Dirk Bogarde

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

94

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

  • The Wind Cannot Read

    The Wind Cannot Read

  • The Angel Wore Red

    The Angel Wore Red

  • A Bridge Too Far

    A Bridge Too Far

  • The Singer Not the Song

    The Singer Not the Song

  • The Doctor's Dilemma

    The Doctor's Dilemma

  • The Fixer

    The Fixer

  • The Gentle Gunman

    The Gentle Gunman

  • Quartet

    Quartet

  • Doctor in Distress

    Doctor in Distress

  • A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

  • H.M.S. Defiant

    H.M.S. Defiant

  • Schindler

    Schindler

  • The Epic That Never Was

    The Epic That Never Was

  • The Mind Benders

    The Mind Benders

  • May We Borrow Your Husband?

    May We Borrow Your Husband?

  • Hunted

    Hunted

  • The Serpent

    The Serpent

  • Ill Met by Moonlight

    Ill Met by Moonlight

  • The Woman in Question

    The Woman in Question

  • The Sea Shall Not Have Them

    The Sea Shall Not Have Them

  • Dancing with Crime

    Dancing with Crime

  • Despair

    Despair

  • Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

  • Power Without Glory

    Power Without Glory

  • The Spanish Gardener

    The Spanish Gardener

  • Little Moon of Alban

    Little Moon of Alban

  • Victim

    Victim

  • King and Country

    King and Country

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

    Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema

  • I Could Go on Singing

    I Could Go on Singing

  • So Long at the Fair

    So Long at the Fair

  • Darling

    Darling

  • The Servant

    The Servant

  • The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

    The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The Damned

    The Damned

  • Oh! What a Lovely War

    Oh! What a Lovely War

  • Desperate Moment

    Desperate Moment

  • The Sleeping Tiger

    The Sleeping Tiger

  • Catch a Fallen Star

    Catch a Fallen Star

  • Doctor in the House

    Doctor in the House

  • Boys Don't Cry

    Boys Don't Cry

  • Libel

    Libel

  • The Night Porter

    The Night Porter

  • Daddy Nostalgia

    Daddy Nostalgia

  • For Better, for Worse

    For Better, for Worse

  • Blithe Spirit

    Blithe Spirit

  • Come on George!

    Come on George!

  • Accident

    Accident

  • The Patricia Neal Story

    The Patricia Neal Story

  • Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

  • Blackmailed

    Blackmailed

  • Campbell's Kingdom

    Campbell's Kingdom

  • Doctor at Sea

    Doctor at Sea

  • Sebastian

    Sebastian

  • Penny Princess

    Penny Princess

  • We Joined the Navy

    We Joined the Navy

  • The Password Is Courage

    The Password Is Courage

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

    Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

  • Once a Jolly Swagman

    Once a Jolly Swagman

  • Boys in Brown

    Boys in Brown

  • Hot Enough for June

    Hot Enough for June

  • Song Without End

    Song Without End

  • Justine

    Justine

  • Appointment in London

    Appointment in London

  • Dear Mr. Prohack

    Dear Mr. Prohack

  • Death in Venice

    Death in Venice

  • Doctor at Large

    Doctor at Large

  • Pictures of Europe

    Pictures of Europe

  • Esther Waters

    Esther Waters

  • Upon This Rock

    Upon This Rock

  • They Who Dare

    They Who Dare

  • The Vision

    The Vision

  • Simba

    Simba

  • El Rey en Londres

    El Rey en Londres

  • Modesty Blaise

    Modesty Blaise

  • 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

  • Empire of the Censors

    Empire of the Censors

  • Our Mother's House

    Our Mother's House

  • Permission to Kill

    Permission to Kill

  • Providence

    Providence

  • The High Bright Sun

    The High Bright Sun

  • Lionpower from MGM

    Lionpower from MGM

  • Dirk Bogarde: By Myself

    Dirk Bogarde: By Myself

  • Cast a Dark Shadow

    Cast a Dark Shadow

  • Visconti's Venice

    Visconti's Venice

  • The Blue Lamp

    The Blue Lamp

  • The Private Dirk Bogarde

    The Private Dirk Bogarde

  • A Letter to True

    A Letter to True

  • Rope

    Rope

  • The Case of Helvig Delbo

    The Case of Helvig Delbo

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977