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Humphrey Bogart . The next year , his performance in Casablanca ( 1943 ; Oscar nomination ) raised him to the peak of his profession and , at the same time , cemented his trademark film persona , that of the hard-boiled cynic who ultimately shows his noble side . Other successes followed , including To Have and Have Not ( 1944 ) , The Big Sleep ( 1946 ) , Dark Passage ( 1947 ) , and Key Largo ( 1948 ) , all four with his wife Lauren Bacall ; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ( 1948 ) ; In a Lonely Place ( 1950 ) ; The African Queen ( 1951 ; Oscar winner ) ; Sabrina ( 1954 ) ; The Caine Mutiny ( 1954 ; Oscar nomination ) ; and We 're No Angels ( 1955 ) . Over his career , he received three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor , winning one ( for The African Queen ) .