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Humphrey [here looking at you kid] Bogart was born in
New York in 1899. Was nicknamed "The Last Century Man"
because he was born on Christmas Day 1899 (based on the
popular belief that the 19th Century ended in 1899}
Ranked #1 on the American Film Institutes list of the
greatest screen actors.

The son of a moderately wealthy Manhattan surgeon and a
famed magazine illustrator, Humphrey Bogart was educated
at Trinity School, New York City, sent to Phillips Academy
in Andover, Massachusetts, in preparation for medical
studies at Yale. He was expelled from Phillips and joined
the U.S. Naval Reserve. From 1920 to 1922, he managed
a stage company owned by family friend William A. Brady ,
performing a variety of tasks at Brady's film studio in
New York.

He started performing on stage in 1922 and in 1930 he
gained a contract with fox and made his debut in a 10
minute short film called "Broadways Like That" He worked
at fox for two years and then went back to stage work
with a few minor movie roles.

He first major breakthrough came in 1936 when he landed
a role in "The Petrified Forest". That landed him a long
term contract with Warner Brothers. In the following four
years he would appear in 28 films.

But his major success started in 1941 with some of his
best films yet. High Sierra, The Maltese Falcon, Casa-
blanca in 1942.The Big Sleep which was made in 1946
and Key Largo which was released in 1948. The Treasure
of the Sierra Madre which was also done in 1948 after
he formed his own production company.

He won the best actor Academy award for the classic film
"The AfricanQueen" He was also nominated for Casablanca
and as Captain Queeg in

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