Dirk Bogarde

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Biography

Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor, novelist, and screenwriter. Initially a matinée idol in films such as Doctor in the House (1954) for the Rank Organisation, he later acted in art-house films. In a second career, he wrote seven best-selling volumes of memoirs, six novels, and a volume of collected journalism, mainly from articles in The Daily Telegraph. Bogarde came to prominence in films including The Blue Lamp in the early 1950s, before starrin
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Personal Info

Id

21605

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

2

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-03-28

Place of Birth

Hampstead, London, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde
  • Derek Bogaerde
  • Sir Dirk Bogarde
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    100

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    Known For

    Hot Enough for June

    Hot Enough f

    El Rey en Londres

    El Rey en Lo

    Our Mother's House

    Our Mother's

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    Sir John Mil

    A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Tw

    A Bridge Too Far

    A Bridge Too

    Oh! What a Lovely War

    Oh! What a L

    Death in Venice

    Death in Ven

    Darling

    Darling

    Sebastian

    Sebastian

    The Night Porter

    The Night Po

    The Woman in Question

    The Woman in

    Cast a Dark Shadow

    Cast a Dark

    Despair

    Despair

    Modesty Blaise

    Modesty Blai

    The Damned

    The Damned

    Justine

    Justine

    The Servant

    The Servant

    H.M.S. Defiant

    H.M.S. Defia

    Victim

    Victim

    For Better, for Worse

    For Better,

    The Serpent

    The Serpent

    The Wind Cannot Read

    The Wind Can

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    Dirk Bogarde

    The Sea Shall Not Have Them

    The Sea Shal

    Doctor in the House

    Doctor in th

    Doctor in Distress

    Doctor in Di

    Doctor at Sea

    Doctor at Se

    Doctor at Large

    Doctor at La

    So Long at the Fair

    So Long at t

    The Password Is Courage

    The Password

    Penny Princess

    Penny Prince

    The Mind Benders

    The Mind Ben

    The Gentle Gunman

    The Gentle G

    Providence

    Providence

    The Blue Lamp

    The Blue Lam

    Appointment in London

    Appointment

    Ill Met by Moonlight

    Ill Met by M

    Accident

    Accident

    Dancing with Crime

    Dancing with

    The Sleeping Tiger

    The Sleeping

    Campbell's Kingdom

    Campbell's K

    Simba

    Simba

    I Could Go on Singing

    I Could Go o

    The Fixer

    The Fixer

    King and Country

    King and Cou

    Libel

    Libel

    Quartet

    Quartet

    The Singer Not the Song

    The Singer N

    Once a Jolly Swagman

    Once a Jolly

    Daddy Nostalgia

    Daddy Nostal

    The Spanish Gardener

    The Spanish

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    May We Borro

    Song Without End

    Song Without

    Hunted

    Hunted

    Permission to Kill

    Permission t

    They Who Dare

    They Who Dar

    The High Bright Sun

    The High Bri

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    Esther Water

    The Angel Wore Red

    The Angel Wo

    The Doctor's Dilemma

    The Doctor's

    Desperate Moment

    Desperate Mo

    Blackmailed

    Blackmailed

    Dear Mr. Prohack

    Dear Mr. Pro

    Boys in Brown

    Boys in Brow

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    The Patricia

    The Epic That Never Was

    The Epic Tha

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    Pictures of

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    Blithe Spiri

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    Upon This Ro

    Come on George!

    Come on Geor

    Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema

    Fascism on a

    The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

    The Most Bea

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    Rainer Werne

    Boys Don't Cry

    Boys Don't C

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    The Vision

    Schindler

    Schindler

    We Joined the Navy

    We Joined th

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    The Private

    A Letter to True

    A Letter to

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    Little Moon

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    Rope

    Power Without Glory

    Power Withou

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    Catch a Fall

    Lionpower from MGM

    Lionpower fr

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    The Postman

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    2021

    The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

    asSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

    2019

    Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema

    as(archive footage)

    2005

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977

    asSelf

    2004

    A Letter to True

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2001

    The Private Dirk Bogarde

    asHimself (Archive Footage)

    2000

    Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2000

    Boys Don't Cry

    asGustav von Aschenbach (archive footage) (uncredited)

    1995

    Empire of the Censors

    asSelf

    1992

    Dirk Bogarde: By Myself

    asSelf

    1990

    Daddy Nostalgia

    asDaddy aka Tony Russell

    1990

    Pictures of Europe

    asSelf

    1987

    Catch a Fallen Star

    asSelf

    1987

    The Vision

    asJames Marriner

    1986

    May We Borrow Your Husband?

    asWilliam Harris

    1985

    The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

    asSelf

    1983

    Schindler

    asSelf - Narrator (voice)

    1981

    The Patricia Neal Story

    asRoald Dahl

    1978

    Despair

    asHermann Hermann

    1977

    A Bridge Too Far

    asLt. Gen. Frederick Browning

    1977

    Providence

    asClaude Langham

    1975

    Permission to Kill

    asAlan Curtis

    1974

    The Night Porter

    asMax

    1973

    The Serpent

    asPhilip Boyle

    1971

    Death in Venice

    asGustav von Aschenbach

    1970

    Visconti's Venice

    asSelf

    1970

    Upon This Rock

    asBonnie Prince Charlie (voice)

    1969

    The Damned

    asFrederick Bruckmann

    1969

    The Epic That Never Was

    asNarrator

    1969

    Justine

    asPursewarden

    1969

    Oh! What a Lovely War

    asStephen

    1968

    The Fixer

    asBibikov

    1968

    Sebastian

    asSebastian

    1967

    Our Mother's House

    asCharlie Hook

    1967

    Accident

    asStephen

    1967

    Lionpower from MGM

    asSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

    1966

    Blithe Spirit

    asCharles Condomine

    1966

    El Rey en Londres

    as

    1966

    Modesty Blaise

    asGabriel

    1965

    Darling

    asRobert Gold

    1964

    The High Bright Sun

    asMajor McGuire

    1964

    King and Country

    asCapt. Hargreaves

    1964

    Little Moon of Alban

    asKenneth Boyd

    1964

    Hot Enough for June

    asNicholas Whistler

    1963

    The Servant

    asHugo Barrett

    1963

    Doctor in Distress

    asDr. Simon Sparrow

    1963

    We Joined the Navy

    asDr. Simon Sparrow (uncredited)

    1963

    I Could Go on Singing

    asDavid Donne

    1963

    The Mind Benders

    asDr. Henry Laidlaw Longman

    1962

    The Password Is Courage

    asSergant-Major Charles Coward

    1962

    H.M.S. Defiant

    asLieut. Scott-Padget

    1961

    Victim

    asMelville Farr

    1961

    The Singer Not the Song

    asAnacleto Comachi

    1960

    Song Without End

    asFranz Liszt

    1960

    The Angel Wore Red

    asArturo Carrera

    1959

    Libel

    asSir Mark Loddon / Frank Welney / Number Fifteen

    1959

    The Doctor's Dilemma

    asLouis Dubedat

    1958

    The Wind Cannot Read

    asFlight Lieutenant Michael Quinn

    1958

    A Tale of Two Cities

    asSydney Carton

    1957

    Campbell's Kingdom

    asBruce Campbell

    1957

    Doctor at Large

    asDr. Simon Sparrow

    1957

    Ill Met by Moonlight

    asMaj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"

    1956

    The Spanish Gardener

    asJose

    1955

    Cast a Dark Shadow

    asEdward "Teddy" Bare

    1955

    Doctor at Sea

    asDr. Simon Sparrow

    1955

    Simba

    asAlan Howard

    1954

    The Sleeping Tiger

    asFrank Clemmons

    1954

    For Better, for Worse

    asTony Howard

    1954

    The Sea Shall Not Have Them

    asFlt Sgt Mackay

    1954

    Doctor in the House

    asSimon Sparrow

    1954

    They Who Dare

    asLieutenant Graham

    1953

    Desperate Moment

    asSimon Van Halder

    1953

    Appointment in London

    asTim Mason

    1952

    The Postman

    as

    1952

    The Gentle Gunman

    asMatt Sullivan

    1952

    Penny Princess

    asTony Craig

    1952

    Hunted

    asChris Lloyd

    1951

    Blackmailed

    asStephen Mundy

    1950

    The Woman in Question

    asR.W. (Bob) Baker

    1950

    So Long at the Fair

    asGeorge Hathaway

    1950

    The Blue Lamp

    asTom Riley

    1949

    Boys in Brown

    asAlfie Rawlins

    1949

    Dear Mr. Prohack

    asCharles Prohack

    1949

    Once a Jolly Swagman

    asBill Fox

    1948

    Quartet

    asGeorge Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")

    1948

    Esther Waters

    asWilliam Latch

    1947

    The Case of Helvig Delbo

    as

    1947

    Dancing with Crime

    asPoliceman (uncredited)

    1947

    Power Without Glory

    asCliff

    1947

    Rope

    asCharles Granillo

    1939

    Come on George!

    asExtra

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asCharles Condomine

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf (archive footage)

    Coming Soon

    (3 episode)asSelf

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    (1 episode)asSelf - Panelist

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    (1 episode)asSelf