Dirk Bogarde
Known for Acting · 96 credits
- Born
- 1921-03-28
- Died
- 1999-05-08
- Place of birth
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde · Derek Bogaerde · Sir 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (90)
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Bridge Too Far
1977
as Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
Daddy Nostalgia
1990
as Daddy aka Tony Russell
The Night Porter
1974
as Max
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959
as Louis Dubedat
Death in Venice
1971
as Gustav von Aschenbach
The Damned
1969
as Frederick Bruckmann
The Servant
1963
as Hugo Barrett
The Vision
1987
as James Marriner
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
2021
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
They Who Dare
1954
as Lieutenant Graham
We Joined the Navy
1963
as Dr. Simon Sparrow (uncredited)
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Stephen
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957
as Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"
H.M.S. Defiant
1962
as Lieut. Scott-Padget
King and Country
1964
as Capt. Hargreaves
So Long at the Fair
1950
as George Hathaway
Catch a Fallen Star
1987
as Self
Providence
1977
as Claude Langham
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
1954
as Flt Sgt Mackay
Darling
1965
as Robert Gold
Accident
1967
as Stephen
Modesty Blaise
1966
as Gabriel
The Fixer
1968
as Bibikov
The Singer Not the Song
1961
as Anacleto Comachi
The Serpent
1973
as Philip Boyle
Empire of the Censors
1995
as Self
I Could Go on Singing
1963
as David Donne
The Password Is Courage
1962
as Sergant-Major Charles Coward
Campbell's Kingdom
1957
as Bruce Campbell
Rope
1947
as Charles Granillo
Hot Enough for June
1964
as Nicholas Whistler
Cast a Dark Shadow
1955
as Edward "Teddy" Bare
Doctor in Distress
1963
as Dr. Simon Sparrow
Doctor in the House
1954
as Simon Sparrow
Pictures of Europe
1990
as Self
For Better, for Worse
1954
as Tony Howard
Victim
1961
as Melville Farr
The Private Dirk Bogarde
2001
as Himself (Archive Footage)
The Mind Benders
1963
as Dr. Henry Laidlaw Longman
The High Bright Sun
1964
as Major McGuire
Doctor at Sea
1955
as Dr. Simon Sparrow
Appointment in London
1953
as Tim Mason
Permission to Kill
1975
as Alan Curtis
Boys Don't Cry
2000
as Gustav von Aschenbach (archive footage) (uncredited)
Upon This Rock
1970
as Bonnie Prince Charlie (voice)
Doctor at Large
1957
as Dr. Simon Sparrow
The Patricia Neal Story
1981
as Roald Dahl
The Postman
1952
The Angel Wore Red
1960
as Arturo Carrera
The Spanish Gardener
1956
as Jose
Dancing with Crime
1947
as Policeman (uncredited)
Song Without End
1960
as Franz Liszt
Justine
1969
as Pursewarden
Despair
1978
as Hermann Hermann
Blackmailed
1951
as Stephen Mundy
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self (archive footage)
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
as Sydney Carton
Penny Princess
1952
as Tony Craig
Libel
1959
as Sir Mark Loddon / Frank Welney / Number Fifteen
Dear Mr. Prohack
1949
as Charles Prohack
The Blue Lamp
1950
as Tom Riley
The Woman in Question
1950
as R.W. (Bob) Baker
Once a Jolly Swagman
1949
as Bill Fox
Simba
1955
as Alan Howard
Boys in Brown
1949
as Alfie Rawlins
The Wind Cannot Read
1958
as Flight Lieutenant Michael Quinn
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
as Self
Visconti's Venice
1970
as Self
The Gentle Gunman
1952
as Matt Sullivan
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977
2005
as Self
A Letter to True
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Hunted
1952
as Chris Lloyd
Sebastian
1968
as Sebastian
Desperate Moment
1953
as Simon Van Halder
Come on George!
1939
as Extra
The Sleeping Tiger
1954
as Frank Clemmons
Schindler
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
2019
as (archive footage)
Esther Waters
1948
as William Latch
Quartet
1948
as George Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")
Little Moon of Alban
1964
as Kenneth Boyd
Our Mother's House
1967
as Charlie Hook
El Rey en Londres
1966
Blithe Spirit
1966
as Charles Condomine
The Case of Helvig Delbo
1947
The Epic That Never Was
1969
as Self - Narrator
Power Without Glory
1947
as Cliff
May We Borrow Your Husband?
1986
as William Harris
Dirk Bogarde: By Myself
1992
as Self
About Dirk Bogarde
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 fil… With 96 credits spanning from 1939 to 2021, Dirk Bogarde has appeared in 90 films and 6 TV shows.
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- Lionpower from MGM (1967) — as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- A Bridge Too Far (1977) — as Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
- Daddy Nostalgia (1990) — as Daddy aka Tony Russell
- The Night Porter (1974) — as Max
- The Doctor's Dilemma (1959) — as Louis Dubedat
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