Dirk Bogarde

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

96

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-03-28

Day of death

1999-05-08 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Hampstead, London, England, UK

Dirk Bogarde

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 starring 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 Darling (1965). His other notable film roles included Victim (1961), Accident (1967), The Damned (1969), Death in Venice (1971), The Night Porter (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Despair (1978). He was appointed a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in 1990 and a Knight Bachelor in 1992. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dirk Bogarde, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Blackmailed

    Blackmailed

  • Hot Enough for June

    Hot Enough for June

  • Hunted

    Hunted

  • King and Country

    King and Country

  • Justine

    Justine

  • Libel

    Libel

  • Daddy Nostalgia

    Daddy Nostalgia

  • Simba

    Simba

  • Blithe Spirit

    Blithe Spirit

  • Darling

    Darling

  • A Bridge Too Far

    A Bridge Too Far

  • We Joined the Navy

    We Joined the Navy

  • Sebastian

    Sebastian

  • Penny Princess

    Penny Princess

  • Quartet

    Quartet

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Empire of the Censors

    Empire of the Censors

  • Doctor at Large

    Doctor at Large

  • Power Without Glory

    Power Without Glory

  • Doctor in Distress

    Doctor in Distress

  • Boys Don't Cry

    Boys Don't Cry

  • Death in Venice

    Death in Venice

  • Pictures of Europe

    Pictures of Europe

  • Providence

    Providence

  • Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

  • Film '72

    Film '72

  • Upon This Rock

    Upon This Rock

  • Oh! What a Lovely War

    Oh! What a Lovely War

  • The Gentle Gunman

    The Gentle Gunman

  • They Who Dare

    They Who Dare

  • The Night Porter

    The Night Porter

  • Appointment in London

    Appointment in London

  • Catch a Fallen Star

    Catch a Fallen Star

  • The Servant

    The Servant

  • The Password Is Courage

    The Password Is Courage

  • The Spanish Gardener

    The Spanish Gardener

  • The Fixer

    The Fixer

  • H.M.S. Defiant

    H.M.S. Defiant

  • Accident

    Accident

  • Rope

    Rope

  • The Damned

    The Damned

  • Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

    Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

  • The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

    The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

  • Dear Mr. Prohack

    Dear Mr. Prohack

  • Victim

    Victim

  • The Serpent

    The Serpent

  • I Could Go on Singing

    I Could Go on Singing

  • Modesty Blaise

    Modesty Blaise

  • Our Mother's House

    Our Mother's House

  • Song Without End

    Song Without End

  • The Mind Benders

    The Mind Benders

  • Doctor at Sea

    Doctor at Sea

  • Schindler

    Schindler

  • A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

  • The Blue Lamp

    The Blue Lamp

  • Boys in Brown

    Boys in Brown

  • The Wind Cannot Read

    The Wind Cannot Read

  • The Sleeping Tiger

    The Sleeping Tiger

  • Visconti's Venice

    Visconti's Venice

  • The Private Dirk Bogarde

    The Private Dirk Bogarde

  • Ill Met by Moonlight

    Ill Met by Moonlight

  • The High Bright Sun

    The High Bright Sun

  • The Woman in Question

    The Woman in Question

  • So Long at the Fair

    So Long at the Fair

  • Campbell's Kingdom

    Campbell's Kingdom

  • Doctor in the House

    Doctor in the House

  • The Singer Not the Song

    The Singer Not the Song

  • Cast a Dark Shadow

    Cast a Dark Shadow

  • Permission to Kill

    Permission to Kill

  • Dancing with Crime

    Dancing with Crime

  • Despair

    Despair

  • Lionpower from MGM

    Lionpower from MGM

  • For Better, for Worse

    For Better, for Worse

  • The Vision

    The Vision

  • El Rey en Londres

    El Rey en Londres

  • Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977

  • The Sea Shall Not Have Them

    The Sea Shall Not Have Them

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

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

  • The Patricia Neal Story

    The Patricia Neal Story

  • The Doctor's Dilemma

    The Doctor's Dilemma

  • A Letter to True

    A Letter to True

  • The Angel Wore Red

    The Angel Wore Red

  • Esther Waters

    Esther Waters

  • Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema

    Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema

  • Desperate Moment

    Desperate Moment

  • Come on George!

    Come on George!

  • Once a Jolly Swagman

    Once a Jolly Swagman

  • The Epic That Never Was

    The Epic That Never Was

  • The Case of Helvig Delbo

    The Case of Helvig Delbo

  • Little Moon of Alban

    Little Moon of Alban

  • May We Borrow Your Husband?

    May We Borrow Your Husband?

  • Dirk Bogarde: By Myself

    Dirk Bogarde: By Myself

  • The Postman

    The Postman