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

Film critic Tim Dirks has called Bogart's turn as Lieutenant Commander Philip Queeg his last great film performance.

Although not as well known as his other work, Bogart's performance in this film is considered by many critics to be among his finest and the film's reputation itself has grown over time along with Ray's.

Bosley Crowther lauded the film, especially Bogart's performance and the screenplay, writing, " Everybody should be happy this morning.

Curtis Hanson is featured on the retrospective documentary of the DVD release, and has stated his admiration for the film, notably Ray's direction, the dark depiction of Hollywood and Bogart's performance.

Film critic Bosley Crowther gave the film a mixed review and was not impressed by Bogart's performance but was by Bacall's work.

In November Craig Lee described their performance at Bogart's for the Los Angeles Times, " For what is purportedly a loosely structured outfit, this group displayed a remarkable cohesiveness.

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

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

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.

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.

Bogart's daughter, born in 1952, was named Leslie Howard Bogart.

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 ).

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.

Over the passing years the film gathered a cult following ( Ray's films had a brief revival in the 1970s and Bogart's anti-hero stance became re-evaluated in the 1960s, one possible explanation ), and the French during the 1950s praised Ray's unique film making.

Their original role as part of an army officer's uniform lent the trench coat a businesslike respectability, whilst fictional heroes as diverse as the Tenth Doctor, Eleventh Doctor, Captain Jack Harkness, Captain Mal Reynolds, Castiel, Columbo, Dick Tracy, Mike Hammer, the Crow, the Phantom, Humphrey Bogart's Rick Blaine from Casablanca, and Peter Sellers ' Inspector Clouseau kept the coat in the public eye.

The band bought Bogart's share and eventually released three of the tracks, " Keep Me Waiting ," " She ," and " Love Her All I Can ", in 2001 as part of a five-disc box set.

Holt was next cast in the role that he is probably most remembered for ( in a film in which his father also appeared in a small part )— that of Bob Curtin to Humphrey Bogart's Fred C. Dobbs in John Huston's The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ( 1948 ).

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.

Despite Bogart's elevated standing, he did not yet have a contractual right of script refusal, so when he got weak scripts, he dug in his heels, and locked horns again with the front office, as he did on the film Conflict ( 1945 ).

Beat the Devil, Bogart's last film with his close friend and favorite director John Huston, also enjoys a cult following.

Legend has it that Burbank Airport provided the setting for Humphrey Bogart's famous goodbye in the film Casablanca.

* " 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.

The film is also notable as the breakthrough in Bogart's career, transforming him from supporting player to leading man, and his success in High Sierra would lead to his being cast in many of his iconic roles.

His final film appearances were in Sextette ( 1978 ), reunited with Mae West in a cameo, and The Man with Bogart's Face ( 1980 ).

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.

Later, Sahara was remade by André de Toth as a Western with Broderick Crawford called Last of the Comanches ( 1953 ) and by Brian Trenchard-Smith as the Australian film Sahara, with James Belushi in Bogart's role.

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.

The film is notable for its first third being shot entirely from the point of view of Bogart's character, Vincent Parry, his face never seen.

This was Bogart's last film for Warner Bros., the studio that had made him a star.