Humphrey Bogart "Dark Passage" (1947) and "Key Largo" (1948). His other significant films included "The African Queen", "The Caine Mutiny", "Sabrina" and "The Barefoot Contessa". Bogart won the Academy Award for Best Actor for "The African Queen", and was nominated for "Casablanca" and "The Caine Mutiny". Bogart was born on Christmas Day 1899 in New York City, the eldest child of Belmont DeForest Bogart (1867–1934) and Maud Humphrey (1868–1940). Belmont was the only child of the unhappy marriage of Adam Watkins Bogart, a Canandaigua, New York innkeeper, and his wife, Julia, a wealthy heiress. The name "Bogart" derives from the Dutch surname
Humphrey Bogart it all yourself and don't thank anyone". But when Bogart won the Academy Award, which he truly coveted despite his well-advertised disdain for Hollywood, he said "It's a long way from the Belgian Congo to the stage of this theatre. It's nicer to be here. Thank you very much ... No one does it alone. As in tennis, you need a good opponent or partner to bring out the best in you. John and Katie helped me to be where I am now". Despite the thrilling win and the recognition, Bogart later commented, "The way to survive an Oscar is