Director

Dirk Bogarde

Acting

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 6

TMDB ID: 21605

IMDb ID: nm0001958

Known for: Acting

Born: March 28, 1921

Died: May 8, 1999

Age: 78

Place of birth: Hampstead, London, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1939 - 2021

Years active: 83

Average TMDB rating: 6.58

Wikidata: Q299190

Also known as

Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde • Derek Bogaerde • Sir Dirk Bogarde

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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.