Humphrey Bogart: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Terrence Pettigrew, Bogart: A Definitive Study of His Film Career, rev. ed. (1981); Stephen Humphrey Bogart, Bogart: In Search of My Father (1995); Gerald Duchovnay, Humphrey Bogart: A Bio-Bibliography (1999).
Researcher's Note
Standard reference works are divided on the question of Humphrey Bogart’s date of birth, citing either January 23, 1899, or December 25, 1899. For years the January 23 date seemed the more credible, inasmuch as several biographies and reference works leveled the charge that the December 25 date was a product of studio publicity. The best evidence, however, confirms that Bogart was indeed born on Christmas Day. It is the date on his official New York City birth certificate, as well as the date cited in the 1900 census listing. In addition, the Ontario County Times lists among the birth announcements in its January 10, 1900 issue: “Born: at New York, December 25, 1899, to Dr. and Mrs. Belmont DeForest Bogart, a son.” Works by those closest to Bogart also confirm that the latter date is correct. In Bogart: In Search of My Father (1995), Bogart’s son, Stephen Humphrey Bogart, writes that Bogart “was born on Christmas Day in 1899, a circumstance which did not please him as a kid. Once, on my birthday, he said, ‘Steve, I hope you enjoy it. I never had a birthday of my own to celebrate. I got cheated out of a birthday.’” Similarly, in By Myself (1979), Lauren Bacall mentions that Bogart “was an old-fashioned man—laughingly he’d referred to himself as a last-century boy, having entered the world on Christmas Day 1899.”
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Humphrey Bogart. | Jul 06, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 10, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Front Row - Kelsey Mann on Inside Out 2, Humphrey Bogart documentary, Susan Chardy. | Jun 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Department of War - Actor Humphrey Bogart Served in the Sea Services During World Wars I and II. | Dec 12, 2024 | ||
| Link added. | Jul 23, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 17, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: New Netherland Institute - Humphrey Deforest (Humphrey) Bogart [1899-1957]. | Mar 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Senses of Cinema - Humphrey Bogart. | Feb 14, 2024 | ||
| Added the movie Angels with Dirty Faces. | Jan 29, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Oral Cancer Foundation - Biography of Humphrey Bogart. | Apr 10, 2019 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 24, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Naval History and Heritage Command - Humphrey DeForest Bogart. | Nov 01, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Humphrey Bogart. | May 30, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Humphrey Bogart. | May 30, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMovie - Humphrey Bogart. | May 30, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Humphrey Bogart. | May 30, 2013 | ||
| Changed the date of The Petrified Forest from "1935" to "1936." | Apr 22, 2010 | ||
| Added video of Bogart and Bacall on vacation in Venice. | Sep 01, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 19, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 21, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Reel Classics - Humphrey Bogart. | Aug 29, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Reel Classics - Humphrey Bogart. | Aug 29, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 16, 2001 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 10, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |