Dirk Bogarde

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

95

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

  • Desperate Moment

    Desperate Moment

  • Quartet

    Quartet

  • Penny Princess

    Penny Princess

  • Dirk Bogarde: By Myself

    Dirk Bogarde: By Myself

  • The Servant

    The Servant

  • A Bridge Too Far

    A Bridge Too Far

  • The Serpent

    The Serpent

  • Victim

    Victim

  • The Fixer

    The Fixer

  • Accident

    Accident

  • The Woman in Question

    The Woman in Question

  • The Damned

    The Damned

  • Justine

    Justine

  • Schindler

    Schindler

  • Daddy Nostalgia

    Daddy Nostalgia

  • Blackmailed

    Blackmailed

  • Libel

    Libel

  • Darling

    Darling

  • The Night Porter

    The Night Porter

  • H.M.S. Defiant

    H.M.S. Defiant

  • Hunted

    Hunted

  • A Letter to True

    A Letter to True

  • Film '72

    Film '72

  • Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

  • For Better, for Worse

    For Better, for Worse

  • The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

    The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

  • The Vision

    The Vision

  • Sebastian

    Sebastian

  • Despair

    Despair

  • Death in Venice

    Death in Venice

  • Song Without End

    Song Without End

  • So Long at the Fair

    So Long at the Fair

  • The Sea Shall Not Have Them

    The Sea Shall Not Have Them

  • Simba

    Simba

  • Ill Met by Moonlight

    Ill Met by Moonlight

  • The Patricia Neal Story

    The Patricia Neal Story

  • The Spanish Gardener

    The Spanish Gardener

  • The Singer Not the Song

    The Singer Not the Song

  • The Angel Wore Red

    The Angel Wore Red

  • King and Country

    King and Country

  • The Gentle Gunman

    The Gentle Gunman

  • Doctor in Distress

    Doctor in Distress

  • I Could Go on Singing

    I Could Go on Singing

  • Doctor at Sea

    Doctor at Sea

  • Blithe Spirit

    Blithe Spirit

  • The Epic That Never Was

    The Epic That Never Was

  • The Doctor's Dilemma

    The Doctor's Dilemma

  • The Mind Benders

    The Mind Benders

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

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

    Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema

  • Oh! What a Lovely War

    Oh! What a Lovely War

  • Providence

    Providence

  • Boys in Brown

    Boys in Brown

  • Dancing with Crime

    Dancing with Crime

  • The Wind Cannot Read

    The Wind Cannot Read

  • A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

  • Campbell's Kingdom

    Campbell's Kingdom

  • May We Borrow Your Husband?

    May We Borrow Your Husband?

  • Doctor in the House

    Doctor in the House

  • Come on George!

    Come on George!

  • The Sleeping Tiger

    The Sleeping Tiger

  • The Password Is Courage

    The Password Is Courage

  • Boys Don't Cry

    Boys Don't Cry

  • Visconti's Venice

    Visconti's Venice

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

    Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

  • Empire of the Censors

    Empire of the Censors

  • Catch a Fallen Star

    Catch a Fallen Star

  • Appointment in London

    Appointment in London

  • Dear Mr. Prohack

    Dear Mr. Prohack

  • Modesty Blaise

    Modesty Blaise

  • We Joined the Navy

    We Joined the Navy

  • Once a Jolly Swagman

    Once a Jolly Swagman

  • The Blue Lamp

    The Blue Lamp

  • Upon This Rock

    Upon This Rock

  • Rope

    Rope

  • Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

  • Doctor at Large

    Doctor at Large

  • Little Moon of Alban

    Little Moon of Alban

  • Power Without Glory

    Power Without Glory

  • Our Mother's House

    Our Mother's House

  • Pictures of Europe

    Pictures of Europe

  • They Who Dare

    They Who Dare

  • 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

  • Hot Enough for June

    Hot Enough for June

  • Cast a Dark Shadow

    Cast a Dark Shadow

  • The High Bright Sun

    The High Bright Sun

  • Permission to Kill

    Permission to Kill

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977

  • Lionpower from MGM

    Lionpower from MGM

  • Esther Waters

    Esther Waters

  • The Case of Helvig Delbo

    The Case of Helvig Delbo

  • The Private Dirk Bogarde

    The Private Dirk Bogarde

  • El Rey en Londres

    El Rey en Londres