Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart was an iconic American actor of legendary fame who retained his legacy after death. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Bogart the Greatest Male Star of All Time. Playing primarily smart, playful and reckless characters anchored by an inner moral code while surrounded by a corrupt world, Bogart's most notable films include Angels with Dirty Faces, The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, To Have and Have Not , The Big Sleep, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Key Largo, In a Lonely Place, The African Queen, The Caine Mutiny and We're No Angels. In all, he appeared in 75 feature motion pictures. By the late 1950s, Bogart's health was failing. Bogart contracted cancer of the esophagus.. Bogart had just turned 57 and weighed only 80 pounds when he died on January 14, 1957. His funeral was held at All Saints Episcopal Church with musical selections played from Bogart's favorite composers, Johann Sebastian Bach and Claude Debussy. Bacall had asked Spencer Tracy to give the eulogy but Tracy was too upset. John Huston gave the eulogy instead, and reminded the gathered mourners that while Bogart's life had ended far too soon, it had been a rich one. Huston said: "He is quite irreplaceable. There will never be another like him."