Dirk Bogarde
Born March 28, 1921 (Age: 105)
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Hampstead, London, England, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
A Letter to True
2004
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 82
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 79
Boys Don't Cry
2000
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as Gustav von Aschenbach (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 78
Dirk Bogarde: By Myself
1992
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as Self
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Age: 71
Daddy Nostalgia
1990
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as Daddy aka Tony Russell
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Age: 69
Pictures of Europe
1990
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as Self
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Age: 69
Catch a Fallen Star
1987
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as Self
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Age: 66
The Vision
1987
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as James Marriner
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Age: 66
No Image
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
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as Self
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Age: 63
The Patricia Neal Story
1981
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as Roald Dahl
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Age: 60
Despair
1978
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as Hermann Hermann
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Age: 57
A Bridge Too Far
1977
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as Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
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Age: 56
The Night Porter
1974
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as Max
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Age: 53
The Serpent
1973
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as Philip Boyle
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Age: 52
The Damned
1969
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as Frederick Bruckmann
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Age: 48
The Epic That Never Was
1969
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as Narrator
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Age: 48
Justine
1969
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as Pursewarden
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Age: 48
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
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as Stephen
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Age: 47
Darling
1965
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as Robert Gold
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Age: 44
The High Bright Sun
1964
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as Major McGuire
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Age: 43
King and Country
1964
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as Capt. Hargreaves
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Age: 43
Little Moon of Alban
1964
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as Kenneth Boyd
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Age: 42
Hot Enough for June
1964
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as Nicholas Whistler
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Age: 42
The Servant
1963
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as Hugo Barrett
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Age: 42
Doctor in Distress
1963
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as Dr. Simon Sparrow
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Age: 42
We Joined the Navy
1963
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as Dr. Simon Sparrow (uncredited)
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Age: 42
I Could Go on Singing
1963
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as David Donne
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Age: 41
The Mind Benders
1963
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as Dr. Henry Laidlaw Longman
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Age: 41
The Password Is Courage
1962
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as Sergant-Major Charles Coward
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Age: 41
H.M.S. Defiant
1962
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as Lieut. Scott-Padget
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Age: 41
Victim
1961
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as Melville Farr
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Age: 40
The Singer Not the Song
1961
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as Anacleto Comachi
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Age: 39
Song Without End
1960
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as Franz Liszt
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Age: 39
The Angel Wore Red
1960
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as Arturo Carrera
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Age: 39
Libel
1959
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as Sir Mark Loddon / Frank Welney / Number Fifteen
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Age: 38
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959
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as Louis Dubedat
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Age: 37
The Wind Cannot Read
1958
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as Flight Lieutenant Michael Quinn
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Age: 37
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
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as Sydney Carton
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Age: 36
The Spanish Gardener
1956
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as Jose
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Age: 35
Cast a Dark Shadow
1955
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as Edward "Teddy" Bare
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Age: 34
Doctor at Sea
1955
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as Dr. Simon Sparrow
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Age: 34
Simba
1955
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as Alan Howard
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Age: 33
The Sleeping Tiger
1954
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as Frank Clemmons
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Age: 33
For Better, for Worse
1954
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as Tony Howard
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Age: 33
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
1954
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as Flt Sgt Mackay
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Age: 33
Doctor in the House
1954
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as Simon Sparrow
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Age: 32
They Who Dare
1954
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as Lieutenant Graham
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Age: 32
Desperate Moment
1953
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as Simon Van Halder
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Age: 31
Appointment in London
1953
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as Tim Mason
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Age: 31
The Woman in Question
1950
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as R.W. (Bob) Baker
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Age: 29
So Long at the Fair
1950
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as George Hathaway
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Age: 29
The Blue Lamp
1950
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as Tom Riley
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Age: 28