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Humphrey Bogart

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Humphrey Bogart

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Overview

Humphrey DeForest Bogart, nicknamed Bogie, was an American actor. His performances in classic Hollywood cinema made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Bogart as the greatest male star of classic American cinema.

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Notable quotes

“It was practically a masterpiece. I don't have many things I'm proud of but that's one.”
— On The Maltese Falcon, as cited in "The Maltese Falcon", TCM
“I'm about as much in favor of communism as J. Edgar Hoover. I despise communism and I believe in our own American brand of democracy.”
— "I'm No Communist", Photoplay (March 1948), p. 53
“All you owe the public is a good performance.”
— To Frank Sinatra, as quoted in The New York Times (May 17, 1994)
“You're not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi.”
— Attributed without citation in Vivian Cook, ""Can they spell your name in Karachi? British and American style spelling"
“I've seen Humphrey Bogart with one often enough ...”
— A man's reply when asked if he knows how to operate an automatic weapon, in Nevil Shute's What Happened to the Corbetts (1939).

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