Humphrey Bogart

St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture, Jan 29, 2002 by Christina Lane

In the early 1950s, Bogart became one of the key figures to speak out against the House Un-American Activities Committee which gave him an opportunity to voice his ideals of democracy and free speech. He also revived his career with The African Queen (1951), for which he won an Academy Award. Later, he experimented with more comedic roles in films such as Billy Wilder's Sabrina (1954) and We're No Angels (1955). In 1956, the long-time smoker underwent surgery for cancer of the esophagus and he died of emphysema in early 1957.