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Dirk Bogarde

Actor / Novelist / Screenwriter / Journalist / Writer / Author | * 03/28/1921 († 78, 05/08/1999) | Hampstead, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric 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, evolving from "heartthrob to icon of edginess". 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 saw active military duty during World War Two, and over the course of five years reached the rank of major and was awarded seven medals. His poetry has been published in war anthologies, and a grey ink brush drawing, "Tents in Orchard. 1944", is in the collection of the British Museum. Having come to prominence in films including The Blue Lamp in the early 1950s, Bogarde starred in the successful Doctor film series (1954–1963). He twice won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for The Servant (1963) and ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the ...

Death in Venice

Certification unknown

1971 | 3.7/5 | 2h 10min
Drama, History
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Operation Market Garden, September 1944. The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines. ...

A Bridge Too Far

PG

1977 | 3.6/5 | 2h 55min
Drama, History, War
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The swinging London, early sixties. Beautiful but shallow, Diana Scott is a professional advertising model, a failed actress, a vocationally bored woman, who toys with the affections of several men wh ...

Darling

Certification unknown

1965 | 3.4/5 | 2h 2min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Hugo Barrett is a servant in the Chelsea home of indolent aristocrat Tony. All seems to go well until the playboy’s girlfriend Susan takes a dislike to the efficient employee. Then Barrett persuades ...

The Servant

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1963 | 3.8/5 | 1h 56min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Dirk Bogarde

Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎ Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres Knight Bachelor
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Movies with Dirk Bogarde as Actor(82)

as Self (archive footage)2023 The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
as (archive footage)2019 Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
as Self (archive footage)2004 A Letter To True
as Himself (Archive Footage)2001 The Private Dirk Bogarde
as Self (archive footage)2000 Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as himself1995 Empire of the Censors
as himself1992 Dirk Bogarde: By Myself
as Daddy1990 Daddy Nostalgia
as James Marriner1987 The Vision
as William Harris1986 May We Borrow Your Husband?
as Himself - Interviewee1985 The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Roald Dahl1981 The Patricia Neal Story
as Hermann Hermann1978 Despair
as himself1977 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977
as Claude Langham1977 Providence
as Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning1977 A Bridge Too Far
as Alan Curtis1975 Permission to Kill
as Maximilian Theo Aldorfer1974 The Night Porter
as Philip Boyle1973 The Serpent
as Gustav von Aschenbach1971 Death in Venice
1970 Visconti's Venice
as Bonnie Prince Charlie (voice)1970 Upon This Rock
as Stephen1969 Oh! What a Lovely War
as Himself - Host / Narrator1969 The Epic That Never Was
as Frederick Bruckmann1969 The Damned
as Pursewarden1969 Justine
as Bibikov1968 The Fixer
as Sebastian1968 Sebastian
as Charlie Hook1967 Our Mother's House
as Stephen1967 Accident
as Gabriel1966 Modesty Blaise
as Charles Condomine1966 Blithe Spirit
as Robert Gold1965 Darling
as Major McGuire1964 The High Bright Sun
as Capt. Hargreaves1964 King and Country
as Kenneth Boyd1964 Little Moon of Alban
as Nicholas Whistler1964 Hot Enough for June
as Dr. Simon Sparrow (uncredited)1963 We Joined the Navy
as Dr Simon Sparrow1963 Doctor in Distress
as Hugo Barrett1963 The Servant
as David Donne1963 I Could Go on Singing
as Dr. Henry Laidlaw Longman1963 The Mind Benders
as Sergant-Major Charles Coward1962 The Password Is Courage
as Lieut. Scott-Padget1962 H.M.S. Defiant
as Anacleto Comachi1961 The Singer Not the Song
as Melville Farr1961 Victim
as Franz Liszt1960 Song Without End
as Arturo Carrera1960 The Angel Wore Red
as Louis Dubedat1959 The Doctor's Dilemma
as Sir Mark Loddon / Frank Welney / Number Fifteen1959 Libel
as Sydney Carton1958 A Tale of Two Cities
as Flight Lieutenant Michael Quinn1958 The Wind Cannot Read
as Dr Simon Sparrow1957 Doctor at Large
as Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor1957 Ill Met by Moonlight
as Bruce Campbell1957 Campbell's Kingdom
as Jose1956 The Spanish Gardener
as Edward "Teddy" Bare1955 Cast a Dark Shadow
as Dr. Simon Sparrow1955 Doctor at Sea
as Alan Howard1955 Simba
as Frank Clemmons1954 The Sleeping Tiger
as Simon Sparrow1954 Doctor in the House
as Lieutenant Graham1954 They Who Dare
as Tony Howard1954 For Better, for Worse
as Flt Sgt Mackay1954 The Sea Shall Not Have Them
as Tim Mason1953 Appointment in London
as Simon Van Halder1953 Desperate Moment
as Chris Lloyd1952 Hunted
as Tony Craig1952 Penny Princess
as Matt Sullivan1952 The Gentle Gunman
as Stephen Mundy1951 Blackmailed
as Tom Riley1950 The Blue Lamp
as George Hathaway1950 So Long at the Fair
as R.W. (Bob) Baker1950 The Woman in Question
as Charles Prohack1949 Dear Mr. Prohack
as Alfie Rawlins1949 Boys in Brown
as Bill Fox1949 Once a Jolly Swagman
as William Latch1948 Esther Waters
as George Bland1948 Quartet
as Charles Granillo1947 Rope
as Cliff1947 Power Without Glory
as Policeman (uncredited)1947 Dancing with Crime
as Extra1939 Come on George!

TV Shows/Series with Dirk Bogarde as Actor(3)

as Self (archive footage)2013 Talking Pictures
as Charles Condomine1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Self - Panelist1950 What's My Line?

Movies with Dirk Bogarde as Crew(5)

Writing/Writer1993 Voices in the Garden
Writing/Writer1986 May We Borrow Your Husband?
Writing/Writer1964 King and Country
Writing/Writer1963 I Could Go on Singing
Writing/Writer1961 Victim

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.dirkbogarde.co.uk
Full Name: Dirk Bogarde
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Monday, 03/28 1921 (March) in Hampstead, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Saturday, 05/08 1999 (May) in Chelsea (aged: 78)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Chelsea College of Art and Design, Allan Glen's School, St Catherine's School, University College School
Father: Ulric Gontran Jules van den Bogaerde
Mother: Margaret Niven
Student of: Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland
Other names for Dirk Bogarde (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde"
"Derek Bogaerde"
"Sir Dirk Bogarde"
Dirk Bogarde frequently works together with these people:
Maurice Evans (12x, Actor)
Betty E. Box (11x, Crew)
Julie Harris (10x, Actress)
Joseph Losey (9x, Crew)
Ralph Thomas (9x, Crew)
Richard Attenborough (8x, Actor)
Luchino Visconti (8x, Crew)
James Robertson Justice (8x, Actor)
Ernest Steward (8x, Crew)
Geoffrey Keen (7x, Actor)
Gordon K. McCallum (7x, Crew)
John Dankworth (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:9610, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/11/2024