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Born in New York on 23 January 1899, although many people, including Bogart's fourth wife Lauren Bacall, romantically claim it was 25 December of the same year. The son of a surgeon and a magazine illustrator, Bogart became one of cinema's greatest ever stars despite a slight physical deformity, acquired in an accident while serving in the US Navy, which gave him a lisp and an unconventional, rigid delivery. He initially specialised in playing tough guys, but had the ability to reveal their hidden insecurities, and his roles grew more diverse as his career progressed. He won the Best Actor Academy Award for The African Queen. He died in 1957, although thanks to computer trickery he appeared on TV in 1988, in the horror series Tales From The Crypt.
