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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:30/07/2021
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:25/06/2019
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977
Character:Self
Release Date:30/07/2005
A Letter to True
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2004
The Private Dirk Bogarde
Character:Himself (Archive Footage)
Release Date:14/08/2001
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/08/2000
Boys Don't Cry
Character:Gustav von Aschenbach (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/2000
Empire of the Censors
Character:Self
Release Date:28/05/1995
Dirk Bogarde: By Myself
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/1992
Daddy Nostalgia
Character:Daddy aka Tony Russell
Release Date:05/09/1990
Pictures of Europe
Character:Self
Release Date:25/04/1990
Catch a Fallen Star
Character:Self
Release Date:23/12/1987
The Vision
Character:James Marriner
Release Date:25/11/1987
May We Borrow Your Husband?
Character:William Harris
Release Date:13/05/1986
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1985
Schindler
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/10/1983
The Patricia Neal Story
Character:Roald Dahl
Release Date:08/12/1981
Despair
Character:Hermann Hermann
Release Date:15/09/1978
A Bridge Too Far
Character:Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
Release Date:15/06/1977
Providence
Character:Claude Langham
Release Date:25/01/1977
Permission to Kill
Character:Alan Curtis
Release Date:20/11/1975
The Night Porter
Character:Max
Release Date:03/04/1974
The Serpent
Character:Philip Boyle
Release Date:07/04/1973
Death in Venice
Character:Gustav von Aschenbach
Release Date:05/03/1971
Visconti's Venice
Character:Self
Release Date:01/07/1970
Upon This Rock
Character:Bonnie Prince Charlie (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1970
The Damned
Character:Frederick Bruckmann
Release Date:30/10/1969
The Epic That Never Was
Character:Narrator
Release Date:19/09/1969
Justine
Character:Pursewarden
Release Date:06/08/1969
Oh! What a Lovely War
Character:Stephen
Release Date:10/03/1969
The Fixer
Character:Bibikov
Release Date:08/12/1968
Sebastian
Character:Sebastian
Release Date:24/01/1968
Our Mother's House
Character:Charlie Hook
Release Date:14/09/1967
Accident
Character:Stephen
Release Date:09/02/1967
Lionpower from MGM
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1967
Blithe Spirit
Character:Charles Condomine
Release Date:07/12/1966
El Rey en Londres
Character:
Release Date:11/10/1966
Modesty Blaise
Character:Gabriel
Release Date:01/05/1966
Darling
Character:Robert Gold
Release Date:03/08/1965
The High Bright Sun
Character:Major McGuire
Release Date:01/11/1964
King and Country
Character:Capt. Hargreaves
Release Date:05/09/1964
Little Moon of Alban
Character:Kenneth Boyd
Release Date:18/03/1964
Hot Enough for June
Character:Nicholas Whistler
Release Date:10/03/1964
The Servant
Character:Hugo Barrett
Release Date:14/11/1963
Doctor in Distress
Character:Dr. Simon Sparrow
Release Date:30/07/1963
We Joined the Navy
Character:Dr. Simon Sparrow (uncredited)
Release Date:17/05/1963
I Could Go on Singing
Character:David Donne
Release Date:07/03/1963
The Mind Benders
Character:Dr. Henry Laidlaw Longman
Release Date:01/02/1963
The Password Is Courage
Character:Sergant-Major Charles Coward
Release Date:01/06/1962
H.M.S. Defiant
Character:Lieut. Scott-Padget
Release Date:15/04/1962
Victim
Character:Melville Farr
Release Date:01/08/1961
The Singer Not the Song
Character:Anacleto Comachi
Release Date:05/01/1961
Song Without End
Character:Franz Liszt
Release Date:11/08/1960
The Angel Wore Red
Character:Arturo Carrera
Release Date:14/04/1960
Libel
Character:Sir Mark Loddon / Frank Welney / Number Fifteen
Release Date:23/10/1959
The Doctor's Dilemma
Character:Louis Dubedat
Release Date:01/01/1959
The Wind Cannot Read
Character:Flight Lieutenant Michael Quinn
Release Date:10/06/1958
A Tale of Two Cities
Character:Sydney Carton
Release Date:07/02/1958
Campbell's Kingdom
Character:Bruce Campbell
Release Date:03/09/1957
Doctor at Large
Character:Dr. Simon Sparrow
Release Date:26/03/1957
Ill Met by Moonlight
Character:Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"
Release Date:31/01/1957
The Spanish Gardener
Character:Jose
Release Date:25/12/1956
Cast a Dark Shadow
Character:Edward "Teddy" Bare
Release Date:20/09/1955
Doctor at Sea
Character:Dr. Simon Sparrow
Release Date:12/07/1955
Simba
Character:Alan Howard
Release Date:07/01/1955
The Sleeping Tiger
Character:Frank Clemmons
Release Date:21/06/1954
For Better, for Worse
Character:Tony Howard
Release Date:20/06/1954
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
Character:Flt Sgt Mackay
Release Date:01/06/1954
Doctor in the House
Character:Simon Sparrow
Release Date:23/03/1954
They Who Dare
Character:Lieutenant Graham
Release Date:02/02/1954
Desperate Moment
Character:Simon Van Halder
Release Date:17/03/1953
Appointment in London
Character:Tim Mason
Release Date:17/02/1953
The Postman
Character:
Release Date:01/12/1952
The Gentle Gunman
Character:Matt Sullivan
Release Date:23/10/1952
Penny Princess
Character:Tony Craig
Release Date:24/03/1952
Hunted
Character:Chris Lloyd
Release Date:17/03/1952
Blackmailed
Character:Stephen Mundy
Release Date:30/01/1951
The Woman in Question
Character:R.W. (Bob) Baker
Release Date:03/10/1950
So Long at the Fair
Character:George Hathaway
Release Date:31/05/1950
The Blue Lamp
Character:Tom Riley
Release Date:19/01/1950
Boys in Brown
Character:Alfie Rawlins
Release Date:01/12/1949
Dear Mr. Prohack
Character:Charles Prohack
Release Date:07/09/1949
Once a Jolly Swagman
Character:Bill Fox
Release Date:02/02/1949
Quartet
Character:George Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")
Release Date:26/10/1948
Esther Waters
Character:William Latch
Release Date:28/09/1948
The Case of Helvig Delbo
Character:
Release Date:22/07/1947
Dancing with Crime
Character:Policeman (uncredited)
Release Date:25/06/1947
Power Without Glory
Character:Cliff
Release Date:01/06/1947
Rope
Character:Charles Granillo
Release Date:05/01/1947
Come on George!
Character:Extra
Release Date:01/12/1939
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