart worked well with Ida Lupino, and her relationship with him was a close one, provoking jealousy from Bogart's wife Mayo.

The on-screen magic of Bogart and Bergman was the result of two actors doing their very best work, not any real-life sparks, though Bogart's perennially jealous wife assumed otherwise.

Dark Passage ( 1947 ) was Bogart's and Bacall's next collaboration.

Stephen was named after Bogart's character's nickname in To Have and Have Not, making Bogart a father at 49.

Bogart's contract gave him the right to have his own production company, but Jack Warner was reportedly furious at this, fearing that other stars would do the same and major studios would lose their power.

Bogart's performance was generally praised as the strongest part of the film.

By the mid-1950s, Bogart's health was failing.

His simple funeral was held at All Saints Episcopal Church with musical selections from Bogart's favorite composers, Johann Sebastian Bach and Claude Debussy.

Bacall had asked Tracy to give the eulogy, but Tracy was too upset, so John Huston spoke instead and reminded the gathered mourners that while Bogart's life had ended far too soon, it had been a rich one.

They were married on May 21 at Malabar Farm, the country home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Bromfield, who was a close friend of Bogart's.

In the mid-1960s it was the name used by the press and the general public to refer to a later variation of the group, after Bogart's death, that called itself " the summit " or " the clan ," featuring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop, who appeared together on stage and in films in the early-1960s, including the movie Ocean's 11.

Though Bogart's slight frame, dark features and no-nonsense depiction contrasted with Hammett's vision of Spade ( blond, well-built & mischievous ), his portrayal was well-received, and is generally regarded as an influence on both film noir & the genre's archetypal private detective.

Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, and Henry Fonda in the 1955 live televised versionIn 1955, a live television version was performed as an installment of Producer's Showcase, a weekly dramatic anthology, featuring Bogart ( now top-billed ) as Mantee, Henry Fonda as Alan, and Bogart's wife Lauren Bacall as Gabrielle.

The screenplay was co-written by John Huston, Bogart's friend and drinking partner, adapted from the novel by William R. Burnett ( also known for, among others, Little Caesar and Scarface ).

The film was noted for its extensive location shooting, especially in the climactic final scenes, as the authorities pursue Bogart's character, gangster " Mad Dog " Roy Earle, from Lone Pine up to the foot of the mountain.

Bogart's character's dog, " Pard ," was erroneously believed by some to be canine actor " Terry " (" Toto " from The Wizard of Oz ).

The M3 tank Lulu Belle ( named after a race horse ) and fashioned from a mocked-up tractor, paid homage to its forebear in Humphrey Bogart's 1943 movie Sahara where an authentic M3 named Lulubelle was prominently featured.

The boat Rocco's gang leaves Key Largo in, with Bogart's character at the helm, is named the Santana, which was also the name of Bogart's personal 55-foot ( 17 m ) sailing yacht.

Supposedly, while changing trains in Boston, the handcuffed prisoner asked Bogart for a cigarette and while Bogart looked for a match, the prisoner raised his hands, smashed Bogart across the mouth with his cuffs, cutting Bogart's lip, and fled.

Chandler thoroughly admired Bogart's performance: " Bogart can be tough without a gun.

Robinson had always had top billing over Bogart in their previous films together but for this movie, Robinson's name appears to the right of Bogart's, but placed a little higher on the posters, and also in the film's opening credits, to indicate Robinson's near-equal status.

In the film's trailer, Bogart is repeatedly mentioned first but Robinson's name is listed above Bogart's in a cast list at the trailer's very end.

Bogart and Bacall then married in a small ceremony at the country home of Bogart's close friend, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Bromfield at Malabar Farm near Lucas, Ohio on May 21, 1945.

Under Bogart's Santana Productions, which released through Columbia Pictures, Bogart starred in Knock on Any Door ( 1949 ), Tokyo Joe ( 1949 ), In a Lonely Place ( 1950 ), Sirocco ( 1951 ) and Beat the Devil ( 1954 ).

Many Bogart biographers and actress / writer Louise Brooks agree that the role is the closest to Bogart's real self and is considered among his best performances.

Huston's love of adventure, a chance to work with Hepburn, and Bogart's earlier successes with Huston convinced Bogart to leave the comfortable confines of Hollywood for a difficult shoot on location in the Belgian Congo in Africa.

Later, in Woody Allen's comic tribute to Bogart Play It Again, Sam ( 1972 ), Bogart's ghost comes to the aid of Allen's bumbling character, a movie critic with woman troubles and whose " sex life has turned into the ' Petrified Forest '".

* " Benton, Arizona " is the fictitious Arizona town that Humphrey Bogart's character, Vincent Parry, transits by bus on his way to Peru through Mexico in the 1947 Bogart & Bacall film Dark Passage.

In a Lonely Place ( 1950 ) is a film noir directed by Nicholas Ray, and starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, produced for Bogart's Santana Productions.

A noted exception to this is his acceptance of Humphrey Bogart's smoking habit in the episode Play it Again, Sledge, although Bogart was only a ghost.

In the film's trailer, Bogart is repeatedly mentioned first but Robinson's name is listed above Bogart's in a cast list at the very end.

Bogart's role in the film had earlier been played on Broadway by Paul Newman but the young actor was not considered for the movie version since Newman, viewed by studios at the time as mainly a stage and television actor only beginning his movie career, was in no position to compete with Bogart.

Bogart's Children: Jylle Bogart Barker, Timothy Scott Bogart, Bradley Bogart, Evan " Kidd " Bogart, is a songwriter in Los Angeles.

Bogart's breakthrough as a leading man came in 1941, with High Sierra and The Maltese Falcon.

During his naval days, Bogart's character and values developed independent of family influence, and he began to rebel somewhat against their values.

A barroom brawl during this time might have been the actual cause of Bogart's lip damage, as this coincides better with the Louise Brooks account.

Critic Alexander Woollcott wrote of Bogart's early work that he " is what is usually and mercifully described as inadequate.

Bogart's earliest film role is with Helen Hayes in the 1928 two-reeler The Dancing Town, of which a complete copy has never been found.

Robert E. Sherwood remained a close friend of Bogart's.

Bogart's disputes with Warner Bros. over roles and money were similar to those the studio had with other less-than-obedient stars, such as Bette Davis, James Cagney, Errol Flynn, and Olivia de Havilland.

High Sierra, a 1941 movie directed by Raoul Walsh, had a screenplay written by Bogart's friend and drinking partner, John Huston, adapted from the novel by W. R. Burnett ( Little Caesar, etc .).

Bogart's sharp timing and facial expressions as private detective Sam Spade were praised by the cast and director as vital to the quick action and rapid-fire dialogue.

Robinson's role remains similar in circumstance to Duke Mantee in The Petrified Forest ( 1936 ), Bogart's initial breakthrough which the studio had originally earmarked for Robinson.