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Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric 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, evolving from "heartthrob to icon of edginess".
Apr 17, 2021 · Bogarde is an actor whose public persona and screen persona both embody contradictions. For the first half of his career, across comedies and war films, Bogarde was a cinematic figure of heterosexual desire. And yet with Victim he embraced the risks to his career posed by playing a gay man.
IMDb profile of Dirk Bogarde, a distinguished film actor and writer who served in World War II and starred in The Blue Lamp (1950) and other classics. Learn about his life, career, autobiographies, paintings and more.
Mar 23, 2021 · Bogarde was, as his official biographer John Coldstream tells BBC Culture, "box-office catnip" and had been since 1954's Doctor in the House, a lightweight comedy about hijinx in a...
Jun 26, 2024 · Sir Dirk Bogarde (born March 28, 1921, London, Eng.—died May 8, 1999, London) was an English actor who was one of Great Britain’s most popular leading men in the 1950s. Bogarde was the son of a Dutch-born art critic.
Mar 26, 2021 · A tribute to the British actor who reinvented himself from a comedy star to an arthouse icon. Explore his life, career and memoirs, and the contradictions and fantasies that shaped his image.
Jan 1, 2015 · Learn about the extraordinary career of Dirk Bogarde, one of the most distinguished British screen actors of all time. From his early hits to his later collaborations with Joseph Losey and other European auteurs, discover how he defied expectation at every turn.
