Stephen Humphrey Bogart (born January 6, 1949) is an American writer, producer, and businessman. He is the only son of actor Humphrey Bogart and actress

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, and authored three semi-autobiographical books about his family.

Early life

Bogart was born on January 6, 1949, in Los Angeles, California, to

and Humphrey Bogart at the

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. Bogart and his younger sister, Leslie, were raised in the

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neighborhood of Los Angeles, where his neighbors, who were also family friends, were

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and Frank Sinatra. After his father died in 1957, the family moved to

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, where his mother had bought an apartment at

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. His half-brother is the actor Sam Robards, son of Bacall and her second husband,

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. His mother enrolled Bogart at the Milton Academy, where he graduated in 1967. Afterward, he enrolled in the

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and majored in English. He reported that he was unhappy with this, and changed to

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in 1969. Bogart met his first wife, Dale Gemelli, there. The couple married in 1969.

Career

Bogart began his working career as an insurance agent, while he studied mass communications at the

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. He pursued a career in television news, and at the age of 39, he moved from New York to become a producer for NBC's ''Sunday Today''. Later, he took a job as an executive producer of a television news department. Bogart oversees the management of the estate of Humphrey Bogart. The business owns and manages the name, image, and likeness rights of Humphrey Bogart. The estate hosts an annual Humphrey Bogart Film Festival in

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, Florida. The estate owns and manages Santana Films, the successor to Humphrey Bogart's company, Santana Productions. The business is also the founding partner of the 'Bogart Spirits' liquor

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. Bogart hosted the festival celebrating the 70th and 75th anniversary of the film '' Casablanca'' (which his father starred in) in 2012 and 2017.

Personal life

Bogart has three adult children and currently lives in

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. He is the brother-in-law of author and yoga master Erich Schiffmann.

Works

His books are ''Bogart: In Search of My Father'', ''Play it Again'', and ''The Remake: As Time Goes By''.

References

External links

Bogart's official Facebook profile
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